11pm: Ivan Luca wins Eureka6 Rozvadov (€106,186); Maria Lampropoulos second (€95,404)Level 33 - Blinds 125,000/250,000 (25,000 ante)

It's all over the place and Ivan Luca has won the Eureka6 Rozvadov Main Event, denying his girlfriend the win and us the primary ever female Eureka champion. On International Women's Day to boot!

In the general hand he limped with Q♣J♣ and Lampropoulos checked her option with 7♦5♥. Neither player bet the 9♣2♥6♠ flop however the 3♣ was an action card because it gave both players a draw. Lampropoulos bet 300,000 and Luca called.

The 4♣ river completed both draws and Lampropoulos bet 800,000 right into a pot of 1,200,000, leaving herself about 2,400,000 back. Luca leaned back in his chair and after a few minutes he moved all-in.

Lampropoulos started to check with her boyfriend and we believe she said something along the lines of "you could have such a lot luck." She thought for a little longer after which called.

Luca showed his hand and she or he couldn't beat it. Ivan Luca is Eureka6 Rozvadov champion. Stay tuned for recap of the overall table.

10:50pm: Luca lengthens his leadLevel 33 - Blinds 125,000/250,000 (25,000 ante)

With a whole board of T♠J♠A♦Q♠3♥ at the board Ivan Luca bet 625,000 right into a pot of 1,700,000. He had A♣7♠ and Maria Lampropoulos held J♦2♦.

She tanked for seven minutes - a few of that is getting excessive now and the commentator Benjamin Kang isn't shy in noting his displeasure at this - before folding.

Luca as much as 12,300,000, Lampropoulos all the way down to about 4,550,000

10:35pm: The longest handLevel 33 - Blinds 125,000/250,000 (25,000 ante)

Maria Lampropoulos had retaken the chip lead before this big pot saw it swing back the opposite way.

From the button Ivan Luca raised to 600,000 with A♦9♦ and Maria Lampropoulos smooth called with 4♦4♥.

On the 5♥A♠T♣ flop Luca c-bet 750,000 and Lampropoulos called.

The 2♥ fell at the turn and Luca tanked for a very long time before betting 1,400,000. Now it was Lampropoulos's turn to tank. She and Luca conversed in Spanish, she was smiley and jokey as she decided what to do along with her pair of fours.

She took goodbye that Luca called the clock! Before the time ran out she called. The river was the J♣, she checked and Luca tanked for ages before he shoved for 4,660,000 right into a pot of 5,550,000.

Again Lampropoulos tanked for an age before folding, the ambience is more home game than major final table. She's all the way down to 6,750,000 whilst Luca is as much as about 10,125,000.

"This could easily be the longest hand in Eureka history," said Benjamin Kang within the commentary booth.

Using the rewind function at the live stream we will let you know it took 13 minutes and 25 seconds from begin to finish.

Heads-up in Rozvadov

10:15pm: Back to square oneLevel 32 - Blinds 100,000/200,000 (25,000 ante)

10:15pm: Back to square oneLevel 32 - Blinds 100,000/200,000 (25,000 ante)

Ivan Luca has 9,450,000 to the 7,425,000 of Maria Lampropoulos. That's the exact same as once they started heads-up.Stalemate.10:05pm: Lampropoulos gets some backLevel 32 - Blinds 100,000/200,000 (25,000 ante)

This pot could've been such a lot bigger...

Ivan Luca raised the button with Q♥9♥ and Maria Lampropoulos called with A♦4♥. The A♥3♣T♥ flop hit both players hard and there has been significant action at the flop. Luca bet 200,000, Lampropoulos check-raised to 600,000, Luca made it 1,025,000 to play and Lampropoulos smooth called.The T♦ turn was an action killer and indeed both players checked through to the 4♣ river where again they both rapped the table. Pot to Lampropoulos.

9:55pm: Luca straight to the highest of the chip countsLevel 32 - Blinds 100,000/200,000 (25,000 ante)

There was 2,350,000 within the pot by the point they reached the river of a 2♠7♥8♠9♦T♣ board. Ivan Luca bet 1,875,000 with 7♠6♥ - a rivered straight - and Maria Lampropoulos went into the tank and called with A♥T♥.

Interestingly she didn't show Luca what she'd called with. It would be interesting to understand if they have different friends watching the live stream and relaying information to them!

Luca is as much as 10,325,000 whilst Lampropoulos is right down to 6,550,000.

9:45pm: Deuces loseLevel 32 - Blinds 100,000/200,000 (25,000 ante)

Ivan Luca bumped it up from the button with 2♣2♦ and Maria Lampropoulos defended with 8♦4♦.

On the J♥3♠5♣ flop Luca bet 450,000 and Lampropoulos called. The 7♠ turn checked through and the 9♥ completed the board.

Lampropoulos led for 800,000 and Luca mucked. She's as much as 9,300,000 whilst Luca is all the way down to 7,575,000

9:35pm: Lampropoulos takes the leadLevel 32 - Blinds 100,000/200,000 (25,000 ante)

No big pots as yet, but Maria Lampropoulos has won enough of the small ones to overhaul Ivan Luca.

9:25pm: Heads-up beginsLevel 32 - Blinds 100,000/200,000 (25,000 ante)

It's Argentina vs Argentina, boyfriend vs girlfriend. Who wins the bragging rights and the trophy? Stay here to search out out.

