Shchemelev Survives
Level 20
Stud
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.
Ahmed (
)(
) / 
Shchemelev (
)(
) / 
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.