Igor Kurganov moved all in over the top of Sam Greenwood for 795,000 and Greenwood called, players tabled their cards.
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and Kurganov's jacks held on for the pot, doubling through Greenwood.
Igor Kurganov moved all in over the top of Sam Greenwood for 795,000 and Greenwood called, players tabled their cards.
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and Kurganov's jacks held on for the pot, doubling through Greenwood.
Level: 13
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
The players are now on a 15-minute break.
Stephen Chidwick raised to 60,000 from the hijack and the action folded to Rob Yong in the big blind.
"He hasn't got a hand," joked Yong.
"Do you want an all-in?" he added before Chidwick smiled and Yong called the raise - sat with a stack just over twenty big blinds.
The flop fell ![]()
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, and Yong check-raised a 40,000 continuation bet by Chidwick to 125,000.
Chidwick thought for 15 seconds before he made it 290,000 and Yong moved all in for around 600,000 total, which Chidwick snap-called.
Yong flipped over ![]()
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set.
Yong was in real danger of elimination but was given some hope when the
hit the turn.
However, the
river card was no use to the Dusk Till Dawn owner, and the partypoker partner departed shortly before the first break of the day.
Jason Koon put the rest of his chips into the pot and only one person hooked him up in Bryn Kenney, the two poker giants turned over their cards with Koon at risk of elimination.
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out as a flop and Koon was in rough shape. A
flipped over on the turn, leaving Koon drawing to just a nine to keep his tournament going. The
river was of no help as Kenney scooped the pot, eliminating Koon from the touranment.
Vivek Rajkumar raised to 70,000 from the button with ![]()
and Ivan Leow three-bet to 185,000 from the small blind holding ![]()
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Rajkumar called, and the flop fell ![]()
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. Leow bet 190,000 and Rajkumar called.
After the
hit the turn, Leow bet 225,000 and Rajkumar called again.
The
hit the river, and Leow's all in for 215,000 was snap-called by Rajkumar.
Leow saw his two pair was no good against Rajkumar's higher two pair holding pocket aces, and Leow departed in brutal circumstances.
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Cary Katz opened to 60,000 from the cutoff, Stephen Chidwick called on the button and Winfred Yu stuck around in the small blind. The flop came down ![]()
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, action checked to Katz who moved all in and both of his opponents quickly mucked, sending him another pot.
Martin Kabrhel moved all in for his remaining 255,000 from the button and Alfred DeCarolis hooked him up from the big blind, players turned over their hands.
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on the flop which looked pretty but changed nothing between the two. A
turn card gave Kabrhel some straight outs but the
was a brick and DeCarolis took down the pot with his king-high, eliminating another player from the tournament.
Cary Katz was all in preflop for around 350,000, and Rob Yong was happy to put him at risk.
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Katz paired his king on the flop to take the lead and held after the turn, and river cards were revealed.
Katz took in the pot and moved up to 780,000 with Yong left with 600,000.