Laurens De Smet just went on a run and knocked out two players within a few hands! First it was Karel Kratochvil who raised from the small blind to 18,000 after which De Smet three-bet to 33,000 from the big blind. Kratochvil moved all in for a ton of chips and De Smet called him off right away.
Kratochvil: :::5c :::8c
De Smet: :::Ac :::Qs
De Smet was in a good situation but Kratochvil still had a lot of outs. The board ran out :::Kh :::Tc :::4d :::2d :::Jh: and the chips were counted out. De Smet was all in for 200,000 and picked up a big double up. On the very next hand Kratochvil moved all in for 45,000 and De Smet made the call.
De Smet: :::Ac :::Kd
Kratochvil: :::Qd :::8c
The board ran out :::Qc :::9d :::4d :::As :::2d and De Smet picked up the remainder of Kratochvil’s chips. He’s now up to 530,000 chips and the chip leader of the tournament.
