Event #40: $10,000 Heads-Up No-Limit Hold'em Championship Day 1 | 2014 World Series of Poker

06-19-2014 15:35 UTC-7

Kurnaz Folds Queens

Mickey Doft

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Serkan Kurnaz limped the button, Igor Kurganov checked his option and the flop fell .

Both checked to see the turn where Kurganov check-called 1,600 from Kurnaz. The river completed the board and Kurganov checked. Kurnaz bet 3,900, Kurganov check-raised all in for 9,200 and after about 90 seconds, Kurnaz folded face up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serkan Kurnaz	40,500	-4,700
Igor Kurganov	19,500	4,700

Tags: Igor Kurganov Serkan Kurnaz

06-19-2014 15:29 UTC-7

Kurnaz Doubles Through

mnuwwarah

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Igor Kurganov opened to 3,200 on the button and called when Serkan Kurnaz shoved for 22,600.

Kurganov:
Kurnaz:

Kurnaz won the race when the board came down , giving him aces full.

Player	Chips	Progress
Serkan Kurnaz	45,200	23,200
Igor Kurganov	14,800	-23,200

Tags: Serkan Kurnaz Igor Kurganov

06-19-2014 15:27 UTC-7

And The Rest...

Mickey Doft

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Last name T-Z

Player	Chips	Progress
Ben Warrington	60,000
Sam Trickett	60,000
Tim West	60,000
Chris Whitcomb	60,000
Anthony Zinno	60,000
Samuel Touil	60,000
Fabrice Touil	60,000
Robert Tepper	60,000
Dee Tiller	60,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	60,000
Alec Torelli	60,000
Timothy Tenpas	60,000

06-19-2014 15:25 UTC-7

Kurganov Takes Lead

mnuwwarah

Level 8 : 800/1,600, 0 ante

Serkan Kurnaz min-raised on the button and got called by Igor Kurganov. After two checks, Kurganov bet 2,400 on a board. Kurnaz called, and he immediately called 7,000 more on the river.

Kurganov showed for a flush, while Kurnaz showed for top two before mucking.

Player	Chips	Progress
Igor Kurganov	38,000	14,500
Serkan Kurnaz	22,000	-14,500

Tags: Igor Kurganov Serkan Kurnaz

Level: 8

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante:

06-19-2014 15:22 UTC-7

A Few More First-Round Byes

Mickey Doft

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Last name S

Player	Chips	Progress
Sam Stein	60,000
Kevin Song	60,000
John Smith	60,000
Max Steinberg	60,000
Dani Stern	60,000
Davide Suriano	60,000
Joseph Stiers	60,000
Dan Smith	60,000
Max Silver	60,000
Nick Schulman	60,000
David Schnettler	60,000
Erik Seidel	60,000
Scott Seiver	60,000
Conor Shelly	60,000
Vanessa Selbst	60,000
Aram Saatchian	60,000

06-19-2014 15:19 UTC-7

And More First-Round Byes

Mickey Doft

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Last names N-R

Player	Chips	Progress
Thiago Nishijima	60,000	60,000
Daniel Negreanu	60,000	60,000
Taylor Paur	60,000	60,000
Michael Pickett	60,000	60,000
Eros Nastasi	60,000	60,000
Bryan Pellegrino	60,000	60,000
Paul Newey	60,000	60,000
Doug Polk	60,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	60,000	60,000
Mark Radoja	60,000	60,000
Brian Roberts	60,000	60,000
Sergey Rybachenko	60,000	60,000
Gaetano Preite	60,000	60,000
Russell Rosenblum	60,000	60,000
Micah Raskin	60,000	60,000

06-19-2014 15:16 UTC-7

Kurganov vs. Kurnaz Update

Mickey Doft

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Serkan Kurnaz	36,500	3,500
Igor Kurganov	23,500	-3,500

06-19-2014 15:15 UTC-7

More First-Round Byes

Mickey Doft

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Last names J-M

Player	Chips	Progress
Aaron Jones	60,000	60,000
Bill Klein	60,000	60,000
Jared Jaffee	60,000	60,000
John Juanda	60,000	60,000
Bryn Kenney	60,000	60,000
Kyle Julius	60,000	60,000
Jason Koon	60,000	60,000
Helio Liberman	60,000	60,000
Ludovic Lacay	60,000	60,000
Jonathan Jaffe	60,000	60,000
Shawn Lampman	60,000	60,000
Jason Les	60,000	60,000
Andrew Lichtenberger	60,000
Frank Kassela	60,000	60,000
Brice Lin	60,000	60,000
Ankush Mandavia	60,000	60,000
Joseph Melancon	60,000	60,000
Richard Lyndaker	60,000	60,000
Matt Marafioti	60,000	60,000
Mark McGovern	60,000	60,000
Joseph McArthur	60,000	60,000
Jason Mercier	60,000	60,000
Jason Mo	60,000	60,000
Gregg Merkow	60,000	60,000
Sylvain Loosli	60,000	60,000

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06-19-2014 15:07 UTC-7

More First-Round Byes

Mickey Doft

Level 7 : 600/1,200, 0 ante

Last names E-I

Player	Chips	Progress
Bertrand Grospellier	60,000
Brian Green	60,000
Markus Gonsalves	60,000
Alberto Gomez	60,000
Jeff Gross	60,000
Nick Guagenti	60,000
Phil Ivey	60,000
Jeffrey Ishbia	60,000
Brian Hewitt	60,000
Branden Hampton	60,000
Jacob Godshall	60,000
Jose Garcia	60,000
Pablo Fernandez	60,000
Ryan Fee	60,000
Kevin Eyster	60,000
Antonio Esfandiari	60,000
Michael Ferrell	60,000
Martin Finger	60,000
Phil Galfond	60,000
Charles Furey	60,000
Eric Froehlich	60,000
Kyle Frey	60,000
Darren Elias	60,000