Let's get it on

8:57pm: It is a deal and heads-up chip countsLevel 32 - Blinds 100,000/200,000 (25,000 ante)

The two players are actually on a 20 minute break and we're hearing that a deal was struck.

The chip counts are as follows:

Ivan Luca: 9,450,000Maria Lampropoulos: 7,425,000

The deal sees Luca lock up €101,186, whilst Lampropoulos is guaranteed €95,404, for the largest cash of her career. It will get bigger though as there's €5,000 left to play for.

The happy couple

8:55pm: David Urban eliminated in third place (€54,800)Level 32 - Blinds 100,000/200,000 (25,000 ante)

David Urban has barely put a foot wrong all day but he picked the inaccurate time to shove and paid for it. Maria Lampropoulos limped from the button with Q♥J♦, Ivan Luca limped behind with K♦K♥ and concrete then shoved with J♠8♣. Luca snap called.

The K♠9♥8♦2♠2♣ board means it is a boyfriend vs girlfriend heads-up here in Rozvadov.

Urban - out in third

8:50pm: Urban can't catch a breakLevel 32 - Blinds 100,000/200,000 (25,000 ante)

David Urban continues to slide, he's right down to 2,800,000 after losing a pot to Ivan Luca.

It was limped pre with Urban holding J♦7♦ within the small blind and Luca K♦9♣ at the button. There has been no action at the T♥J♣K♣ flop, but Urban led for 325,000 at the 8♠ turn and Luca smooth called.

Both players checked the 8♥ river and Luca took the pot. He's as much as 6,600,000.

8:45pm: All-in and chopLevel 32 - Blinds 100,000/200,000 (25,000 ante)

From the small blind Ivan Luca opened to 500,000 with A♦J♥, David Urban shoved for 3,360,000 with A♠K♣ and concrete called.

The 5♠7♦5♣8♠8♥ board meant the pot was chopped and it's as we were.

That was the primary all-in and speak to of 3 handed play!

8:40pm: Chip countsLevel 32 - Blinds 100,000/200,000 (25,000 ante)

The Argentinian's are well on top of things here:

Name Country Status Chips

Maria Lampropoulos	Argentina		7,305,000
Ivan Luca	Argentina		6,160,000
David Urban	Slovakia		3,410,000

8:30pm: Urban all the way down to 20 big blindsLevel 32 - Blinds 100,000/200,000 (25,000 ante)

Things continue to head south for David Urban as he's right down to around 20 big blinds.

His latest setback came in a limped pot during which all three players took a 5♣4♥T♦ flop. Ivan Luca led for 250,00 from the small blind with 9♥5♥ and concrete called with 8♥5♠.

The two players then checked the 3♥ turn and K♦ river and Luca's kicker played. He's as much as 6,000,000, Urban all the way down to around 4,000,000.

8:15pm: Lampropoulos leadsLevel 31 - Blinds 80,000/160,000 (20,000 ante)

No major pots of note but Maria Lampropoulos has won the small ones to take the chip lead for the primary time. But, it's incredibly close between all three players.

Name Country Status Chips

Maria Lampropoulos	Argentina		6.085,000
Ivan Luca	Argentina		5,475,000
David Urban	Slovakia		5,315,000

Lampropoulos leads

8:05pm: Stacks getting closerLevel 31 - Blinds 80,000/160,000 (20,000 ante)

Maria Lampropoulos has won a few pots from David Urban and consequently all three players are actually reasonably close in chips.

Name Country Status Chips

David Urban	Slovakia		6,050,000
Ivan Luca	Argentina		5,855,000
Maria Lampropoulos	Argentina		4,970,000

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7:55pm: Lampropoulos shoves on LucaLevel 31 - Blinds 80,000/160,000 (20,000 ante)

Yep you read that right! Some Argentinian on Argentinian action. Ivan Luca opened to 320,000 from the button with 9♥8♣ and Maria Lampropoulos looked down at pocket fours within the big blind.

She had about 24 big blinds to start out the hand and looked genuinely confused and puzzled about what to do. Eventually she moved all-in and Luca folded.

7:45pm: Luca's over-bet gets paidLevel 31 - Blinds 80,000/160,000 (20,000 ante)

We've seen Ivan Luca over-bet the pot once or twice at this final table and he's usually had it. He did it again at present and again he had it.

David Urban opened with J♣J♠ at the button and Luca defended with K♦8♠.

The two of them checked all of it learn how to the river of a 2♥K♠9♥K♣9♠ river at which point Luca bet 1,400,000 right into a pot of 780,000.

Urban tanked for ages but ultimately he couldn't break out from it and paid Luca off. After that hand Luca is as much as 5,950,000 and concrete is all the way down to 7,295,000.

7:40pm: Urban shoves on LampropoulosLevel 31 - Blinds 80,000/160,000 (20,000 ante)

Ivan Luca limped the button, David Urban completed with pocket sevens from the small blind just for Maria Lampropoulos to boost it as much as 600,000 with A♣6♦. Luca folded, but Urban tanked before moving all-in and Lampropoulos released her hand.

7:35pm: Aces up for LampropoulosLevel 31 - Blinds 80,000/160,000 (20,000 ante)

From the button Maria Lampropoulos raised to 330,000 with A♦K♣ and David Urban smooth called out of the massive blind with A♠9♠.

It was domination nation for the Slovak and the 5♣Q♠A♥ didn't do him any favours. Lampropoulos bet 250,000 and concrete called.

