High stakes tournament player Dan Smith comes on the GRID to talk to Jennifer Shahade about a pivotal hand against Reiner Kempe with pocket sixes at the 2016 Super High Roller Bowl, a $300,000 poker tournament with a 5 million dollar first prize. Dan, who has won more than 27 million in live poker tournaments, including a WPT title and a runner-up finish in the 2016 WSOP One Drop, talks about how he handles high pressure situations and disappointments like bubbling.

Dan also talks about some of the typical mistakes he sees from less successful poker pros, and reveals how difficult he still finds some aspects of the game.  Jen and Dan discuss his charity projects that culminate each year in the “Double up-Drive” and why the “Strong Minds” organization is so personally meaningful to him.

Dan Smith and Jennifer also know each other from the world of chess. Dan Smith is a member of the PRO Chess League team, the Montclair Sopranos. This year, Dan scored a shocking upset against four-time US Champion Alexander Shabalov, and he explained how that victory stacked up against his many poker tournament successes.

Follow Dan on twitter @dansmithholla, his website https://dansmithholla.com/ and doubleupdrive.com.

Now that sixes have been covered, there are 157 hands remaining on thepokergrid.com. 

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