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Daniel Negreanu limped from the small blind and Igor Kurganov checked in the big blind. The flop was and Negreanu called a 120,000 Kurganov bet. The turn paired the board when the showed an appearance and this time Kurganov changed tact when he checked. Negreanu bet 230,000 and Kurganov made the call. The final card was the and Kurganov checked again. Negreanu quickly reached into his stack and pulled out a tower of red 25k chips and pushed 550,000 into the middle. Kurganov tanked for the longest time but eventually did make the call.
"I have a jack," said Negreanu.
He turned over and Kurganov mucked his hand.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Daniel Negreanu |
3,390,000
990,000
|
990,000 |
Igor Kurganov |
3,260,000
-1,140,000
|
-1,140,000 |