Hand #29: Steve Yea Eliminated in 9th Place ($42,845)

Hand #29  –  Steve Yea (pictured) opens to 22,000 from middle position and Igor Kurganov calls from the hijack. The flop comes , Yea checks, Kurganov bets 25,000 and Yea calls. The turn is , Yea checks again, and Kurganov bets 100,000. Yea moves all in for ~150,000 and Kurganov quickly calls.

Kurganov:  
Yea:  

Yea is ahead with two pair, eights and sevens, but the  river counterfeits his hand. Kurganov made a better two pair, aces and deuces, to send Yea out in ninth place.

Igor Kurganov  –  1,655,000  (166 bb)
Steve Yea  –  Eliminated in 9th Place  ($42,845)