{"id":27552,"date":"2013-03-21T20:57:53","date_gmt":"2013-03-21T19:57:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/?p=27552"},"modified":"2019-10-31T12:54:33","modified_gmt":"2019-10-31T12:54:33","slug":"igor-kurganov-eliminated-in-sixth-place-3-points-jason-mercier-out-in-fifth-4-points","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/igor-kurganov-eliminated-in-sixth-place-3-points-jason-mercier-out-in-fifth-4-points.html","title":{"rendered":"Igor Kurganov eliminated in sixth place (3 points); Jason Mercier out in fifth (4 points"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Igor-exit.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Igor-exit.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Igor-exit-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><br \/>\nHe started the current level in second place but the Russian doubled up Tobias Reinkemeier when an all-in river overbet went wrong and slipped to sixth. He couldn&#8217;t recover.<\/p>\n<p>In his exit hand Talal Shakerchi raised to 45,000 with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ac.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">, it folded to Kurganov and he peeked down at <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/kd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jc.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\">. &#8220;This is a trivial all-in isn&#8217;t it?&#8221; said Jesse May, &#8220;It is given the frequency that Talal has been opening,&#8221; added Phil Laak. &#8220;Don&#8217;t do it Igor, fold, fold,&#8221; implored Jennifer Tilly, who with 16 points wants Igor to collect points more than Talal.<\/p>\n<p>But Kurganov moved all-in, Shakerchi called and held up on the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ts.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/8c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4h.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> board. With just eight points in total barring a very specific result Kurganov can, even if he wins Heat 4, only make the play-off zone given that Dan Shak and Tobias Reinkemeier already have more points than he can muster.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Jason-Mercier.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"590\" height=\"393\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-27564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Jason-Mercier.jpg 590w, https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/Jason-Mercier-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><br \/>\nA few hands later Jason Mercier, who was down to just 206,000, shoved all-in from the small blind with <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/jd.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/4c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> only for Dan Shak to wake up with pocket queens. The ladies held up on the <img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/3d.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/9s.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ks.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/ac.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/handy-cards\/cards\/6c.gif\" class=\"handy-cards\" width=\"25\" height=\"15\"> flop to send Mercier out in fifth. Mercier will take 10 points into the last heat and said: &#8220;If I want to make the final I&#8217;m realistically going to need to win the last heat. I need Tony to go out next, there&#8217;s quite a lot to think about and I need to figure out a plan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<h3>Watch All The Action and Join The Conversation!<\/h3>\n<p>The PartyPoker.com Premier League VI continues with daily Live Streaming coverage here: <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bit.ly\/plpstream\">bit.ly\/plpstream<\/a><\/strong> So who do you think is going to win? Let us know in the comments below and remember to follow us on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/partypoker\">Twitter <\/a><\/strong>and like us on <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/partypoker\">Facebook <\/a><\/strong>now!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He started the current level in second place but the Russian doubled up Tobias Reinkemeier when an all-in river overbet went wrong and slipped to sixth. He couldn&#8217;t recover. In his exit hand Talal Shakerchi raised to 45,000 with , it folded to Kurganov and he peeked down at . &#8220;This is a trivial all-in<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/igor-kurganov-eliminated-in-sixth-place-3-points-jason-mercier-out-in-fifth-4-points.html\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":27564,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2182,300],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27552"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/53"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27552"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76516,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27552\/revisions\/76516"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27552"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.partypoker.com\/blog\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=27552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}