Allyn Jaffrey Shulman opened for a raise to 16,000, and Stephen Chidwick repotted to 60,000. Shulman made the call after everyone else had folded.
The flop came , and Shulman must have liked what she saw because she moved all in, covering Chidwick. Chidwick tanked for about two minutes before softly pushing his cards to the dealer.
On a flop of , Alexey Makarov put out a bet of what looked like 40,000. From there John O'Shea potted from the button, and him and Makarov ended up getting all the money in the middle.
Makarov:
O'Shea:
Makarov had a wrap straight draw with a huge low draw, while O'Shae had flopped three deuces with a higher low draw.
The turn was the giving O'Shea a boat, but Makarov a low and it looked like it would be a chop from there, but the came on the river giving the two players the same wheel for the low. With that, Makarov fell from his position atop the chip counts while O'Shea gained some ground as the players approached the final table.
Stephen Chidwick got his last 50,000 or so in the pot preflop, and Robert Price made the call.
Price:
Chidwick:
Chidwick's rags looked a lot brighter after the flop came , giving him a freeroll for the whole pot and a lock for the low. An turn ended the sweat early, giving Chidwick a wheel.
We didn't catch the action of the hand but we do know that Vladimir Shchmelev just quartered John O'Shea in a huge pot. O'Shea was holding aces, but they didn't hold up against Shchmelev's hand and he raked in the huge pot.
He's now the overwhelming tournament chip leader with everyone nipping on his heals.
Stephen Chidwick got his last 50,000 or so in the pot preflop, and Robert Price made the call.
Price:
Chidwick:
Chidwick's rags looked a lot brighter after the flop came , giving him a freeroll for the whole pot and a lock for the low. An turn ended the sweat early, giving Chidwick a wheel.
Matthew Lansdon opened the pot to 35,000 before the flop. Next to act, Alexey Makarov moved all in over the top for less than the pot. Action folded back around to Lansdon who called quickly.
Makarov:
Lansdon:
The board ran out giving no player any pair or any low, but since Makarov was holding a pair of deuces in his hand he was able to score the elimination.
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Alexey Makarov, Andrey Zaichenko and Vladimir Shchemelev are three Russian poker giants, all seated at the same table here on Day 3 of Event #46. Sandwiched between the three of them is John O'Shea, who seems to be having a bit of trouble adapting to them.
In one hand, O'Shea opened to 25,000. In the next seat over Shchemelev potted it to 90,000. Action folded back around to O'Shea who let his hand go.
“Maybe that will teach you not to steal my big blind,” Makarov said to O'Shea. “If you try to steal my big blind, my friend will raise you.”
“I've to got deal with the Russian tag team here,” O'Shea joked. “I look at him you punch me, I look at you and he punches me!”
O'Shea is down a bit from where he started, is still alive despite being the tasty meat inside a Russian sandwich.
, and Shulman must have liked what she saw because she moved all in, covering Chidwick. Chidwick tanked for about two minutes before softly pushing his cards to the dealer.
, Alexey Makarov put out a bet of what looked like 40,000. From there John O'Shea potted from the button, and him and Makarov ended up getting all the money in the middle.
giving O'Shea a boat, but Makarov a low and it looked like it would be a chop from there, but the 
came on the river giving the two players the same wheel for the low. With that, Makarov fell from his position atop the chip counts while O'Shea gained some ground as the players approached the final table.
, giving him a freeroll for the whole pot and a lock for the low. An 
flop. The 
turn sealed things, and O'Shea doubled up.
