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.
Josh Arieh limped in from under the gun, Ben "Benba" Lamb called on the button, Yan Chen completed from the small blind, and Scott Seiver checked his option in the big. The flop came down , Chen checked, Seiver bet, and Arieh raised. Lamb called, Chen released, Seiver re-raised, and both Arieh and Lamb called.
The turn was the , Seiver checked, Arieh bet, and Lamb raised. Seiver and Arieh called.
The river was the , and the action checked to Lamb who bet. Seiver and Arieh called, then both mucked when Lamb tabled for trip sixes and the nut-low.
Matt Glantz limped under the gun, Brian Rast limped from the next seat, Minh Ly limped from the next seat after Rast, Ben Lamb raised from the cutoff and then action folded to Josh Arieh in the big blind. He called and then all the limpers called.
The flop came down and action checked to Lamb. He bet, Arieh folded, Glantz called, Rast folded and Ly called.
The turn was the to pair the board and Glantz led with a bet. Ly folded and Lamb called.
After the completed the board on the river, Glantz bet and Lamb called.
Glantz showed the for a full house, threes full of jacks. Lamb mucked.
Brian Rast raised from under the gun and got two callers in Josh Arieh (small blind) and Matt Glantz (big blind). The flop came , Arieh checked, and Glantz bet. Rast called, Arieh check-raised, then both Glantz and Rast called.
The turn was the and river the , and on both streets Arieh bet and both of his opponents called. Cards on their backs…
Arieh: -- splits low with Rast (1/4 pot)
Glantz: -- two pair for high (1/2 pot)
Rast: -- splits low with Arieh (1/4 pot)
Yan Chen raised from under the gun, Josh Arieh called in the cutoff, and Brian Rast re-raised from the small blind. Chen and Arieh called, and the flop came down . All three players checked.
The turn was the , and Rast led out. Arieh and Chen called. All three players checked when the came on the river.
Josh Arieh raised all in from early position for 51,000 - less than two bets. Brian Rast called from the cutoff, Minh Ly raised on the button, and Rast made the call. The flop came down , and Rast led out. Ly called.
The turn was the , and Rast led again. Ly opted to raise this time, and Rast called. Rast slowed down once the hit the river, check-calling a bet from Ly.
The action folded to George Lind, who completed from the small blind. Phil Hellmuth checked his option in the big, and the flop came down . Lind led for 30,000, and Hellmuth called.
The two checked the on the turn and the on the river, and Lind tabled for a pair of jacks. Hellmuth mucked, and Lind won the pot.