A Hand Matchup from the 2012 EPT Monte Carlo
Justin Bonomo	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 1,630,000	43.13 %	58.59 %	0.0 %
Igor Kurganov	Win Pre-Flop	Win Post-Flop	Win Post-Turn
Starting Stack: 730,000	55.88 %	39.6 %	100.0 %	Winner!

Posted On: May 14, 2012

Outcome

Final table, four handed, with the blinds at 20,000 and 40,000 and a 5,000 ante, Kurganov limped on the button, Daniel Negreanu folded his small blind, Bonomo checked from the big blind. On the Flop, Bonomo checked, Kurganov bet 70,000, Bonomo raised to 190,000, Kurganov called. On the Turn, Bonomo went all-in, Kurganov called.

Analysis

An uncharacteristic opening limp on the button from Kurganov followed by a snug fold from Negreanu in the small blind gave the hand some unusual preflop action. Negreanu only had to call 20,000 more for the pot of 120,000, eschewing the tempting 6:1 pot odds he mucked, looking to avoid marginal spots and multiway pots. Both Bonomo and Kurganov connected with the board, with Bonomo’s pair and open ended straight draw set to battle Kurganov’s flush draw. Kurganov semibluffed on the flop and Bonomo check-raised with his pair and draw, but Kurganov quickly called with attractive pot odds. Bonomo might have suspected his opponent wouldn’t open limp from the button with an Ace, and so he promptly set Kurganov all-in on the turn confident with his pair, straight draw, and his own flush redraw as well. Unfortunately for Bonomo he was drawing dead, and he lost 44% of his stack on the hand. Bonomo ultimately finished in 4th, for €266,000, wrapping up an incredible trip to Monaco that included his victory in the €100,000 Super High Roller event for € 1,640,000 and a 28th place finish in Monte-Carlo’s main event for €35,000.