Tag: Igor Kurganov

Steve O’Dwyer Exits in 5th ($75,000)

There will be no back-to-back trophies in this event for Steve O'Dwyer.  Having picked his spots to shove before the bubble bursting, he found another in the cutoff post-bubble with [KsJh].  Button Igor Kurganov gave it some thought with [Ah8c], eventually opting to call the 2,540,000. The board ran out [7s2c8dtc2s],

Luke Reeves Bubbles Blind On Blind

Sudden drama, and sudden death for the start-of-day chip leader after a brief but violent clash blind on blind with Igor Kurganov.  Kurganov picked up [qhqd] in the small blind, raising to 550,000.  Over to Luke Reeves, who, with a pocket pair of his own - [4h4c] - thought for

Kurganov Active, Bubble Remains Unburst

A payday of $75,000 awaits fifth place in this Super High Roller, a payday of $0 seventh.  All conscious of this, the larger stacks have been steadily active, slowly increasing in the first half of Level 16.  Showdowns are rare, but thanks to the cards up magic of PokerGO's livestream,

Kurganov Extends Lead at Stokkan’s Expense

Preben Stokkan opened in the cutoff for 240,000 with [Kc6c] and Igor Kurganov called with [5c5h] in the small blind.  Stokkan bet 275,000 when Kurganov checked the [4hqdqc] flop, and was called.  Both players checked the [Ts] turn, bringing the [2c] river.  Check the third from Kurganov; Stokkan bet 700,000. 

Biggest Pot of the Final So Far To Kurganov

Button Steve O'Dwyer raised to 300,000 with [AcQc], finding small blind (and even deeper-stacked) Igor Kurganov three-betting to 1,020,000 with [KsTc].  O'Dwyer made the call to see a [7d4dKh] flop.  Out led Kurganov, for 575,000, called by O'Dwyer. Turn: [5h]. Kurganov thought for long enough to use up a timebank card

Large Double for Kurganov

Another monstrous multiway match-up saw Kahle Burns open with [ahqh], flatted by Preben Stokkan with [JcJs], only to find Igor Kurganov three-betting (now in the cutoff) with [KhKd] to 575,000.  Burns called, but Stokkan took the brakes off, moving all-in; Kurganov alone made the call, his tournament life at risk.

Everybody Gets Away From It

Multiple strong preflop hands did not end up with the all-in situation (preflop or otherwise) that the commentary team were expecting.  Rainer Kempe opened under the gun to 160,000 with [9s9h], flat called by his neighbour Leon Tsoukernik with [JsJh].  Next to act Kahle Burns passed his [KsQc]; button Igor

Trigg Loses Crucial Flip to Kurganov

Igor Kurganov's stack regained some of its plumpness with the elimination of Richard Trigg, a big (and close in the count) all-in confrontation in which [AcKc] failed to improve vs. [TcTs] over a [QsQh7h7c5s] board.  Trigg places 11th, still far from the cash at five players.