Kurganov and Manfredini Sign Up
Nível 2
: 300/600, 0 ante
Igor Kurganov finished runner up in the $25,000 Challenge late last night. By the time he was done, he was AU$541,680 richer but it was also 5:34 in the morning. Not a whole lot of sleep for Kurganov, but he's right back at it now and looks fresh.
Also in attendance is Marcelo Manfredini from Uruguay. Manfredini received his 100,000 stack and took his time organizing them, but looked surprised as he also received two time breaker chips. He walked over to the rail where someone translated the instructions from the floor for him. Manfredini looked a bit befuddled, but seemed to grasp the concept pretty quickly and started his tournament.
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100,000 | |
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. Three checks saw Mercier bet 2,600, two calls ensued, and He folded to make it three-way action to the 
turn.
river put a straight on the board, Koon fired out 1,500 and Seidel let some time run off the shot clock before making the call. Koon tabled the 
for a ten-high straight and Seidel mucked.
and his neighbor John Juanda made the call. The 
popped up in the river and Buddiga fired 20,000 into the middle. Juanda thought about it for a bit and with about 5 seconds left tossed in a time breaker chip. After some 30 seconds more he folded, leaving himself with 94,000 and a single time breaker chip.
He checked to Mercier who fired 1,500. Seidel made the call and now He check-raised to 4,000. Mercier got out of the way, Seidel made the call again. The 
had He fire 6,400 and Seidel called. The river 
made He check, and then fold to Seidel's 15,000 bet.
we witnessed David Peters check from the big blind. Antonio Esfandiari on the button made a bet of 1,600 and Peters check raised to 4,600. Esfandiari made the call. 
. Peters then showed 
