Smith Doubles Twice
A-5 Triple Draw
Chad Eveslage opened from under the gun and Patrick Moulder called off from the small blind for his last 90,000.
Smith drew four, then two, then one. Eveslage drew two, then one, then stood pat.
Matthew Smith: 6x5x3x2x 
Chad Eveslage: 9x7x3x2xAx
Eveslage had stood pat with a nine-seven but Smith caught a 9x himself to make a nine-six and score a full double up.
Badugi
Two hands later, Patrick Moulder opened from under the gun and Smith three-bet from the hijack, leaving just 30,000 behind. Moulder made the call and drew two while Smith stood pat.
Moulder bet again after the first draw and Smith called off for the rest of his chips, standing pat again while Moulder took another two.
For the final draw Moulder took two more while Smith once again stood pat.
Matthew Smith: 6?5?3?A?
Patrick Moulder: 4?3?
Smith had a monster with his six-badugi and Moulder would need to catch a near-perfect runout to score the knockout. Moulder first drew a 2? meaning he was live to win the pot should he catch a diamond ace, five or six. He caught a 9? for his last card making an inferior nine-badugi as Smith scored another full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,650,000
-250,000
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-250,000 |
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1,975,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
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675,000
585,000
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585,000 |