The T♣ turn checked through and the K♥ completed the board. Lampropoulos value bet the river and concrete folded. She's now as much as 4,350,000 meaning Ivan Luca - with 4,290,000 - is the quick stack of the 3 for the primary time.

7:25pm: Back at itLevel 31 - Blinds 80,000/160,000 (20,000 ante)

Here are the counts of the 3 remaining players as level 31 gets under way:

Name Country Status Chips

David Urban	Slovakia		8,515,000
Ivan Luca	Argentina		4,550,000
Maria Lampropoulos	Argentina		3,810,000

7:10pm: End of the levelLevel 30 - Blinds 60,000/120,000 (20,000 ante)

That's the tip of level 30 and it's now three hours since Peter Siemund was eliminated in fourth place.

Since then we have seen a pattern of David Urban stretching clear of Ivan Luca and Maria Lampropoulos before losing a large pot to Luca who closes the gap.

We've not had a single all-in and phone though. Small pot poker have been the order of the day. Play resumes in 15 minutes.

7pm: Lampropoulos closes in on LucaLevel 30 - Blinds 60,000/120,000 (20,000 ante)

Not so much to choose from Maria Lampropoulos and Ivan Luca now on the bottom of the chip counts. David Urban continues to hover across the 9m chip mark.

Name Country Status Chips

David Urban	Slovakia		8,805,000
Ivan Luca	Argentina		4,220,000
Maria Lampropoulos	Argentina		3,840,000

6:50pm: Luca gets trickyLevel 30 - Blinds 60,000/120,000 (20,000 ante)

From the small blind Ivan Luca limped with A♥Q♠ and David Urban raised it as much as 360,000 with 4♥3♣. Luca decided to continue his deception and smooth called.

He was outflopped because the first three community cards were 7♦3♥9♣. No betting from either player though and that pattern continued at the T♦ and 8♣ river with Urban showing down the most efficient hand to win the pot.

Ivan Luca

6:40pm: Chip countsLevel 30 - Blinds 60,000/120,000 (20,000 ante)

David Urban still leads, he's got over 50% of the chips in play

Name Country Status Chips

David Urban	Slovakia		9,000,000
Ivan Luca	Argentina		4,600,000
Maria Lampropoulos	Argentina		3,000,000

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6:30pm: Slow play works for UrbanLevel 30 - Blinds 60,000/120,000 (20,000 ante)

"I think David Urban tends to slow play too often," noted Benjamin Kang in this hand. He is also right, nevertheless it worked for Urban in this occasion.

Maria Lampropoulos opened at the button with T♦8♦, Ivan Luca flat called with A♦J♥ and that bought Urban in with Q♥9♦.

The 4♥T♣K♦ flop was checked through, as was the J♦ turn. The 2♠ completed the board and Luca decided to bet his pair, he fired out 250,000, Urban raised to 750,000 together with his straight, Lampropoulos folded but Luca paid Urban off.

6:20pm: Chip countsLevel 30 - Blinds 60,000/120,000 (20,000 ante)

The blinds have just ticked as much as 60,000/120,000 (20,000 ante) and that is how the players stack up. David Urban has greater than the Argentinian couple put together.

Name Country Status Chips

David Urban	Slovakia		8,535,000
Ivan Luca	Argentina		5,570,000
Maria Lampropoulos	Argentina		2,760,000

6:05pm: Clash of stylesLevel 29 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

We're now onto hand 60 of the general table, about three hours of play in. That isn't a super rate per hour in fact and that's the reason despite the automated card shuffler they're using at this final table.

There's a definite clash of styles at this final table. David Urban acts pretty quickly, whilst Ivan Luca and Maria Lampropoulos do love to take their time over every decision.

6pm: Big pot for Luca as he closes the space of UrbanLevel 29 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

From tiny acorns big pots grow.

Ivan Luca limped the button with 7♣7♦, David Urban completed with A♥J♥ and Maria Lampropoulos checked her option with 7♥2♥.

Urban flopped best on 3♠T♠J♣ but it surely checked throughout the. one remaining seven - the 7♠ - fell at the turn and Luca took the lead. Urban bet 250,000 and Luca was the one caller.

Luca made a whole house at the 3♥ river but Urban came out firing, betting 1,125,000 right into a pot of 830,000.

Luca took his time before announcing all-in for 4,150,000 total and concrete now went into the tank. He got a count of the all-in and thought through his options.

"You got sevens there?" asked Urban of Luca, putting him on his exact hand! He made the appropriate call in any case and folded his hand. He drops to 7,970,000 whilst Luca is as much as 6,105,000.

Three handed play in Rozvadov

5:45pm: More for UrbanLevel 29 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

David Urban continues to chip up and Maria Lampropoulos continues to slip. Of their latest battle Lampropoulos opened to 210,000 at the button and concrete three-bet to 540,000 with J♥4♥. After thinking things through Lampropoulos called from her stack of around 2,500,000.

On the 7♠2♦4♥ flop Urban bet 500,000 and Lampropoulos folded.

5:30pm: Lampropoulos slips furtherLevel 29 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

Maria Lampropoulos is right down to about 2,400,000 after losing a few pots. A type of had the chance to be so much larger than it was. David Urban opened with K♠5♣ from the small blind and Lampropoulos defended with Q♥T♥.

The A♥5♠5♥ flop gave Urban trips and Lampropoulos the flush draw. Both players checked though and the 3♠ rolled off at the turn. At this point Urban bet 400,000 and Lampropoulos tank folded.

