Fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia. Fear of Friday the 13th is paraskevidekatriaphobia. Fear of bubbles? That’s ebulliophobia.
We don’t know if Igor Kurganov suffers from any of these maladies, but regardless — he couldn’t have enjoyed very much going out on the bubble tonight in the $25,750 High Roller.
What’s the word for fearing going out on the bubble in a poker tournament on Friday the 13th? Find out on the PokerStars Blog.
Sergi Reixach came in raising in middle position and Nick Petrangelo reraised to 50,000 on the button. Reixach called and hit. Petrangelo bet 39,000 and Reixach called. On the turn, Petrangelo bet 150,000, about half of Reixach's remaining chips, and Reixach relented.
Stephen Chidwick managed to survive the bubble after losing a massive pot to Bryn Kenney before the dinner break.
A couple of hands after the bubble burst, Chidwick moved all in for 69,000 from under the gun. Sergio Aido was in the cutoff and moved all in over top. Everyone folded and the hands were tabled.
Chidwick:
Kenney:
It looked like Chidwick was on his way out the door, but the flop came and he managed to pull ahead of Aido with a pair of sevens.
The turn was the and the river was the , giving Chidwick the double up.
With about 60,000 in the pot, on a board reading , Bryn Kenney led out for 20,000 and Salman Behbehani called.
The turn was the . Kenney checked, and Behbehani decided to bet 30,000. Kenney deliberated for a moment and opted to call.
The river was the . Kenney checked for a second time. Behbehani paused and then bet 115,000. Kenney went into the tank. He thought about it for over a minute before deciding to call.
Behbehani tabled for a full house, eights full of kings. Kenney mucked his cards, sending the massive pot to Behbehani.
Igor Kurganov opened to 24,000 in middle position, and Byron Kaverman shoved all in from the small blind.
"How do you say when you have two aces?" Kurganov said, preparing to snap-call. "OK, I don't have two aces. But I do call."
Kurganov:
Kaverman:
The dealer spread a flop of , and Kurganov's dominant position turned precarious. No waiting for Kaverman's draw as an locked it up for him on the turn. Kurganov said he was canceling his plans to buy everyone drinks when the bubble broke.
Kaverman decided someone else should be buying.
"You owe me a whiskey, Nenad," Kaverman said, as he had helped the short-stacked Nenad Medic squeak into the money.
, Phil Laak got his remaining stack in the middle and was called by Sergio Aido. 
and was looking safe for Laak, but the 
on the river completed the flush and Laak was sent packing.
board.
hit. Petrangelo bet 39,000 and Reixach called. On the 
turn, Petrangelo bet 150,000, about half of Reixach's remaining chips, and Reixach relented.
and he managed to pull ahead of Aido with a pair of sevens. 
, giving Chidwick the double up.
, Bryn Kenney led out for 20,000 and Salman Behbehani called. 
. Kenney checked, and Behbehani decided to bet 30,000. Kenney deliberated for a moment and opted to call.
, and Kurganov's dominant position turned precarious. No waiting for Kaverman's draw as an 
