2018 Poker Masters

Event #1: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1
Event Info

2018 Poker Masters

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
kk
Prize
$193,200
Event Info
Buy-in
$10,000
Prize Pool
$690,000
Entries
69
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
120,000

Kurganov Eliminated by Kempe

Level 13 : 5,000/10,000, 10,000 ante
Igor Kurganov
Igor Kurganov

Igor Kurganov pushed all in for 50,000, and Rainer Kempe called from the small blind.

Kurganov: {K-Hearts}{5-Hearts}
Kempe: {7-Clubs}{7-Hearts}

The dealer spread a {K-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{6-Spades}{10-Clubs} to see Kurganov flop a pair and turn kings-up, only to have Kempe find a flush on the river to eliminate Kurganov.

Player Chips Progress
Rainer Kempe de
Rainer Kempe
665,000 -15,000
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
WSOP 1X Winner
Busted

Tags: Igor KurganovRainer Kempe

Level: 13

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 10,000

Garcia Dishes Runner-Runner Beat on Haxton

Level 12 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante
Cord Garcia
Cord Garcia

From the cutoff, Cord Garcia raised to 21,000 before Isaac Haxton three-bet the big blind to 81,000.

Garcia called, and after the dealer spread a {7-Diamonds}{9-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} flop, Haxton continued for 75,000.

Forced to use a time extension chip, Garcia eventually announced he was all in for 293,000. Haxton re-checked his hole cards, then announced a call.

Garcia: {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}
Haxton: {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}

Garcia was in bad shape holding top pair against Haxton's middle set.

Needing some combination of flush or straight cards, or runner full house outs, Garcia would see the {Q-Spades} and {7-Spades} roll off on the turn and river to improve his top pair to a full house.

As Garcia doubled into contention with the chip leaders, Haxton was left with a cruel runner-runner beat to drop down to around 21 big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Cord Garcia us
Cord Garcia
760,000 375,000
Isaac Haxton us
Isaac Haxton
WSOP 1X Winner
167,000 -303,000

Tags: Cord GarciaIsaac Haxton

Leng Doubles Through Imsirovic

Level 12 : 4,000/8,000, 8,000 ante

Ryan Leng raised to 40,000, leaving 26,000 back. Ali Imsirovic called on the button and they saw a {7-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}{6-Clubs} flop heads up. Leng stuck in the last 26,000 and Imsirovic called, although he'd whiffed with {a-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}. He wasn't in bad shape though, as Leng had {q-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a draw but just queen-high.

The drama was over with the {a-Clubs} turn, and Leng collected a double.

Player Chips Progress
Ali Imsirovic ba
Ali Imsirovic
715,000 -79,000
Ryan Leng us
Ryan Leng
WSOP 3X Winner
152,000 2,000

Tags: Ali ImsirovicRyan Leng