Heads Up Play Begins with Back and Forth
Not much change in the stacks after the first 15 minutes of heads up play. No river showdowns, just quick-fire button raises and many flops seen (without big pots growing subsequently), but the net result was, for a while, a slow climb further ahead by Igor Kurganov.
Then a good-sized pot went the other way: Kurganov opened [td5h] on his button and Kahle Burns defended with [Tsjd], both hitting top pair on a [2ctc8h] flop. Neither player elected to bet – yet. On the [3s] turn, Burns led out for 725,000, called by Kurganov.
The river brought the [9s] and another lead from Burns, this time for 1,625,000. It was snap-called, and all of the small gains made by Kurganov recently were recouped by his opponent.
