Better Straight for Schmejkal
In one of the last hands of the previous level (5,000/10,000 blinds), Ernst Schmejkal opened with a raise to 22,000, and Vanessa Rousso called. The flop came . Rousso checked, Schmejkal bet 21,000, and Rousso called. Both then checked the turn.
The river was the . Rousso checked, and Schmejkal took his time before betting 60,000. Rousso called, tabling for the bottom end of the straight. Schmejkal had , though, and took the pot.
Schmejkal chips back to 820,000, still behind Rousso's 1.1 million.