Sam Soverel Moves All-In, Wins Pot
Dennis Blieden opened from the cutoff to 18,000 and Sam Soverel shoved all-in for 112,000. Blieden contemplated his move for about 15 seconds before folding his hand. Soverel took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Dennis Blieden | 758,000 |
126,000  |
| Sam Soverel | 149,000 |
-21,000  |
Player Spotlight: Dan Smith
You can find Dan Smith at the poker table by looking for the dude in the cowboy hat. He wears it well, but even if he didn’t, he’s has $26 million in live earnings, so who cares?
When you’ve achieved that much success in poker before the age of 30, you do what you want. And what Dan Smith wants to do is play poker and help people out.
For the past five years, he’s organized the Double Up Drive. The drive accepts donations to numerous charitable causes and matches contributions dollar-for-dollar. This year Smith – along with fellow poker pros Matt Ashton and Stephen Chidwick as well as daily fantasy sports pro Aaron Merchak – matched donations of more than $2.4 million. The drive also received an anonymous $125,000 donation from a poker pro.
He documents his charitable causes on his personal blog, www.dansmithholla.com, and for someone so dedicated it’s fitting that his largest career cash came in last year’s Big One For One Drop. Smith scored a $4 million payout for finishing in 3rd place. It was an appropriate addition to his resume, which includes being ranked the top player in the world by Global Poker Index in 2014.
But there’s still one thing that eludes him.
“Dan Smith is the best player in the world without a World Series of Poker bracelet,” Daniel Negreanu said of Smith.
He has several top-three finishes at the WSOP, but has yet to break through for his own signature moment. It seems like a matter of when, not if, he adds that accolade, because Smith will be among the game’s best for as long as he chooses.
He turns 30 on Saturday, the final day of the U.S. Poker Open, when the winner of the $100,000 Main Event will be crowned.
It’s pretty easy to guess what he might be wishing for.
Sean Winter’s Massive River Bet Wins Pot Against Rainer Kempe
Sean Winter raised on the button to 13,000 and was called by Rainer Kempe in the big blind. The flop showed [JdQc8c] and both players checked.
The turn was the [8h]. Winter bet out 18,000 and Kempe looked him up. The river was the [7c]. Kempe checked it to Winter who fired a huge bet of 75,000. Kempe thought for a few seconds before releasing his hand.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Winter | 609,000 |
64,000 |
| Rainer Kempe | 223,000 |
-52,000 |
Ali Imsirovic Eliminated by Keith Tilston
Ali Imsirovic was all in from the big blind holding [7c5d] against Keith Tilston in the small blind holding [QdJd].
The board ran out [4h8d8h3dTh] and Imsirovic was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Keith Tilston | 425,000 |
-25,000 |
| Ali Imsirovic | Busted |
-1,000 |
Ali Imsirovic Down to Last Chip
Ali Imsirovic raised to 12,000 in the cutoff and Justin Bonomo called in the big blind.
The flop landed [7d6hJh] and Bonomo checked to Imsirovic who bet 11,000. Bonomo called, and when the turn landed the [6c], Bonomo bet out 12,000.
Imsirovic raised to 35,000 and Bonomo called as the [Ac] landed on the river.
Bonomo checked, Imsirovic bet 93,000 leaving himself just 1,000 behind, and Bonomo called.
Imsirovic tabled his [AsKh] for aces-up, but it would be Bonomo’s [Ad7c] for a better aces-up that would earn him the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Justin Bonomo | 430,000 |
163,000 |
| Ali Imsirovic | 1,000 |
-138,000 |
Brandon Adams Eliminated by Ali Imsirovic
After action folded all the way around at Table 2 Brandon Adams jammed his short stack — 65,000 — in the small blind. In the big blind sat Ali Imsirovic, barely covering Adams with 66,000 chips of his own. Imsirovic made the call and had Adams dominated:
Imsirovic: [Qh8s]
Adams: [Qs3s]
The flop: [4c9s7d]
Turn: [7c]
River: [5h]
Imsirovic scored the (almost) double-up and Adams was knocked out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Ali Imsirovic | 139,000 |
59,000 |
| Brandon Adams | Busted |
-77,000 |
Sean Winter Scoops at Showdown
Rainer Kempe raised to 13,000 in middle position and was called by Sean Winter on the button and Koray Aldemir in the small blind.
The players checked through to the turn on a board of [Kd9c4hAc].
After Aldemir checked his option in the small blind, Kempe bet 27,000, which got a call from Winter and a fold from Aldemir.
After both players checked the [6d] river, Winter showed [Ad7d], Kempe mucked and Sean scooped the pot.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Sean Winter | 545,000 |
-75,000 |
| Koray Aldemir | 335,000 |
83,000 |
| Rainer Kempe | 275,000 |
-50,000 |
Nick Schulman Looks for a Double-Up
The short-stacked Nick Schulman, needing a double-up to get out of short-stack territory, moved all-in for 97,000 from under-the-gun. Nobody called and he took down the blinds and ante.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Nick Schulman | 112,000 |
-11,000 |
Justin Bonomo Strikes Doubles Against Keith Tilston
David Peters raised to 15,000 on the button and Justin Bonomo moved all in from the small blind for 123,000. Keith Tilston called in the big blind, and Peters folded.
Bonomo: [AhTs]
Tilston: [AdJd]
Bonomo was at-risk and at a disadvantage against the defending champion until the flop landed [8cTdQd] to give him the lead.
The [8d] on the turn thrusted the advantage to Tilston’s favor turning a flush, but when the [8s] completed the board on the river, Bonomo improved to a full house to double through.
| Player | Chips | Change |
|---|---|---|
| Keith Tilston | 450,000 |
-109,000 |
| Justin Bonomo | 267,000 |
147,000 |
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