Kurganov Falls for a Third Time
Yesterday wasn't too bad for Igor Kurganov, who finished runner-up in the $25K Challenge for AU$541,680. Today, not so much.
Kurganov was just eliminated from this this tournament for a third time, meaning he's lost AU$300,000 thus far... and still has the option to reenter.
In his most recent elimination, Kurganov limped the button and Paul Newey did the same from the small blind. David Peters then raised to 7,000 from the big, Kurganov called, and Newey woke up with a three-bet to 35,000. Peters called and Kurganov thought for a long time — even using a time extension — before just calling, which left him 13,000 or so behind.
When the flop came down 
, Newey moved all in and Kurganov called off.
Newey: 
Kurganov: 
The 
turn left Kurganov drawing dead, and he was up out of his chair before the 
was run out on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
50,500
|
50,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
, a raising way saw Andrew Lichtenberger get his stack of 127,900 all in and at risk against Erik Seidel, who barely had him covered with 129,600.
turn nor 
river was what he needed and he was sent to the rail.
. The 
on the turn helped Newey a great deal but the 
on the river counterfeited his pair of aces and Buddiga took it down with his rivered flush.
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and Jacobson showed the 
