Schmejkal Takes the Lead
Vanessa Rousso limped from the button, and Ernst Schmejkal checked. The flop came . Schmejkal bet 14,000, and Rousso called.
The turn brought the . Schmejkal bet 35,000 this time. Rousso thought for about a minute, rechecked her cards, then pushed out a raise to 85,000. Schmejkal quickly called.
The river was the . Schmejkal checked this time, and Rousso grabbed some green (25,000) chips and set them to one side. She leaned forward and asked how much Schmejkal had left -- about 650,000. She then bet 150,000
At that Schmejkal sat back and exhaled. But he didn't take too long to call. Rousso very quickly flashed her cards -- , a busted flush draw. Schmejkal tabled for the straight, and took the pot.
With that one Schmejkal takes the lead back from Rousso for the first time since we began. He has about 1,000,000 to Rousso's 920,000.