Igor Kurganov has added even more to his stack after getting Galen Hall to fold his hand on the river.
Kurganov raised the button and bet three streets of a board, with the last two bets being 11,000 and 18,500. The river bet was too much for Hall who passed.
Dani Stern was all in preflop against Philipp Gruissem and Jan Heitman before the flop. There was about 25,000 in the middle on the flop for the main pot and 20,000 in the side pot for Gruissem and Heitmann to fight over.
After checking the flop, Gruissem and Heitmann also checked the turn and river. Gruissem showed the , which was good enough to beat Heitmann's for the side pot. It was also good enough to beat Stern's for the main pot and eliminate him.
The flop came down , and Quoss bet 10,000. Cheong called, and the dealer added the on the turn. Quoss led again, this time for 23,000. Cheong took his time, then called.
On the river, Quoss checked. Cheong studied, then fired 35,500. Quoss gave it up, and Cheong won the pot.
Phil Ivey is in no mood to hang around with his second bullet, just ask Govert Metaal.
The action folded to Ivey on the button and he raised to 2,500. Metaal was in the big blind and three-bet to 7,500. Ivey paused for a minute and moved all in for 54,000. Metaal snap called causing Ivey to smile.
Metaal:
Ivey:
The board ran to make Ivey a full house. The mood at his table instantly shifted down a notch or two.