Vladimir Shchemelev completed, and Maxwell Troy raised. Shchemelev made it three bets to go, and Troy called to see fourth street.
Shchemelev: (X)(X)//(X)
Troy: (X)(X)//(X)
Shchemelev bet his lead on fourth street, and Troy called. On fifth, Shchemelev snuck in a check-raise, and both he and Troy put in two bets apiece. "Looks like we're going to have a new chip leader after this pot," someone at the table said. Troy bet sixth and was called, and Shchemelev bet out on seventh. Troy raised, and Shchemelev called to put a huge pot up for grabs.
Shchemelev's down cards were to make him a seven-five-four-thee-one low. Troy tabled his , and that makes him the exact same hand. Both men get their money back, and it's on to the next hand with no damage done.
Jen Harman's elimination came just as the clock was ticking its way down to zero. That's four levels behind us, and the remaining five players are off for their one-hour dinner break.
Jennifer Harman called the bring-in and then a completion from Melville Lewis.
Harman fired out on fourth with Lewis calling before she bet 30,0000 on fifth. Lewis put her all in for her last 2,000 and Harman obliged with a call.
Harman: /
Lewis: /
On sixth street Harman caught a and Lewis a before Harman paired up on seventh with a . Lewis managed to squeeze out a to send Harman to the rail with a seven-six low as she made her way to the cage to collect for her tournament efforts.
After passing the bring-in around for about a half hour, here's how the chips look now. You can see that Melville Lewis has been the big beneficiary of the stagnant play, and Frank Kassela is back out of the danger zone:
Since Stuart Rutter was eliminated about eight hands ago, we've seen the action really slow to a crawl.
Every pot since then has gone to fourth street heads up, and every pot has promptly ended with one bet there. We haven't made it to fifth street in a long while. The stacks are pretty deep, and there's plenty of poker left to be played from the looks of it.
The pay jumps are starting to get a bit more significant now.
We'd agree with Frank Kassela's last quip, laced with sarcasm: "This is exciting!"
Vladimir Shchemelev was the bring-in with the and Stuart Rutter completed with a showing. Shchemelev was the only caller, and Rutter was getting short.
Shchemelev: (X)(X)//(X)
Rutter: (X)(X)//(X)
Schelemev bet fourth street, and Rutter considered carefully before calling. On fifth, Shchemelev bet again, Rutter announced a raise, and he soon found himself all in for about 80,000 total. He turned up , and he was not in good shape when Shchmelev showed his for the made ten-low.
Rutter bricked out on sixth with that pair of queens, and another bricky on seventh street cued the good luck wishes and the handshakes all around. After a deep run through this razz field, Stuart Rutter is out in seventh place, and he's gone straight over to the other side of the room to play the next one, the H.O.R.S.E. World Championship.
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to make him a seven-five-four-thee-one low. Troy tabled his 
and Lewis a 
and Stuart Rutter completed with a 
