Jason Smith Eliminated In 102nd Place By Igor Kurganov

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Brendan Shiller opens to 125,000 UTG+1 and action folds around to Jason Smith, who re-jams for 920,000 in the small blind. Igor Kurganov calls in the big blind, and Shiller folds face up.

Smith:
Kurganov:

The board runs out — Kurganov flops a set and makes a full house on the river, denying Smith’s backdoor straight outs and eliminating him from the tournament.

Igor Kurganov – 7,100,000 (118 bb)
Brendan Shiller – 3,850,000 (64 bb)
Jason Smith – Eliminated in 102nd place ($36,500)