Polish player Dzmitry Urbanovich managed to overcome his chip deficit during the heads-up play against Connor Drinan in the EPT Malta €25,500 High Roller to claim the biggest score of his career. He defeated a stacked final table that included Sam Greenwood, Dani Stern and Martin Finger.
The final table of the €25,500 EPT Malta High Roller started on Friday with the chiplead of Connor Drinan, but Dani "Ansky" Stern, Sam "St8$$$Homey" Greenwood and Martin "0Piggybank" Finger were also in the hunt for the €572,000 first place prize.
Seat 1. Piotr Franczak – 612.000
Seat 2. Dani Stern – 827.000
Seat 3. Sam Greenwood – 431.000
Seat 4. Daniel Dvoress – 367.000
Seat 5. Nick Petrangelo – 179.000
Seat 6. Connor Drinan – 893.000
Seat 7. Martin Finger – 358.000
Seat 8. Dzmitry Urbanovich – 734.000
EPT Prague champion Martin Finger was the first one to bust. During Level 20 (8k/16k/2k ante) he raised to 33,000 from middle position then shoved all-in for 350,000 after Urbanovich 3bet to 79,000.
Urbanovich called with T-T and won the flip against Finger’s A-K.
Run It Once coach Sam "Str8$$$Homey" Greenwood finished in 7th place, his Q-Q failed to hold up against Urbanovich’s A-9 which hit two nines.
Piotr Franczak finished in 6th and was shortly followed by Dani "Ansky" Stern, who shoved for just 113,000 chips with 9-9, but couldn’t hold against Dvoress’ A-J suited which flopped a flush.
Petrangelo finished in fifth and the heads-up battle started with the elimination of Dvoress.
Drinan had 2.67 million chips while Urbanovich had 1.72 million, but by Level 25 (25k/50k/5k ante) Urbanovich managed to build a massive lead of 3.44 million to 955,000.
In the final hand Urbanovich raised to 100,000, Drinnan showed for 700,000 and Urbanovich called with T-T, which was dominating Drinan’s 9-9. The board brought no help to Drinan and Urbanovich made the biggest score of his career.Fi
Final table results
1. Dzmitry Urbanovich – €572.300
2. Connor Drinan – €397.800
3. Daniel Dvoress – €263.000
4. Nick Petrangelo – €205.900
5. Dani Stern – €166.000
6. Piotr Franczak – €129.400
7. Sam Greenwood – €102.400
8. Martin Finger – €79.800
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