Event #85: $1,500 SHOOTOUT No-Limit Hold'em

Action was opened in late positon by Ao Chen to 250,000. Faraz Jaka was next to act and didn't think for long before announcing all in for about 3,000,000. The remaining players folded and Chen called.

Faraz Jaka:   
Ao Chen:   

The     flop left Jaka drawing to just two outs in the deck. Right on time the dealer burned and turned the   and suddenly Chen was drawing dead.

Jaka scooped a monster to grab the chip lead and send Chen down the leaderboard.

Faraz Jaka	6,350,000	4,230,000
Ao Chen	2,200,000	-2,100,000

Ao Chen raised to 245,000 under the gun and got called by Matteo Cavelier and Mo Zhou in the big blind to create a three-way pot.

The trio checked all the way on a board      and a   hit the river. Zhou checked to Chen who bet 350,000 and it was enough to make Cavelier and Chen fold their hands.

Ao Chen	4,400,000	100,000
Matteo Cavelier	4,180,000	130,000
Mo Zhou	2,450,000	-400,000

Yuri Dzivielevski raised for the first time in a row preflop, this time for 240,000 and it folded to Adam Friedman who decided to shove in the small blind. Dzivielevski quickly sent his cards into the muck.

Adam Friedman	1,700,000	100,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	1,435,000	-240,000

Action was opened under the gun to 250,000 by Mo Zhou. The action made it to Matteo Cavelier in middle posiiton who three-bet to 700,000. It then folded to Yuri Dzivielevski in the small blind who went all in for less.

Zhou folded and the cards hit their backs.

Yuri Dzivielevski:   
Matteo Cavelier:   

The full board ran out       and Dzivielevski would earn a pure double.

Matteo Cavelier	4,050,000	-700,000
Mo Zhou	2,850,000	530,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	880,000	230,000

Action was opened in late position by Ao Chen to 205,000. Olga Iermolcheva called from the small blind and action was then on Yuri Dzivielevski in the big blind. He thought for a moment before announcing all in and sliding some chips forward.

Chen didn't take long and called. Iermolcheva got out of the way and they saw all five cards.

Ao Chen:   
Yuri Dzivielevski:   

The full board ran out       and Chen would earn the pure double leaving Dzivielevski with crumbs.

Ao Chen	3,750,000	1,490,000
Yuri Dzivielevski	650,000	-2,140,000

Adam Friedman open-shoved for his last 770,000 and Allan Mello decided to reshape in the small blind for 1,980,000. Mo Zhou tanked for some time in the big blind and let it go.

Adam Friedman:   
Allan Mello:   

Friedman was in bad shape for his tournament's life but managed to find a board       to give him the double up with a set of fours.

Mo Zhou	2,320,000	420,000
Adam Friedman	1,600,000	590,000
Allan Mello	1,210,000	-1,065,000

Michael Finstein started the action with a raise to 160,000 and Allan Mello decided to three-bet to 400,000 next to him. It folded to Matteo Cavelier in the big blind who sent a four-bet worth 1,000,000. Finstein let it go but Mello took a minute and five-bet to 1,600,000, which Cavelier called.

With already more than 3,200,000 in the pot, the flop showed     and Mello made a small bet worth 325,000 after Cavelier checked. Cavelier thought about his move for some time and jammed.

Mello went deep into the tank and after a few minutes, he reluctantly sent his cards into the muck.

Matteo Cavelier	6,960,000	2,210,000
Allan Mello	2,275,000	-2,075,000
Michael Finstein	1,960,000	-190,000

Edward Mroczkowski raised under the gun to 175,000 and Matteo Cavelier made a three-bet worth 450,000 in the cutoff. It came back to Mroczkowski who eventually called.

The dealer brought a flop     and after some thought, Mroczkowski check-called Cavelier's continuation worth 200,000. Both checked on the   turn.

Things heated on the   river. Mroczkowski tanked for some time and ended up betting 200,000 after the clock has been called. Cavelier replied by announcing all in and Mroczkowski snap-called for his remaining stack worth 1,000,000.

Mroczkowski tabled    for a set of queens but had the bad surprise to see    in Cavelier's hands for a set of aces and Mroczkowski made his way to the payout desk to collect his $19,003.

Matteo Cavelier	4,750,000	1,610,000
Edward Mroczkowski	0	-1,620,000

Matteo Cavelier raised under the gun to 175,000 and picked up calls from Ao Chen on the button and Adam Friedman in the small blind.

A paired flop     appeared and it checked to Chen who made a bet of 200,000. Friedman got out of the way but Cavelier decided to raise it to 600,000. Chen took a minute and folded.

Matteo Cavelier	3,140,000	490,000
Ao Chen	2,260,000	-460,000
Adam Friedman	1,010,000	-190,000

On the first hand back from break Mo Zhou opened under the gun to 160,000. It folded all the way to current chip leader Allan Mello in the big blind who went into the tank.

After a moment he asked for a count of Zhou's chips. He got his answer and didn't waste much time before putting in a cold three-bet to 650,000.

Zhou thought it over for about a minute before releasing his cards back to the dealer. Mello is still in the drivers seat at this final table.

Allan Mello	4,410,000	160,000
Mo Zhou	2,900,000	-150,000