Eight-time Russian Chess Champion, beloved commentator, and poker aficionado Peter Svidler enters the GRID to talk to Jennifer about an “accidental NLHE” hand while he was waiting for PLO on RunItOnce. Peter held the ace-seven of diamonds, and as the pot swelled, he takes us through his discomfort in NLHE, as opposed to his favorite game, PLO.

Peter also talks about what makes him so good at chess, the importance of memory and chess, why he prefers PLO and the influence Phil Galfond has had on him. He also tackles the difference between himself and another elite chessplayer, who rose to the highest stakes poker games, friend and team-mate Alexander “Sasha” Grischuk.

Now that ace-seven suited has been discussed on thepokergrid.com, 154 combos remain.

Follow Svidler on twitter @polborta and find many video series hosted by him on chess24, as well as frequent commentator stints at grandchesstour.org.