Hands #48-49: Aleksandr Shevelev Wins an 8.1M Pot vs. Ness Reilly

Photo:  Chipleder Aleksandr Shevelev

Hand #48  –  Aleksandr Shevelev raises under the gun to 225,000, and Darryll Fish calls from the big blind.

Both players check to the turn on a board of , Fish bets 325,000, and Shevelev calls.

The river card is the , Fish bets 550,000, and Shevelev folds. Fish takes the pot.

Hand #49  –  Ness Reilly raises from the button to 225,000, and Aleksandr Shevelev calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Shevelev checks, Reilly bets 250,000, and Shevelev calls.

The turn card is the , Shevelev checks, Reilly bets 400,000, and Shevelev check-raises to 1,150,000. Reilly calls.

The river card is the , Shevelev bets 2,300,000, and Reilly calls. Shevelev shows for a nine-high straight, and Reilly mucks. Shevelev wins the pot worth more than 8.1 million in chips to increase his chip lead even further.