In the small blind, Ivan Luca raised to 185,000 from the small blind with the and David Urban defended the . On the flop, Luca quickly check-folded.
One hand later, Urban raised to 230,000 out of the small blind with and Maria Lampropoulos called with . Both players checked the flop before Urban bet the turn for 200,000 to scoop the pot.
Then, Urban raised to 160,000 with and Luca defended the in the big blind. On the flop, Luca bet 80,000 and was called. Both players checked down the turn and the river and Luca won the pot with a pair of deuces. Urban glanced over to the other side of the table when he saw the cards and just smiled.
Peter Siemund raised to 160,000 from the button and David Urban three-bet to 425,000 out of the small blind, Siemund called. On the flop, Urban continued for 375,000 and was called by the German to see the pot grow to more than 1.7 million to the turn.
Urban pushed and Siemund, who had slightly more than pot size, then called for his tournament life.
Siemund:
Urban:
The river gave Urban the better hand and the chip lead three-handed while Siemund exited in 4th place for a payday of �41,500.
Maria Lampropoulos raised to 160,000 as first to act with and Ivan Luca just flat-called from one seat over with the . Peter Siemund with in the small blind as well as David Urban with in the big blind called.
On the flop, Lampropoulos bet her two pair for 400,000 and won the pot.
David Urban raised from the button with just the showing and Ivan Luca called out of the big blind. On the flop, both players checked. The turn saw Luca check-call 175,000 and the river triggered another check by the Argentinian. Urban bet 390,000 and Luca tanked for a long time before making the call with for a bluff catcher.
Urban showed for queen-high with the better kicker and that won the pot.
David Urban limped from the button with the and Maria Lampropoulos raised to 200,000 out of the small blind with . Urban called and both players checked the flop. On the turn, Lampropoulos bet 300,000 and Urban called before the Argentinian check-folded the river to a huge bet worth 830,000.
One hand later, Urban limped in with the and Ivan Luca raised to 180,000 out of the small blind with . The flop and turn were checked through. On the river, Luca's overbet of more than 600,000 enforced a quick fold.
Ivan Luca raised from the button with the and David Urban defended with . The Slovakian check-called a continuation bet on the flop before both checked down the turn and river.
The next hand saw Peter Siemund raise the button for 125,000 with and Urban called in the small blind with . On the flop, Urban check-folded to a bet of 125,000.
Then, Urban raised from the button with , making it 125,000 to go. Luca defended the big blind with and check-raised the flop from 150,000 to 410,000. Urban folded his third pair and Luca's bluff went through.
It took another two hands to see the next all in and a call, in hand number seven to be exact. David Urban raised to 125,000 from the cutoff and Stoyan Stefanov then moved all in for 1,345,000 from the button. The blinds both folded and Urban snap-called.
Stefanov:
Urban:
The flop fell and both over cards hit for the Slovakian. It was all over for the Bulgarian once the turn and river completed the board and Stefanov was eliminated in 5th place for a payday of �33,100.
Just one hand later, in hand number five of the final table, Ivan Luca raised to 120,000 from early position. On the button, Mick Heder moved all in for 20 big blinds and was quickly called by the Argentinian.
Heder:
Luca:
The flop saw Heder with top pair and a flush draw, but the huge outs for the Dane didn't come. It was the turn and the river that reduced the field to the last five players within a matter of 15 minutes.
Maria Lampropoulos raised to 125,000 and Ivan Luca flat-called from the hijack with the . On the button, Robert Kokoska three-bet all in for 1,135,000 from the button and Lampropoulos quickly called, Luca snap-folded.
Kokoska:
Lampropoulos:
The flop came and the Czech was drawing slim. On the turn it was all over, making the river a formality.