Maria Lampropoulos

5:20pm: Urban flops quads, gets paidLevel 29 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

From the button David Urban raised it up with 5♣5♦ and Ivan Luca defended from the large blind with T♦7♠. The flop fell 3♦5♥5♠ to go away Luca drawing dead.

The Argentinian checked to Urban who bet 180,000. Luca got creative, raising to 555,000 total. Call from Urban. At this point Luca gave up at the hand checking the [jh turn and Q♣ river.

Urban bet 1,000,000 into the 1,670,000 pot at the river and Luca folded. Urban as much as 9,440,000, Luca right down to 4,980,000.

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5:10pm: Play restartsLevel 29 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

Level 29 has just started. That is how the players stack up:

Name Country Status Chips

David Urban	Slovakia		7,900,000
Ivan Luca	Argentina		5,915,000
Maria Lampropoulos	Argentina		3,060,000

4:55pm: Break timeLevel 28 - Blinds 40,000/80,000 (10,000 ante)

The players are actually on a fifteen minute break. Here is a reminder of what is left to play for.

Place Prize

1	€ 124,890
2	€ 76,700
3	€ 54,800

4:45pm: Luca gets somewhat backLevel 28 - Blinds 40,000/80,000 (10,000 ante)

A trait we have seen at this final table is Ivan Luca defending his big blind very wide (in step with Benjamin Kang who's commentating in this final table). So when David Urban raised from the button with T♣5♣ it was no surprise that Luca called from the massive blind with 8♣5♠.

The Argentinian flopped best at the Q♣4♦8♦ flop and called a c-bet of 225,000 from Urban. That was the top of the betting as they both checked the 7♦ turn and 3♥ river. Luca is as much as 5,585,000 whilst Urban drops to 8,180,000.

4:35pm: Urban stretches his chip leadLevel 28 - Blinds 40,000/80,000 (10,000 ante)

David Urban is as much as 8,670,000 after winning a large pot against Ivan Luca, who's all the way down to 4,865,000.

It was a blind on blind battle with Luca raising from the small blind with K♣9♥ and concrete defending with K♥2♦.

The A♥T♦J♠ flop checked through and concrete took the lead at the 2♥ turn. Luca checked, Urban bet 205,000, Luca check-raised to 1,025,000 and Luca went into the tank.

The Slovak emerged with a three-bet to 2,410,000 total and now it was Luca's turn to tank. Eventually he elected to fold and preserve his remaining stack.

Urban now has greater than the Argentinian duo prepare as Maria Lampropoulos has a stack of 3,680,000.

David Urban

4:20pm: Chip counts of the general threeLevel 28 - Blinds 40,000/80,000 (10,000 ante)

David Urban has a slim chip lead from Ivan Luca with Maria Lampropoulos in third. They're deep stacked now as even Lampropoulos has over 40 big blinds.

Name Country Status Chips

David Urban	Slovakia		6,900,000
Ivan Luca	Argentina		6,400,000
Maria Lampropoulos	Argentina		3,490,000

4:10pm: Peter Siemund eliminated in fourth place (€41,500)Level 28 - Blinds 40,000/80,000 (10,000 ante)

I don't believe Peter Siemund will forget this bad beat for some time. He opened to 180,000 at the button with Q♣T♠ and called after David Urban three-bet from the small blind with A♦5♠.

Benjamin Kang is within the commentary booth and wasn't partial to Siemund's call, speculating that it was prone to get him into trouble. The 3♦8♦T♥ flop gave Siemund top pair, Urban bet 775,000 and Siemund smooth called to create a pot of over 2,500,000.

The 4♠ turn card gave Urban a gutshot straight draw and he set Siemund in for his final 1,875,000. The German went into the tank for a few minutes before calling all-in.

The river was the A♥ and concrete went from worst to first to eliminate Siemund in fourth place and take the chip lead within the process.

Peter Siemund stands during his exit hand

4:05pm: Family potLevel 28 - Blinds 40,000/80,000 (10,000 ante)

Maria Lampropoulos opened to 160,000 from under the gun and all three players called to create a family pot.

Lampropoulos: Q♠T♠Ivan Luca (button): J♣J♠Peter Siemund (small blind): K♥5♥David Urban (big blind): K♠9♥

The T♣Q♥8♠ flop gave something to 3 of the players, but Lampropoulos took it down with a continuation bet of 375,000.

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3:55pm: Calm after the stormLevel 27 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (10,000 ante)

After that crazy opening QUARTER-HOUR of the general table the following QUARTER-HOUR have passed with little incident. David Urban took a small pot from Maria Lampropoulos and Ivan Luca then outflopped Urban's pocket queens with ace-seven. Urban checked flop and switch and folded to a river bet from Luca though.

3:40pm: Chip countsLevel 27 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (10,000 ante)

Another elimination! Only joking, still four and that is how they stack up after that crazy QUARTER-HOUR.

Name Country Status Chips

Ivan Luca	Argentina		7,000,000
Maria Lampropoulos	Argentina		3,600,000
David Urban	Slovakia		3,500,000
Peter Siemund	Germany		2,845,000

3:35pm: €29,000 for 15 minutes work, not bad in case you can get itLevel 27 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (10,000 ante)

By our reckoning Peter Siemund didn't play a hand through the opening QUARTER-HOUR. In that point he's gone from being guaranteed €12,500 to €41,500. Tidy.

3:30pm: Stoyan Stefanov eliminated in fifth place (€33,100)Level 27 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (10,000 ante)

Scenes! What the hell is occurring. A fourth exit within the opening QUARTER-HOUR of the general table. Do the players have somewhere to be?

