Hand #17: Dusti Smith Doubles Thru Olga Iermolcheva

Photo:  Dusti Smith

Olga Iermolcheva moves all in from the small blind for 6,070,000 with , and Dusti Smith thinks for a while before she calls all in from the big blind for 620,000 with .

Smith needs her hand to hold to stay alive.

The board comes , and Smith wins the pot with a pair of aces and her nine kicker to double up in chips.

Seat 1.  Lina Niu  –  5,875,000
Seat 2.  Jamie Kerstetter  –  770,000
Seat 3.  Olga Iermolcheva  –  5,485,000
Seat 4.  Dusti Smith  –  1,315,000
Seat 5.  Kathy Liebert  –  2,155,000
Seat 6.  Cindy Spier  –  1,685,000