Cates Bombs River
Level 13
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Igor Kurganov opened for 36,000 and was called by Lo Shing Fung on the button and big blind Dan Cates.
Three players saw a flop of 
and they all checked to see the turn card 
. Kurganov bet 78,000 and when Fung folded Cates asked how much Kurganov had and raised him to 225,000.
Kurganov made the call fairly quickly and they saw a river 
. Cates bet 378,000 after some mental calculations. Kurganov counted out the calling chips and saw that he would be left with just a pile of yellow T1000 chips. It was effectively an all in bet by Cates.
Kurganov released his hand and Cates flipped over the 
. There wasn’t much of a reaction from Kurganov save for a slightly raised eyebrow.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,117,000
270,000
|
270,000 |
|
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|
420,000
380,000
|
380,000 |