Andrew Robl raised to 40,000 from under the gun, and action folded to Igor Kurganov in the small blind. He put out all of his green T25,000 chips for a reraise to 310,000. Robl moved all in, and Kurganov called.
Kurganov was at risk for 431,000 with the . Robl held the and pleaded, "No ace, no ace."
The dealer flopped the and there was no ace, but Kurganov did pick up a straight draw.
The turn delivered that Broadway straight when the fell, and the river failed to pair the board with the .
Kurganov won the pot with a big double to the chip lead, while Robl was left with just 45,000 in chips — 20,000 of which was to be in the big blind on the next hand.
Igor Kurganov just raised after which his good friend and opponent Tobias Reinkemeier moved all in. Reinkemeier's shove was for a total of 251,000 and Kurganov ended up making the call.
Kurganov:
Reinkemeier:
The board ran out and Reinkemeier's jacks held up.
"I hate you Tobi," Kurganov said with a smile.
"Hey, you are the one who made the call," Reinkemeier needled his friend who's now the short stack in the tournament.
Andrew Robl made it 32,000 to go on the button, Winfred Yu called from the small blind, and Igor Kurganov called from the big blind.
On the flop, Yu and Kurganov checked. Robl bet 35,000, and Yu folded. Kurganov check-raised to 96,000, and Robl went into the tank. Eventually, he reraised all in for about 300,000. Kurganov quickly folded.
From the cutoff seat, Sam Trickett raised to 32,000. Richard Yong called from the small blind, then Erik Seidel reraised to 90,000 from the big blind. Trickett moved all in for about 450,000, which knocked Yong and Seidel out of the way to give him the pot.
And this time there's no coming back for Tony Bloom. Bloom just moved all in for 258,000 chips from the cutoff and Igor Kurganov made the call from the small blind.
Kurganov:
Bloom:
The board ran out and Bloom was knocked out. Just nine players remain, one more elimination and the field will be combined at one table.