Shelley Goes BOOM!
From the button, Karim Jomeen raised to 25,000. Scott Shelley shoved all in from the small blind for 165,000 and after Paul Pitchford folded from the big blind, Jomeen snap-called and tabled the . Shelley revealed the and had an optimistic view on the situation saying, "Well, I'm live."
The flop came down and Shelley picked up a pair of fours. Although the flop wasn't the six-five-three combo that his rail was cheering so loudly for, Shelley shrugged his shoulders and didn't felt a little bit better about the situation.
The turn brought the to the felt, nailing Shelley with trips and causing a volcanic eruption of noise from his cheering section that surrounded the stage. The river then completed the board with the and improved Shelley to a full house.
Jomeen was left with just 6,000 chips after sending over the payment to Shelley, who can now breathe again with some much needed life.
While of of this was going on, Daniel Negreanu showed up to wish fellow teammate JP kelly good luck. Mehdi Senhaji took the opportunity to jump out of his seat and snatch a quick photo with Negreanu, ignoring all of the excitement that was going on behind him just a few feet away.