Kassela Triples to Stay Alive
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Melville Lewis was the bring-in with the 
, and Vladimir Shchemelev raised with a 
. Frank Kassela made it two bets showing a 
, and Lewis made the call. Shchemelev raised again, Kassela called all in for 150,000 total, and Lewis called the third bet to proceed to fourth street.
Lewis: (X)(X)/
--muck--
Shchemelev: (X)(X)/
/(X)
Kassela: (X)(X)/
/(X)
Shchemelev fired on fourth street, and Lewis called, but he would fold to one more bet on fifth. Kassela was at risk, and the cards were turned up. Shchemelev had 
buried, and he pulled an on seventh street to make his ninety-eight. Kassela started with 
, and he still needed to catch a card to stay alive. His last card was a friendly 
, and he wins the main pot with a ninety-seven. That triples him up to 450,000, knocking Shchemelev down to 400,000 on the dot.