Kurganov Trending Upward

We arrived to find Patrick Weifels and Igor Kurganov looking down at a completed board of . Kurganov was all in for his last 15,500 and Weifels pushed out a call.

Weifels showed but it was no good against Kurganov's for a better two pair. With this win, Kurganov increased his stack to about 55,000.

On the next next, Kurganov opened to 1,800 from early position and found a call from Tom Hall in the hijack. The flop came down and Kurganov opted to check. Hall took this chance to fire 2,200 and Kurganov stayed the course. The turn was the and both players checked to see a river.

The dealer completed the board with the and Kurganov cut out a final bet of 8,000. Hall let his hand go and Kurganov was awarded the pot. He now has about 61,000 in chips.