Hand #23: Daniel Colman moved all in from the small blind with the to put the pressure on a still short-stacked Igor Kurganov, who folded his .
Hand #24: Rono Lo raised to 79,000 with the in the cutoff only to have Igor Kurganov moved all in for 367,000 with the in the small blind. Ole Schemion then woke up with the in the big blind, and he made the call. Lo thought for a good spell before folding, and Kurganov discovered the bad news.
Schemion was a 67% favorite, but then the flop came down the to give Kurganov two pair. The turn made it a full house, and the river gave him the double in what turned out to be the last hand of the level.
Ole Schemion & Igor Kurganov chat before the final table
Hand #22: Igor Kurganov open shoved for 164,000 under the gun with . Under the gun plus two it was Paul Phua who showed interest. Phua had and isolated to 364,000. All other players folded and the first all in show down was at hand.
"I am confident my short stack will go on forever" Kurganov laughed.
And well, so far he's right. The on the flop didn't help him, but the on the turn did. The river was a blank with an eight and Kurganov doubled up.
He's still the short stack, but he has some breathing room.
Hand #19: Ole Schemion opened the cutoff for 70,000 holding . It delivered him the blinds and antes as everybody folded.
Hand #20: Daniel Colman opened under the gun plus one with for 70,000. Eveybody folded and Colman won his first hand.
Hand #21: Paul Phua opened for 70,000 from the hijack with . Rono Lo in the big blind was the only one thinking about it with , but folded eventually. Phua took the blinds and antes.
Hand #14: Ole Schemion raised to 60,000 from the under-the-gun position with the and the rest of the players folded.
Hand #15: Dan Cates opened for 60,000 from early position with the and Ole Schemion defended from the big blind with the . The flop went check-check, and then Schemion semi-bluffed his gutshot with a bet of 100,000. Cates didn't want any part of it and folded his hand.
Hand #16: Dan Cates loked down at the under the gun and raised to 60,000. Richard Yong, who was next to act, played the slow by just limping. The rest of the players folded and it was heads-up action tot he flop. Cates checked, Yong bet 100,000, and Cates folded. That's twice now in the first 16 hands that players have correctly ditched pocket nines.
Hand #17: Richard Yong raised to 62,000 under the gun with the . Daniel Cates defended his big blind with the , and the flop fell . Cates checked, Yong continued for 50,000, and "Jungleman" folded.
Hand #18: Ole Schemion raised to 70,000 from the cutoff with the and won the blinds.
Hand #13: Dan Cates in the hijack opened for 60,000 holding . Olivier Busquet on the button made the call with and Rono Lo came along from the big blind with .
Everybody had a pair on but all of them checked. They also checked on the -turn. The river came the and Lo checked to Cates. The American player bet out 90,000 and Busquet quickly folded. Lo showed interest though, and called after some thinking.
Cates wasn't sure who had to show first, and didn't show his hand at all after Lo tabled the ace-nine.
Hand #11: Schemion opened the hijack for 70,000 with . Richard Yong in the small blind made it 210,000 with . Busquet quickly folded his big blind, Schemion gave up the chips already invested.
Hand #12: Igor Kurganov shoved for 168,000 from the hijack holding . Though it wasn't much, it was enough to make everybody fold and he took the blinds and antes to get up to 245,000.
Hand #10: Ole Schemion raised to 72,000 from the cutoff with the and Richard Yong, who likes to defend, called from the big blind with the . The flop was kind to Yong, but he checked to the raiser, who checked behind.
The dealer then burned and turned the to give Schemion a set and leave Yong drawing dead, though he didn't know it. Yong checked, Schemion bet 105,000, and Yong called. Yong checked for a third time on the river, and Schemion bet it for value to the tune of 266,000. Yong made the call and watched a good portion of his stack pushed over to the German wunderkind.
Hand #9: Lo limped under the gun plus two for 30,000 with , and Schemion over limped on the button holding . Paul Phua completed from the small blind with , Daniel Cates checked his big blind with .
Both blinds checked on and Lo bet out 54,000. Schemion calledwith queen-high, Phua folded his hand, Cates made the call holding second pair.
The turn was the and Cates and Lo checked to Schemion. Schemion, having just hit top pair, bet out 111,000. Cates instantly folded, but Lo took his time. He picked up 111,000, added 200,000, and raised it up to 311,000 total.
Schemion thought about it for a good time. The pot, worth 736,000 by now, was pushed Lo's way after Schemion mucked his hand.
Hand #8: Action folded around to Ole Schemion in the small blind and he just limped with the . Paul Phua, who was unfortunate enough to wake up with the in the big, then raised to 80,000. Schemion wasted little time in three-betting to 240,000, and that inspired Phua to four-bet to 480,000.
Schemion sat silently for about a minute and then slid out a five-bet to 800,000. At this point Phua seemed to know something was up, and after thinking about it for a short time, he laid down his hand.
to put the pressure on a still short-stacked Igor Kurganov, who folded his 
.
in the small blind. Ole Schemion then woke up with the 
in the big blind, and he made the call. Lo thought for a good spell before folding, and Kurganov discovered the bad news.
to give Kurganov two pair. The 
turn made it a full house, and the 
river gave him the double in what turned out to be the last hand of the level.
and isolated to 364,000. All other players folded and the first all in show down was at hand.
on the flop didn't help him, but the 
on the turn did. The river was a blank with an eight and Kurganov doubled up.
. It delivered him the blinds and antes as everybody folded.
for 70,000. Eveybody folded and Colman won his first hand.
, but folded eventually. Phua took the blinds and antes.
and the rest of the players folded.
and Ole Schemion defended from the big blind with the 
. The 
. Daniel Cates defended his big blind with the 
. Cates checked, Yong continued for 50,000, and "Jungleman" folded.
and Lo checked to Cates. The American player bet out 90,000 and Busquet quickly folded. Lo showed interest though, and called after some thinking.
. Richard Yong in the small blind made it 210,000 with 
flop was kind to Yong, but he checked to the raiser, who checked behind.
, Daniel Cates checked his big blind with