David Urban opened from the cutoff with A♠K♣, Stoyan Stefanov re-raised all-in for 1,345,000 from the button with 5♦5♥ and when it folded back to Urban he called.

They were off to the races and the A♣4♠K♥ flop turned it right into a one sided affair. Neither the J♦ turn or Q♠ river could save Stefanov and he exited in fifth place.

Stefanov (right) shakes David Urban's hand on his solution to the payouts desk

3:25pm: Mick Heder eliminated in sixth place (€25,340)Level 27 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (10,000 ante)

Another one's gone! Three bust outs within the opening 10 minutes! Mick Heder open shoved for 1,175,000 from the button with K♥J♥ just for Ivan Luca to get up with A♦A♥ within the big blind.

The K♣7♥Q♥ flop was a dream for Heder but it surely didn't get any better at the A♣ turn or 8♣ river and he was eliminated in sixth place. Luca is as much as around 7,000,000 in chips.

Mick Heder - couldn't crack aces

3:18pm: Robert Kokoska eliminated in seventh place (€18,330)Level 27 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (10,000 ante)

Like London buses! Two exits within the opening orbit here in Rozvadov.

Maria Lampropoulos opened to 125,000 with K♦K♠, Ivan Luca smooth called with pocket eights and Robert Kokoska looked down at A♠J♦. He had just over 1,100,000 and elected to transport all-in. Lampropoulos called and Luca folded.

The 9♣5♦K♥ flop left Kokoska drawing thin and the 5♠ turn left him drawing dead. The 2♠ completed the board.

Two early exits here and 6 remain.

Kokoska - out in seventh

3:12pm: Hannes Speiser eliminated in eighth place (€12,500)Level 27 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (10,000 ante)

One hand, one out!

Hannes Speiser was the quick stack of the general eight and at the first actual hand he moved all-in for 435,000 with K♥Q♠ and Ivan Luca made the decision with A♣J♦.

The A♦K♦8♦5♠J♥ board hit Luca harder than Speiser and the Austrian player was knocked out in eighth place.

Speiser (standing) watches on as his fate is dealt

3:10pm: The general beginsLevel 27 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (10,000 ante)

Let's shuffle up and deal.

3pm: The overall countdownLevel 27 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (10,000 ante)

Welcome to the general table of the Eureka6 Rozvadov Main Event. 682 players has been whittled all the way down to just eight. That is how the overall table stacks up:

  FINAL TABLE SEAT DRAW    

Seat	Name	Country	Status	Chips
1	Mick Heder	Denmark		1,370,000
2	David Urban	Slovakia		2,005,000
3	Hannes Speiser	Austria	PokerStars player	445,000
4	Stoyan Stefanov	Bulgaria		1,505,000
5	Maria Lampropoulos	Argentina		2,455,000
6	Ivan Luca	Argentina		5,355,000
7	Peter Siemund	Germany		2,845,000
8	Robert Kokoska	Czech Republic		895,000

Ivan Luca leads the way in which as he did for a lot of Day 3. Should he look to his right he'll see his girlfriend, Maria Lampropoulos in retrospect at him. That is the primary time they've both made the similar final table together either online or live. It's International Woman's Day, could now we have the primary female Eureka Main Event champion.

Maria and Ivan

Here's a reminder of what the general eight are playing for:

Place Name Country Status Payout

1				€ 124,890
2				€ 76,700
3				€ 54,800
4				€ 41,500
5				€ 33,100
6				€ 25,340
7				€ 18,330
8				€ 12,500

The final table is being streamed with cards-up so is being broadcast on a one hour delay. Play should start at roughly 3.05 CET.

PokerStars Blog Reporting Team at Eureka6 Rozvadov: Nick Wright. Photos by Tomas Stacha. Follow the PokerStars Blog on Twitter: @PokerStarsBlog

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Legislation authored by Barney Frank proposing the licensing and regulation of online casinos will arise for committee discussion next week, after an extended wait.

Barney Frank's legislation proposing a delay in UIGEA implementation and a system of regulation and taxation for online casinos will finally be brought before the home Financial Services Committee. In its announcement of its upcoming calendar, the committee said Thursday, December 3rd, would be the time to talk about Frank's plan to permit controlled online gambling within the US.

The committee will review both House Resolution 2266, wherein Frank suggests postponing UIGEA implementation until the top of 2010, and H.R. 2267, by which Frank lays out a plan to license and tax Internet casinos and online gambling.

The date comes two days after a scheduled beginning of required compliance to the UIGEA, a date reportedly postponed today for an additional six months. Letters from twenty-five Congressmen of both parties had asked Treasury boss Tim Geithner to postpone the problematic Internet gambling payment ban.

One of the explanations given Geithner to further delay the UIGEA was the upcoming legislative review of the law, which was attached on the last minute to a port security act, and not was debated nor discussed by lawmakers. Now, that review will happen next week.

Frank were seeking to get the bills in front of the committee, which he chairs, since last spring, but coping with the recession has kept the committee too busy to listen to discussion on online casinos. Deadlines set by Frank at Easter after which July 4th came and went, and only now will formal public conversation be held concerning online gambling.

Published on November 25, 2009 by TomWeston

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Macau's reborn gambling explosion has casino operators equivalent to Wynn rejoicing, while Las Vegas recovers more tentatively.

