Liviu Takes Down Five-Way Pot

It all started when Ari Engel opened to 275 from under the gun. Vytautas Semaska called in middle position, Petr Jelinek called on his direct left, Ignat Liviu called in the cutoff, and Sean Jazayeri defended his big blind.

The flop fell , and the action checked to Semaska, who tossed out 850. Jelinek folded, Liviu raised to 2,100, and the action folded back to Semaska, who called.

The turn was the , both players rapped the table, and the river was a second five - the . Semaska checked again, and Liviu fired 3,500. Semaska tanked for the better part of two minutes, then committed enough chips to make the call.