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The last quarterfinal match between Vanessa Rousso and Ernst Schmejkal continues
Vanessa Rousso limped from the button, and Ernst Schmejkal checked. The flop came . Schmejkal bet 14,000, and Rousso called.
The turn brought the . Schmejkal bet 35,000 this time. Rousso thought for about a minute, rechecked her cards, then pushed out a raise to 85,000. Schmejkal quickly called.
The river was the . Schmejkal checked this time, and Rousso grabbed some green (25,000) chips and set them to one side. She leaned forward and asked how much Schmejkal had left -- about 650,000. She then bet 150,000
At that Schmejkal sat back and exhaled. But he didn't take too long to call. Rousso very quickly flashed her cards -- , a busted flush draw. Schmejkal tabled for the straight, and took the pot.
With that one Schmejkal takes the lead back from Rousso for the first time since we began. He has about 1,000,000 to Rousso's 920,000.
We've moved into the fifth half-hour level here in our fourth and final quarterfinal match, with Vanessa Rousso and Ernst Schmejkal still relatively close in chips. Schmejkal just won a short sequence of small pots in a row, and has pushed to 1.04 million to Rousso's 880,000.
The word previously was that if this last match ended by 5 p.m., we'd start the semis at 6 p.m. But we've crossed that now, so unless things suddenly wrap up here, the semis may get going at the previously scheduled start time of 7 p.m.
Ernst Schmejkal minimum-raised to 40,000 from the button, and Vanessa Rousso called.
The flop came . Rousso checked, Schmejkal bet 36,000, and Rousso called. Both players then checked the turn.
The river brought the . Rousso casually tossed out two green (25,000) chips into the middle, and Schmejkal thought a bit then called. Rousso showed for queens, and Schmejkal mucked.
Rousso has 1.315 million now, and Schmejkal 605,000.
Ernst Schmejkal had just taken a hand to push back to about 760,000 when the following one occurred.
Schmejkal raised to 40,000 from the small blind/button, and Rousso called. The flop came . Rousso checked, Schmejkal bet 32,000, and Rousso called. The turn was the . Rousso again checked, Schmejkal bet 85,000 this time, and Rousso called once more.
Rousso said she was checking dark as the dealer burned a card and delivered the river. Schmejkal pushed out 200,000 this time, and Rousso went into the tank. She carved 200,000 out of her stack, then meticulously counted the rest to see what she'd have left if she were to call. She then removed her sunglasses and asked Schmejkal how much he had behind.
Finally, after about four minutes' worth of consideration total, she let it go.
With that one, we're moving back close to an even match once again. Rousso currently has about one million, and Schmejkal 920,000.
. Schmejkal bet 14,000, and Rousso called.
. Schmejkal bet 35,000 this time. Rousso thought for about a minute, rechecked her cards, then pushed out a raise to 85,000. Schmejkal quickly called.
. Schmejkal checked this time, and Rousso grabbed some green (25,000) chips and set them to one side. She leaned forward and asked how much Schmejkal had left -- about 650,000. She then bet 150,000
, a busted flush draw. Schmejkal tabled 
for the straight, and took the pot.![[user80015]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
flop fall.
. Rousso checked, Schmejkal bet 36,000, and Rousso called. Both players then checked the 
. Rousso checked, Schmejkal bet 32,000, and Rousso called. The turn was the 
. Rousso again checked, Schmejkal bet 85,000 this time, and Rousso called once more.
river. Schmejkal pushed out 200,000 this time, and Rousso went into the tank. She carved 200,000 out of her stack, then meticulously counted the rest to see what she'd have left if she were to call. She then removed her sunglasses and asked Schmejkal how much he had behind.