Macau is still the magic fix-all for the issues and policy mistakes of casino operators as strong performance within the Asian gambling enclave brought a unprecedented profit to Wynn Resorts quarterly reports. Wynn detailed profit increases of 82 percent and revenue rising 32 percent at its Macau casinos, making the corporate profitable for under the second one quarter over the past six.

Las Vegas gambling also made a comeback, albeit a slower one, as Wynn revenue rose by over 9 percent, and the Wynn casinos' operating loss narrowed. But Macau is the dominant wind behind the Wynn gaming ship these days, to the purpose that Steve Wynn has begun speculating on moving his headquarters to Macau.

Corporate excess in building lavish resorts financed by enormous loans, together with a company bottom-line mentality that cost Las Vegas its rep because the city of comps, had exacerbated the consequences of the recession on destination gambling palaces. But Macau seems to forgive all, or even though gaming operators blindly follow the similar path from which they barely escaped, the casino gambling frenzy in Asia is bringing huge profits.

Wynn reported first quarter profits of $27 million, up from last year's lack of $33.8 million. That suggests shareholders earned 22 cents a share, versus losing 30 cents a share in 2009.

Overall casino revenue rose 28 percent, and in Las Vegas 19 percent. However, Vegas occupancy rates stayed below 90 percent, and hotel revenue was down almost 9 percent.

Published on April 29, 2010 by A.J.Maldonado

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Saratoga County leaders have seen the brand new state law with a purpose to allow casinos in New York, and although state voters approved the measure within the last election back in November, Saratoga doesn't need to be a part of the expansion.

On Tuesday night, a hearing was held with over 300 Saratoga residents in attendance to talk about the problem of expanded casino gambling. After being attentive to arguments from each side of the equally split crowd, a resolution was passed to maintain Saratoga freed from any new casinos.

The issue will likely now become person who is fought between Saratoga and the state. Big apple desires to bring a casino to Saratoga Springs, mainly to the famed racing course.

Saratoga officials, however, argue that after the state voted back in November, a big majority of Saratoga residents voted against the measure to bring new casinos to the state. They've used that information because the base for his or her opposition to a brand new casino of their county.

Various speakers voiced their opinion Tuesday. Anti-casino activists claimed that a casino in Saratoga would hurt the present business owners. Others asserted that their children will be the people to pay for a brand new casino down the road.

Those in favor of a casino explained that the revenue generated from the brand new gaming establishment would help get the county budget in order., in addition to provide new job opportunities.

New York has made a robust push to be probably the most gambling centers within the Northeast during the last few years. State officials believe that with one of the crucial largest populations within the world, The big apple would become a haven for casino gambling, just like Nevada is out at the West Coast.

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RAWA-like language in a home version of a federal spending bill is off the table, as a Congressman didn't successfully push the amendment, in keeping with the Poker Players Alliance, a D.C.-based lobbying group.

Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) ended up withdrawing the plan from the appropriations bill on Tuesday, the PPA said. “We win. RAWA loses. Thanks for taking action to defeat this effort,” the gang said.

The language that echoed a stand-alone bill trying to “restore” America’s 1961 Wire Act to be able to ban online casino gaming first appeared within the Senate’s version of a 141-page spending plan just weeks ago. The language was included on the request of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

The $56 billion spending bill was from the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies. It was seen as a backdoor try to get RAWA at the books and not using a stand-alone measure passing.

The amendment withdrawal from Rep. Dent came the similar day as lawmakers in his home state flirted with the speculation of legalizing and regulating online casino games.

The hours-long federal hearing may also be viewed below. Rep. Dent’s comments on online gambling begin at 4:46:47. Although he withdrew the amendment, he said he wants Congress to continue considering prohibiting casino games played over the Internet.

Last fall, The Hill reported there has been potential for an offer coming forward that may place a two-year moratorium on online gaming expansion. The ban effectively might have been installed place by mandating a federal study of the net casino industry.

In December, the home Oversight & Government Reform Committee discussed the RAWA proposal from Rep. John Chaffetz (R-UT), but it surely featured a large number of testimony that undermined his efforts. It was seen as a win for the poker community.

All of those efforts was supported by Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson.

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by Alex Kravchenko

One of crucial strategies in MTTs is varying your game. That implies that during similar situations with similar hands it's important to occasionally play a distinct way. For example, in case you have a large hand pre-flop and there is a raise in front of you, sometimes you re-raise and infrequently you simply call.

I think there are two major factors that affect your decision. First is your opinion a few raiser - it's important to be more willing to name against a loose aggressive player who's bluffing so much after the flop. Also this type of player is raising with a large number of hands pre-flop, so it's harder for him to outdraw you. And after all, in case your image is solid, he'll fold nearly always while you three-bet (things are different in case you are re-raising so much - therefore could also be three-bet is the easier option, since you can expect a four-bet re-steal attempt).

The second factor is: Who's sitting behind you? If there are a pair aggressive players there then you definitely can attempt to provoke them to squeeze once you call. That is one of the vital profitable situations in tournament NL Hold'em, when somebody puts a large three-bet raise on a bluff, then you definately move all in, forcing your opponent to fold. It means you'll be able to win an enormous amount of chips without showdown and and not using a chance of losing.

