Shchemelev Now in Front
Vladimir Shchemelev completed with a three up, Frank Kassela raised with a deuce, and Shchemelev called.
Shchemelev: (X)(X)//(X)
Kassela:(X)(X)/ /(X)
The leading player was doing the betting the whole way with Kassela firing on fourth street and Shchemelev doing the work on fifth and sixth. Shchemelev bet again on seventh, and Kassela made one last call.
Shchemelev showed his hand: ( )/ /(Tx), and his sixty-five was good enough to take that sizable pot and move him into the chip lead with 1.23 million.