Kurganov Falls Into Gruissem's Trap
Level 6
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Igor Kurganov raised from the hijack seat to 4,500, and Philipp Gruissem reraised to 14,000 from the big blind. Kurganov called, and the flop came down 
. Gruissem checked, Kurganov bet 10,500, and Gruissem made the call.
The turn was the 
, and both players checked to see the 
pair the board on the river. Gruissem checked, and Kurganov took his time before moving all in for 61,300. Gruissem snap-called.
Kurganov tabled the 
for a rivered flush, but it was the same river card that gave him the flush that also gave Gruissem a full house with the 
. Kurganov was eliminated, and Gruissem moved to about 275,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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275,000
86,000
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86,000 |
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, Ivey checked, and Kho bet 12,000. Reinkemeier folded, as did Ivey, and Kho won the pot.
flop, and Rono Lo made the call to see the 
land on the turn. After Fee checked, Lo fired 31,000. Fee folded, and Lo picked up the pot.
board against Yi Cheng, and then the dealer landed the 
on the river. Haxton checked with 16,900 left in his stack, and Cheng put him all in. Haxton tanked for a bit, but folded in the end. Cheng showed the 
for a set of threes. Haxton claimed to have folded 
.
