Shchmelev Quaters O'Shea in a Monster Pot
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Nível 20
: 5,000/10,000, 0 ante
We didn't catch the action of the hand but we do know that Vladimir Shchmelev just quartered John O'Shea in a huge pot. O'Shea was holding aces, but they didn't hold up against Shchmelev's hand and he raked in the huge pot.
He's now the overwhelming tournament chip leader with everyone nipping on his heals.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
635,000 | 296,000 |
|
122,000 | -130,000 |
, giving him a freeroll for the whole pot and a lock for the low. An 
turn ended the sweat early, giving Chidwick a wheel.
, Alexey Makarov put out a bet of what looked like 40,000. From there John O'Shea potted from the button, and him and Makarov ended up getting all the money in the middle.
giving O'Shea a boat, but Makarov a low and it looked like it would be a chop from there, but the 
came on the river giving the two players the same wheel for the low. With that, Makarov fell from his position atop the chip counts while O'Shea gained some ground as the players approached the final table.
, and Shulman must have liked what she saw because she moved all in, covering Chidwick. Chidwick tanked for about two minutes before softly pushing his cards to the dealer.
, doubling Weiland up.
. The player with the aces made a straight on the river, and Engel was done.
flop. Judah had 
, but his opponent had 
giving Weiland a seven-high straight and a deuce-three low, that was good enough to scoop the pot for a double.