Tag: Dan Shak

Dan Smith Wakes Up With Aces in Big Blind, Doubles Through Dan Shak

With Dan Smith down to just one big blind, Dan Shak raised to 40,000 on the button. Smith was forced to call since his entire stack was already in the middle. He flipped over his cards and saw [AxAx]. Shak showed [KxKx]. The board ran out [Jx7x6x3x4x]. Smith doubled up but

Bryn Kenney Will Gladly Take the Pot

Cary Katz limped in on the button, as did Ben Yu in the small blind. Bryn Kenney checked his big blind option. The flop came [9cQc8d] and all three players checked. They checked again when the turn came [Ks]. Yu checked the river and Kenney finally placed a wager for

Ralph Wong Eliminated by Dan Shak

Ralph Wong shoved all in for roughly 96,000 from the button, and Dan Shak called in the small blind. Wong: [Ac3s] Shak: [8s8h] The board ran out [6c4d2c2s9s] and Wong was eliminated.

Straight for Rodger Johnson

Martin Zamani raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Dan Shak called from two seats over. Rodger Johnson called on the button, as did Jared Jaffee from the big blind. The [KhTcQs] flop checked round to reveal the [5h] on the turn. Action checked to Johnson, and he bet 10,000.

Lauren Roberts Eliminated by Dan Shak

Dan Shak and Lauren Roberts committed 8,000 preflop in a battle of the blinds to see a [5h2h9d] flop. Shak checked to Roberts who bet 11,000, and after Shak called and the turn landed the [7c], he checked once more. Roberts bet 24,000, and Shak moved all in for roughly 150,000. Roberts

Dan Shak Eliminated by John Riordan

John Riordan raised to 16,000 in the cutoff and both Dan Shak and George Wolff called in the blinds. The flop landed [7dJs9d] and Shak and Wolff both checked to Riordan who continued for 25,000. Shak announced a raise of pot to 131,000, and Wolff folded. Riordan thought for a few moments,

Dan Shak Forces Phil Galfond to Fold Twice

Dan Shak has been pushing Phil Galfond around recently. In consecutive hands, he forced the aggressive Galfond to fold his hand. In the first, on a flop of [7h8d9d], Galfond bet 10,000 and then Shak raised the pot and "OMGClayAiken" was forced to fold. The next hand, Galfond raised to 10,000

Dan Shak Eliminated by Ben Lamb and Daniel Aharoni

Daniel Aharoni was all in from the big blind for 51,500 holding [AhAs5h2s], as was Dan Shak for his last 100,000 from under the gun with [KhKdTh2h]. Ben Lamb had both players covered and was holding his [AcAdTs7s]. The dealer spread the [3c9h3hTd9d] board and Shak was eliminated while Aharoni and Lamb