Kurganov Flushes Drinan
Level 10
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Igor Kurganov has been slowly building a stack today, and he just won another decent-sized pot to move over 1.1 million.
With John Juanda missing in action (he thought there was a break, but that was just the Estrellas High Roller and not the EPT Super High Roller), the big blind was up for grabs. Kurganov tried to take it with a raise to 16,000 from the cutoff seat, but Connor Drinan three-bet on the button to 45,000. The small blind folded, and Kurganov made the call.
The flop came 
, and Kurganov check-called a bet of 40,000. Kurganov check-called another 80,000 on the 
turn, and the 
hit the river. Kurganov checked, and Drinan checked behind.
"Flush," Kurganov said before showing the 
.
Drinan mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,175,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
250,000
224,500
|
224,500 |