Phillip Gruissem has just chipped up a bit thanks to a couple of three-bets. Both times he reraised an open from Daniel Negreanu and won the pots preflop. Yesterday, Gruissem and Negreanu tangled a bunch of times, so they looks like it's going to be a bit of a spill over from that.
| Chip Counts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philipp Gruissem | 1,900,000 | 474,000  |
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Tags: Philipp Gruissem, Daniel Negreanu.
From the button, Igor Kurganov limped in. Daniel Negreanu completed the bet from the small blind and then Justin Bonomo checked his option in the big blind.
From there, the flop came down 
and Negreanu checked. Bonomo bet 70,000 and Kurganov raised a tall stack of red chips for about 350,000. Kurganov had less then 200,000 behind and after Negreanu folded, Bonomo moved all in. Kurganov called and the hands were tabled.
Kurganov showed the 
for a queen-high flush draw. Bonomo held trip nines with the 
, getting to see a free flop from the big blind.
The turn was the 
to give Kurganov his flush and the river didn't fill Bonomo up with the 
. Kurganov doubled and is back to over one million in chips.
| Chip Counts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Bonomo | 2,050,000 | 10,000 |
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| Igor Kurganov | 1,100,000 | 425,000 |
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Tags: Igor Kurganov, Justin Bonomo, Daniel Negreanu.
Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu limped in the small blind, Justin Bonomo raised to 90,000 and Negreanu folded.
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Igor Kurganov raised to 60,000 in the cutoff, Daniel Negreanu three-bet to 115,000 on the button and Kurganov folded.
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Philipp Gruissem raised to 60,000 in the cutoff and Daniel Negreanu in the big blind. The flop was 
and Negreanu check-called a 72,000 Gruissem bet. That was the end of the action as both the 
and 
were checked through on fourth and fifth street. Gruissem turned over 
and Negreanu told him it was good.
Tags: Daniel Negreanu, Igor Kugranov, Justin Bonomo, Philipp Gruissem.
Justin Bonomo raised to 60,000 in first position and Artem Litvinov moved all in from the cutoff. The action folded around to Bonomo and he called instantly.
Bonomo tabled the 
and Litvinov the 
. The board ran out 
and Litvinov was eliminated.
"It's a cooler," said Daniel Negreanu as Litvinov wished everyone well.
| Chip Counts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Bonomo | 2,040,000 | 40,000 |
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| Artem Litvinov | Busted | |||
Tags: Artem Litvinov, Justin Bonomo.
From the cutoff seat, Philipp Gruissem raised to 60,000. Igor Kurganov reraised all in from the button for 588,000. Action folded back to Gruissem and he started to think. After a minute or so, he asked Artem Litvinov how much he had, making sure he had knowledge of all of the stack sizes at the table. Eventually, Gruissem folded and showed the 
. Kurganov showed the 
and was awarded the pot.
Tags: Philipp Gruissem, Igor Kurganov.
Justin Bonomo opened with a min-raise to 60,000 from the cutoff seat before Artem Litvinov reraised all in from the button for 411,000. Bonomo gave it some thought, but then folded and showed just the from his hand.
| Chip Counts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Bonomo | 2,000,000 | -100,000  |
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| Artem Litvinov | 536,000 | 11,000 |
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Tags: Artem Litvinov, Justin Bonomo.
Justin Bonomo raised to 60,000 from the button. Philipp Gruissem made the call from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Gruissem checked and Bonomo fired 90,000. Gruissem made the call.
The came on the turn and both players checked to see the land on the river. Both players checked.
Bonomo tabled the 
and Gruissem mucked his hand.
Tags: Justin Bonomo, Philipp Gruissem.
From the cutoff seat, Igor Kurganov raised to 60,000. Artem Litvinov made the call from the big blind and the flop came down 
. Both players checked and the turn brought the . Again, both players checked. The river completed the board with the 
and both checked a third time.
Litvinov tabled the 
for a pair of tens with an ace kickers and Kurganov mucked his hand.
| Chip Counts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Igor Kurganov | 675,000 | -55,000 |
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| Artem Litvinov | 525,000 | 68,000 |
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Tags: Artem Litvinov, Igor Kurganov.
Posted 2012-05-01 GMT+2
| Chip Counts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Justin Bonomo | 2,100,000 | 375,000 |
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| Daniel Negreanu |
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1,949,000 | -51,000 |
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| Philipp Gruissem | 1,426,000 | 526,000 |
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| Igor Kurganov | 730,000 | -130,000 |
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| Artem Litvinov | 457,000 | -153,000 |
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| Winner | Igor Kurganov |
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| Winning Hand |  K 3 |
| Prize | 1,080,000 |
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