Igor Kurganov has more than $2 million in tournament winnings on his poker resume, but will need to do better here in the World Series of Poker Main Event if he wants to add to that. Kurganov didn't have a great start to the day and that has continued as we have just watched him double up a short-stacked opponent.
It was all in preflop, with Kurganov holding 
against his opponent's 
. The player was all in for 7,775 and it was looking like it was going to be home time. However, the 
board had other ideas, giving the player a straight and taking plenty of chips away from Kurganov.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
13,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
||
for fives full of deuces, winning the pot and upping his stack to about 36,000.
face up.
. Both players checked, and the turn brought the 
. It was checked to Spinks again, and he fired out 1,175. The cutoff check raised it to 2,400, and Spinks came along to see the river.
. Spinks chucked his cards towards the muck, giving the pot to his opponent.
. It was checked to Baldwin, who fired out 6,625. His opponent check raised all in, and Baldwin committed the rest of his chips.
. After that double, Baldwin is up to 47,700.
board. There was already over 7,000 in the pot at this point and Williams was checking to Brian Davis. A bet of 4,000 from Davis would see William check-raise to 8,000. Davis called and Williams almost immediately mucked, with Davis flipping over 
, for a turned straight.
flop was spread on the felt. The big blind check-called a bet of 1,350 here and then led for 2,350 on the 
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