Shchemelev Survives
Nivel 20
Stud
Phil Hellmuth completed with the showing, but after Owais Ahmed raised with the and Vladimir Shchemelev reraised with the , Hellmuth stepped aside. Ahmed called Shchemelev's reraise. The pair would put in three bets apiece on fourth, then bet on fifth until Shchemelev was all in.
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Ahmed drew the on sixth and on seventh to finish with tens and eights. And Shchemelev picked up the and to end with a better two pair, kings and nines.
Shchemelev has 989,000 after surviving that one, while Ahmed has 1.91 million.