FSPC Event 14 (Flight 1A): Smith Joins A Group Of Notables To Enter The Field

2017 Florida State Poker Championships
Event 14 - $1,100 No Limit Hold'em ($150,000 GTD)
Level 5 (Blinds 100/200/25)
Total Flight 1A Entries: 47

Matt Smith (Margate, FL) 

Matt Smith (Margate, FL) is another player that would likely call the Isle Casino his "home" poker room, a frequent attendee of the higher no limit cash games offered.  Smith is coming off of his best statistical tournament year to date, recording (12) cashes in 2016, totaling over $198,000.  A bulk of that number came from a WPT final table finish at Choctaw, where he finished in sixth place for $134,720.  That $3,500 No Limit Hold'em WPT Championship Event in Oklahoma has quickly become one of the more popular stops on the tour, and attracts the best players in the country.  

Smith didn't record a tournament score this year until the WSOP, but he finished the summer with four cashes, totaling over $30,000.  Matt made a deep run in the Crazy Eights event ($888 No Limit Hold'em Event #60), finishing in 36th place, for just under $17,000.  This is Smith's first post-WSOP tournament, as it is for many of the players returning from Las Vegas recently.  Some of those players joining Matt in this Flight 1A field are:

Brian Hastings

David Diaz

Marc Levy

Dmitry Agrachov