I wish to illustrate this idea with the examples of 2 hands which I played within the Bellagio Cup 15k Main Event in July, 2009. This tournament had a great slow structure, so even within the late stages the play was deep enough. These two hands happened on day three. Within the first one the blinds were 2,000-4,000 (500 ante). Before the hand I had 155,000 chips, which was about 2/3 of the typical stack. We were nine-handed. The UTG player opened with 10,500 and that i picked up K-K in second position. The explanation why I just called is that my table image can also be solid - and that applied to this actual table besides. I ASSUMED that if I re-raised on this position it might kill the entire possible action behind. So I called - after which the cut-off player put a large re-raise of 60,000. Everybody folded, including the unique raiser, and that i went all in for 155,000 and my opponent was priced to name along with his A-Q suited. Nothing bad happened and that i doubled up.

The second hand was played on the end of the similar day. With 27 within the money, there have been 37 left within the tournament. We were playing seven-handed, with blinds at 4,000-8,000 (1,000 ante). My stack was about 420,000, which was slightly above average. Jeff Madsen (250,000 chips) was sitting to my left, so on this hand I USED TO BE at the small blind and he was the large blind. The second one position player raised as much as 20,000, everybody else folded to me within the small blind where I had A-K suited. The way in which the raiser put his chips in gave me a sense that he was not strong, and that i thought that perhaps Jeff noticed it also. So I DETERMINED to call, hoping he would attempt to steal this pot with a re-raise. My plan was that he would raise about 75,000, then I'D move all in and simply pick up about 100,000 in chips.

To my surprise he moved in with all his 250,000 chips, and the unique raiser folded. Now I knew that he had a hand, however the question was how strong? I USED TO BE thinking for approximately two minutes and made a decision. I wasn't really expecting myself to fold, but I FEEL that if I'm taking my time to think in situations like this I AM NOT losing anything and am preventing myself from making bad instant decisions.

In this situation the crucial question was whether your opponent may have A-Q or not. If yes (and i believed that was the case here), it's absolutely a choice. If no, then it is very border line, especially when you find yourself with reference to the cash spots. For the showdown Jeff showed A-Q, and that i won a 500,000 pot and finished the day with a snug 700,000 stack.

So there are two good examples of playing big hands well. Unfortunately, the following day was unlucky for me - I made two wrong decisions and finished in 19th place.

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MicroMillions Event #87 was a specialty for the series as only the second one Fixed Limit Hold'em tournament at the schedule. It takes a definite breed of poker player to enjoy playing Fixed Limit Hold'em. NUMEROUS older players grew up with the sport but it's becoming well liked by an increasing number of grinders. The large bet game pulls in numerous math savvy players and reduces the brink against strictly no limit players.

The $3.30 buy-in tournament drew 5,669 players for a $17,007 prizepool and $2,596 to the winner. The turbo structure kept the players moving at a brisk pace and the limit betting gave players quite a few chances to chase their draws. The played all the way down to the last two tables in precisely three hours and punkiis showed one of the crucial dangers within the game.

punkiis was drawing thin with 5♦5♠ on a J♠J♥2♠ flop against trip Jacks but ImSoGood was unable to push him out of the hand before the two-outter hit at the turn. The hand propelled punkiss (temporarily) to the highest of the sphere but both would make the overall table.

The final table began with the entire players within the danger zone; just one participant had greater than 20 big blinds. Or within the parlance of limit poker players, everyone had not up to 10 big bets rather then the chipleader. That left little room for movement and the overall table was probably the most quickest outside a hyper turbo, lasting only 24 total hands and producing three knockouts within the first 10 hands.

Final Table chip counts:

Seat 1: evgeny5sorry (2,603,126 in chips)Seat 2: Valya98 (8,600,948 in chips)Seat 3: ImSoSuper (1,356,274 in chips)Seat 4: punkiis (6,935,135 in chips)Seat 5: singul4rity (1,618,693 in chips)Seat 6: Ksuysha75 (7,230,824 in chips)

Blinds: 200k/400k Limits: 400k/800k

Valya98 runs into rockets, eliminated in 6th

punkiis showed a willingness to gamble on his option to the general table but didn't wish to hit a miracle to speak out the primary player. punkiis opened for a raise under the gun and only Valya98 came along from the small unaware of the A♠5♥3♦ flop.

It took all four bets to get the chips within the middle and Valya98 was probably happy to do it with A♥J♣ top pair but hopes were dashed quickly when punkiis tabled A♦A♣ for high set. As opposed to a glimmer of hope, Valya98 was left drawing dead to the useless 9♥ turn and 2♦ river to be the primary out in 6th for $255.

ImSoSuper not so good, eliminated in 5th

punkiis took a couple of hands off before entering it again. ImSoSuper opened for a raise and punkiis installed a second bet enough to hide ImSoSuper, who called with K♠Q♦.

punkiis was holding Aces this time, but his K♥K♣ was his second premium starter in precisely a couple of hands. ImSoSuper needed a fair flop to have an opportunity but missed the 9♣8♥7♥ flop completely and punkiis had another opponent drawing dead before the river after the 4♦ turn. ImSoSuper picked a great hand to take a stand but bumped into a monster to head out in 5th place for $482.

evgeny5sorry not apologetic, eliminated in 4th

The 10th hand of the general table, and the 2nd consecutive all-in, saw evgeny5sorry all-in from the large blind for just 134k greater than the small blind. punkiis and singul4rity both folded before Ksuysha75 threw out a tiny call from the small blind.

evgeny5sorry has a playable 8♥7♣ but got unlucky not to have two live cards as Ksuysha75 tabled Q♣7♥. evgeny5sorry needed numerous help but didn't get it when the flop came K♥T♥2♥ then missed the K♦ turn. The Q♠ river supplied a knockout in back-to-back hands to send evgeny5sorry out of the tournament in 4th place for $807.

singul4rity undefined, eliminated in 3rd

There was a moment when it seemed like their may well be deal negotiations about to start but punkiis quickly shot the idea down. singul4rity opened from the small blind and Ksuysha75 raised from the big.

