On a board of ![]()
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, Andrew Robl bet 125,000 and received a call from Igor Kurganov. The
completed the board on the river and Robl kept the pressure on with a bet of 200,000, which proved enough to get the job done as Kurganov gave up on the hand.
On a board of ![]()
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, Andrew Robl bet 125,000 and received a call from Igor Kurganov. The
completed the board on the river and Robl kept the pressure on with a bet of 200,000, which proved enough to get the job done as Kurganov gave up on the hand.
Level: 13
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 2,000
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In the last hand of Level 12, Igor Kurganov raised to 32,000 from the button and Masa Kagawa called from the small blind. Andrew Robl then three-bet to 120,000 from the big, only Kurganov called, and the flop came down ![]()
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.
Both players ended up checking, as they did on the
turn, and then Robl led out with a big bet of 175,000 on the
river. Kurganov called but mucked when Robl rolled over ![]()
.
We'll get official counts on the break.
Andrew Robl raised to 32,000 on the button, and Igor Kurganov called from the small blind. In the big blind, Masa Kagawa reraised the pot to 134,000. Robl folded, Kurganov went all in, and Kagawa called.
Kagawa showed the ![]()
and was up against the ![]()
for Kurganov.
The flop, turn and river ran out ![]()
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, and Kagawa doubled up.
Andrew Robl limped in on the button for 16,000, before Dan Shak raised to 72,000 from the small blind. Igor Kurganov folded from the big blind after a brief hesitation, then Robl took a minute. Robl eventually called, and the flop came down ![]()
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.
On the flop, Shak fired 155,000. Robl took his usual time, then announced that he was all in.
"I guess I call, but I'm behind," said Shak as he made the call for his last 144,000. He turned up the ![]()
and was up against Robl's ![]()
.
"I need a queen... or running diamonds," said Shak with a sigh as he awaited the turn and river.
The turn was the
leaving Shak down to needing just a queen to win him the hand. The river was the
, though, and Shak couldn't pull it off. He was eliminated in fourth place, and earned AU$237,000.
Igor Kurganov opened for 32,000 under the gun only to have Andrew Robl, who was recently featured in the new poker book Ship It Holla Ballas!, three-bet to 110,000 from the small blind. Kurganov responded by four-betting big and Robl called off for 260,000 total.
Robl: ![]()
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Kurganov: ![]()
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Robl was way behind and in desperate need of an ace, and he didn't have to wait long as the
appeared in the window followed by the
and
. Kurganov's kings were cracked, but he could still retake the lead with either a king or ten. The
turn wasn't it, and neither was the
river.
Robl has been nursing a short stack most of the day, but now he finds himself second in chips.
From under the gun, Igor Kurganov raised to 32,000. Masa Kagawa made the call from the button, and everyone else folded.
The flop came down ![]()
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, and Kurganov bet 38,000. Kagawa folded.
A couple of hands later, Kurganov raised on the button to 32,000, and Andrew Robl called from the big blind to take the ![]()
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flop.
On the flop, Robl checked, and Kurganov bet 32,000. Robl called.
The turn was the
, and Robl checked again. Kurganov bet 82,000, and Robl gave it up.