Hand #145: Daniel Cates opened for 145,000 with on the button. Igor Kurganov called with in the big blind.
Kurganov flopped top pair on and check-called a 240,000 bet from Cates.
The fell on the turn and Kurganov checked again to Cates. Cates answered with a bet of 595,000 into 1,080,000. Kurganov thought about it for some time, and then called.
The river came the which paired the board. 2,270,000 in the pot and Kurganov checked again. Cates bet out a rainbow bet of 1,480,000. Kurganov was again thinking for some time, and eventually laid down the two pair.
Hand #143: Igor Kurganov raised to 340,000 from the small blind with the and Dan Cates called from the big blind with the . The flop gave Kurganov the lead, and he led out for 280,000. Cates called and it was off to the turn. Kurganov tossed out an even bigger bet, and Cates released his hand.
Hand #144: Dan Cates limped from the small blind with the and Dan Cates checked his option from the big with the . The flop saw Cates check-call a bet of 175,000, and the was put out on the turn. Cates checked again, and Coleman bet 450,000. Cates folded.
Hand #140: Kurganov limped from the small blind with and Cates checked his big blind with . Both players checked and the fell on the turn. Kurganov bet out 135,000 and Cates made the call.
The on the river made both players the same hand. Kurganov and Cates checked, and chopped it up. And you know what they say...
Hand #141: Kurganov had on the button and opened for 200,000. Cates folded his small blind, Colman called from the big blind with .
on the flop which made both a pair; Kurganov top, Colman bottom. Colman checked to Kurganov who bet 280,000. Colman folded his pair and Kurganov won it right there.
Hand #142: Cates opened the button for 200,000 with . Kurganov made the call with from the big blind. Both players checked the flop. The on the turn gave Cates a pair and Kurganov a 91% hand with the straight. Kurganov bet 280,000 and Cates made the call.
1,040,000 in the pot and the river came the . Kurganov bet out 740,000 but Cates folded even before Kurganov had his chips over the line.
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Hand #137: Daniel Colman raised the button to 240,000 with the and Dan Cates defended the big blind with the . The flop fell , both players checked, and then Colman bet 360,000 on the turn after Cates had checked. Cates folded.
Hand #138: Igor Kurganov raised the button with the , Daniel Colman called from the big blind with the , and the flop came down . Colman checked and then folded to a continuation-bet.
Hand #139: Dan Cates raised the button to 200,000 with the and Igor Kurganov called from the big blind with the . The flop saw Kurganov check and Cates bet 200,000. Kurganov called, the dealer burned and turned the , and it went check-check. When the paired the board on the river, Kurganov checked for a third time and Cates bet 515,000. Kurganov hit the tank for a bit and then made the call. Ship the pot to Cates.
Hand #135: Cates in the small blind with and Colman in the big with took a flop of . Both players checked and the hit the turn. Colman bet out and took down the pot as Cates folded..
The clock was then stopped and the three players discussed a deal. We'll bring you an update on that as soon as possible.
Hand #133: Daniel Colman raised to 240,000 from the button with the and Dan Cates defended from the big with the . The flop gave Cates the lead, but both players checked. The turn saw Cates fire out 340,000, Colman called, and the completed the board on the river. Cates checked, as did Coleman, and "Jungleman" won with the better two pair.
Hand #134: Dan Coleman raised to 200,000 under the gun with the and Richard Yong defended the big blind with the . The flop saw Yong check and Colman bet 200,000 with his set. Yong then moved all in for 1.2 million drawing dead and Coleman snap-called. There was a 2% chance of a chop, but that didn't happen as the appeared on the turn followed by the on the river.
Yong took his leave in fourth place for €637,600, while the remaining three players are guaranteed at least a €842,300.
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on the button. Igor Kurganov called with 
in the big blind.
and check-called a 240,000 bet from Cates.
fell on the turn and Kurganov checked again to Cates. Cates answered with a bet of 595,000 into 1,080,000. Kurganov thought about it for some time, and then called.
which paired the board. 2,270,000 in the pot and Kurganov checked again. Cates bet out a rainbow bet of 1,480,000. Kurganov was again thinking for some time, and eventually laid down the two pair.
and Dan Cates called from the big blind with the 
. The 
flop gave Kurganov the lead, and he led out for 280,000. Cates called and it was off to the 
and Dan Cates checked his option from the big with the 
. The 
was put out on the turn. Cates checked again, and Coleman bet 450,000. Cates folded.
.
on the flop which made both a pair; Kurganov top, Colman bottom. Colman checked to Kurganov who bet 280,000. Colman folded his pair and Kurganov won it right there.
from the big blind. Both players checked the 
flop. The 
. The flop fell 
turn after Cates had checked. Cates folded.
paired the board on the river, Kurganov checked for a third time and Cates bet 515,000. Kurganov hit the tank for a bit and then made the call. Ship the pot to Cates.
. Both players checked and the 
completed the board on the river. Cates checked, as did Coleman, and "Jungleman" won with the better two pair.
