Hands #28-30: Schemion Calls With Ace-High and Takes the Lead

Hand #28: Under the gun Igor Kurganov opened for 120,000 holding . In the big blind Paul Newey found and thought about it for a bit before calling. The flop came , favoriting Kurganov. Newey check folded to his 100,000 continuation bet.

Hand #29: Under the gun Fatehi found and he made it 125,000. Newey folded , big blind Kurganov called with . The flop came and Kurganov check folded to the 150,000 continuation bet.

Hand #30: From the cutoff, Schemion raised to 130,000 holding . Fatehi defended his big blind with . The flop came and Fatehi lead out for 125,000 into 350,000 with his flush draw. Schemion called in position.

The hit the turn, doing nothing for Fatehi while Schemion picked up a gutshot on top of his already leading ace-high. Fatehi bet 230,000 and Schemion called again.

The river was effectively a blank and Fatehi bet 340,000 into 1,110,000. Schemion called with ace-high and showed the best hand.

Joueur	Jetons	Progression
Ole Schemion	3,815,000 1,750,000	1,750,000
Ali Reza Fatehi	3,720,000 -685,000	-685,000
Igor Kurganov	3,320,000 -330,000	-330,000
Mustapha Kanit	2,850,000 -885,000	-885,000

Stephen Chidwick	830,000 350,000	350,000
Paul Newey	720,000 -200,000	-200,000