Igor Kurganov raised to 18,000 from under the gun with the . Byron Kaverman called from the cutoff seat with the , David Peters called on the button with the , and Fabian Quoss called from the big blind with the .
The flop was to give Quoss a full house. He checked, Kurganov checked his flush draw, and then Kaverman bet 27,000. Peters folded, Quoss took his time then raised to 100,000, and Kurganov called. Kaverman folded his overpair, and it was Quoss versus Kurganov.
The turn was the , which meant Kurganov was drawing dead. Quoss took his time, then bet 100,000. Kurganov tanked for a couple very long minutes, then folded in the end, and Quoss won the pot.
From the hijack seat, Byron Kaverman raised to 18,000 with the . Igor Kurganov made the call from he big blind with the , and the flop came down . Both players checked, and the turn was the . Kurganov led with a bet of 35,000, and Kaverman called with top pair.
The river was the to improve Kurganov to the best hand. He checked, and Kaverman checked behind, giving Kurganov the pot.
In the last hand of the level, Byron Kaverman opened for 18,000 from early position holding the and David Peters called from middle position with the . The rest of the field folded and it was heads-up action to the flop.
Kaverman checked top pair, Peters checked back, and then action repeated itself on the turn. When the spiked on the river, Kaverman bet 35,000 and Peters, who took the lead with a set, thought for a bit before raising to 96,000. Kaverman spent many minutes in the tank, and ended up paying off his opponent.
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Fabian Quoss raised to 25,000 from middle position with the and Byron Kaverman defended from the big blind with the . The flop came down , Kaverman checked, and Quoss tossed out a bet. Kaverman quickly folded.
Igor Kurganov raised to 22,000 from middle position holding the and David Peters called from the big blind with the . Both players checked the flop, and then Peters led out for 40,000 when he turned a set on the turn. Kurganov called and then ended up folding when Peters bet the river.
Paul Newey opened for 22,000 with the in the hijack. Connor Drinan then three-bet to 55,000 from the cutoff with the , Steve O'Dwyer cold called from the big blind with the , and Newey got out of the way.
Both players checked the flop and then O'Dwyer bet 63,000 on the turn. When the completed the board on the river, O'Dwyer led out for 140,000 and Drinan hit the tanks for several minutes before making the call.
O'Dwyer tabled his tens and seemed a little surprised to see Drinan roll over pocket rockets for the win.