$3,500 Championship No Limit Hold’em

Level 24: Blinds 12k/24k/3k ante
5 players remaining, 2 mill avg (83 bb)

Tyler Smith and Andrew Batkin are all in preflop with Smith at risk for just under 1 million in chips.

Batkin:
Smith:

The offers no help and Batkin wins the hand with a pair of Aces.

“It was an unfortunate spot, but you have to get it in there,” says Smith who finishes in 6th place for $53,027.

“It was a good experience and I ran good to get here,” says Smith who takes his career earnings to nearly $1 million.

Smith was the most accomplished player of the final six. He has a WSOP Circuit ring to go along with two WPT televised final table appearances.

“It was a great tournament, extremely well put together,” says Smith who was making his first trip to the Seminole Hard Rock Tampa.