2019 World Series of Poker
Rittie Chuaprasert made a river bet of 100,000 into a pot of close to 200,000 on a wet board that read ![]()
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. Danny Chang considered the bet and thought for about a minute before folding his hand. Chuaprasert showed ![]()
and Chang nodded his head glad that he made the lay down.
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. John Stauffer bet 25,000 and Brian Yoon went into the tank to consider the bet. After about thirty seconds of thinking he said "I'm thinking about raising but I'm just gonna call" and made the call.
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and Yoon showed the winner with the ![]()
for a modest pot.
Igor Kurganov raised to 7,500 in the cutoff, getting called by his left-hand opponent and Timothy Su from the big blind.
Su and Kurganov checked the ![]()
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flop and the third player fired 10,000. Su folded and Kurganov called.
The
turn saw Kurganov check-call another 31,000 and the
river was checked by both players.
Kurganov tabled ![]()
but he knuckled the felt, showing an obligatory "nice hand" gesture upon seeing his opponent roll over ![]()
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Sitting on the button, Igor Kurganov flatted a 7,000-raise from his neighbor and a player in the big blind joined them to the flop.
The opener fired 17,000 and Kurganov threw in two greens, making it 50,000. Both of his opponents folded and Kurganov raked in the pot.
All the money went in on a ![]()
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flop with one player holding ![]()
and drawing to a gutshot straight draw against Allen Cunningham's flopped set ![]()
The turn was the
and the river the
improving Cunningham to a full house, and he doubled for 207,000 right before the table broke.
Photos by Joe Giron and Katerina Lukina.