Kurganov vs. Phua: Big Pockets Pair Results in Big Pot
Level 19
: 30,000/60,000, 10,000 ante
Hand #73: Daniel Colman opened for 125,000 from the cutoff and Igor Kurganov called from the button. Paul Phua then three-bet to 525,000 from the big blind, Colman folded the ![]()
, and Kurganov called. Phua quickly called off for 1.735 million and Kurganov discovered the bad news.
Kurganov: ![]()
Phua: ![]()
Phua was well out in front, and he got a hammerlock on the hand when the ![]()
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flop gave him a set. The
turn left Kurganov drawing dead, and after the
was run out on the river, he sent half his stack over to Phua.