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1E: Scotty Scoops With Queens, Players in the Money

Written by Kirk | Mar 29, 2025 7:40:12 AM

After an open from Scotty Smith, Lance Nielsen moved all in followed by Hongying Shen, which Smith quickly called to put both of them on the chopping block. 

Shen: 7♥7♦
Nielsen: T♦T♣
Smith: Q♠Q♥

Smith was in a great spot to score a double knockout, and the runout of 2♥6♦3♥9♥J♣ allowed him to do just that as he collected a sizeable pot in the process. 

With this double elimination, the players completely avoided the money bubble and are now all in the money!

Smith - 605,000
Nielsen - 0
Shen - 0