Liviu Takes Down Five-Way Pot

It all started when Ari Engel opened to 275 from under the gun. [Removed:464] 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.