The flop came Q♦9♥9♠ and singul4rity checked called a raffle from Ksuysha75 before the 6♦ turn. singul4rity led out this time and Ksuysha75 flatted to the T♦ river. singul4rity checked called all-in to turn Q♠5♠ for flopped two pair but saw Ksuysha75 show K♥J♠ for the rivered gutshot. singul4rity was short all the way but couldn't hang on, getting knocked out in 3rd place for $1,318.

Ksuysha75 limits damage to win Event #87

punkiis (13,792,357 in chips)Ksuysha75 (14,552,643 in chips)

That knockout hand provided Ksuysha75 with a slight chiplead but there has been a large swing at the first hand of heads up play. Both players capped the betting preflop before the A♥A♠8♣ flop after which capped it again to the 9♥ turn. They both stayed aggressive and capped the betting again before the 5♠ river. Ksuysha75 put out a raffle and punkiis finally bogged down with only a call.

Ksuysha75 showed down A♦K♣ for trip Aces and a 21,600,000 pot.

punkiis was in a position to stage a mini-comeback with two doubles but finally took a shot for only a raise with J♥6♠ with Ksuysha75 holding K♣Q♠. The 8♥4♠2♦3♥A♥ board ran completely clean for Ksuysha75 to knock out punkiis in 2nd for $1,828 leaving Ksuysha75 because the newest MicroMillions champion.

MicroMillions-087: $3.30 FL Hold'em [6-Max, Turbo]Entrants: 5,669Prize pool: $17,007Places paid: 720

1. Ksuysha75 (Russia) $2,596.092. punkiis (Sweden) $1,828.253. singul4rity (Austria) $1,318.044. evgeny5sorry (Russia) $807.835. ImSoSuper (Portugal) $482.146. Valya98 (Russia) $255.10

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Daniel Negreanu recently won the WSOP Player of the Year title standard after winning the WSOPE Main Event for €725,000. That win brought his live poker tournament winnings to an implausible $19,549,210. The man knows the right way to play poker and if you wish to know the way to consider the sport better that you must do worse than taking note of Kid Poker.

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The European Poker Tour TV crew caught up with Kid Poker to determine how he thinks through a hand, to that end against EPT London champ David Vamplew. They have been putting together these kinds of Bonus Cuts, and you may see more of them by clicking through to PokerStars.tv.

Negreanu pulling his best Popeye impression

Want to look at the entire hand play out? Click here. Vamplew also tangled with the fiery Artem Litvinov, by which the Russian accused him of slow rolling exploding into Russian vitriol (which we got translated). That's a Friday must watch.

Rick Dacey is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.

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After an extended 11 days, and a good longer summer, the arena Series of Poker is at an end, for now at least.

The four month hiatus between the last hand of the Summer and the beginning of the November Nine starts now. The names of these players at the moment are known, nevertheless it is likely to be the name that is not there that garners probably the most attention the morning after.

Team Pro Daniel Negreanu came within two places of the general table, busting in 11th place after a dramatic day long rear-guard fight, by which Negreanu played immaculately. It seemed at first of every new level it was assumed Kid Poker could hold on no longer, but hold on he did.

But he couldn't overcome the overall table chip leader Joe McKeehen, whose enormous advantage allowed him to invest somewhat easier than the others. He finally put an end to Negreanu's campaign in last card style.

You can read that story here, which sums up the air of disappointment, but additionally the triumph of this event in providing this type of wonderful spectacle. But now it is time to give the overall nine their due.

For they deserve their place within the spot light, and fought hard to earn it. Here's how they'll line up later this year.

1. Zvi Stern (Israel) 29,800,000 (74 big blinds)2. Pierre Neuville (Belgium) 21,075,000 (52)3. Joshua Beckley (AMERICA) 10,800,000 (27)4. Max Steinberg (U.S.A.) 20,200,000 (50)5. Thomas Cannuli (AMERICA) 12,250,000 (30)6. Joe McKeehen (U.S.) 64,100,000 (160)7. Patrick Chan (AMERICA) 6,225,000 (15)8. Federico Butteroni (Italy) 6,200,000 (15)9. Neil Blumenfield (USA) 22,000,000 (55)

They'll familiarize yourself names within the coming weeks because the media tell their stories. But before we log out from the 2015 World Series a word on a few them, starting with chip leader Joe McKeehen.

You could say that McKeehen ran hot, got cards and located a very easy route the general table. But that might not tell the entire story of this talented young player. The proof of that is available in the a stack worth 64 million, greater than double that of second placed Zvi Stern. McKeehen might feel that the break works against him, such is his form at this time. We'll discover later within the year.

Then there may be that other name that of Pierre Neuville, the EPT regular, astounding the poker world whether or not they find it irresistible or not together with his enthusiasm and skill. He's thrice the age of a few of his opposition - proof were it needed, of poker's universal appeal. Neuville could also be older that the children who claim poker as their own, but he's going to return in November chasing his own dreams.

Others we saw today will give them a fight when the Rio involves life again, all of whom are about to be beamed all over the world within the increase to 1 of the richest prizes in world poker.

For now, let the curtain fall at the WSOP summer as we turn our attention to objects toward home. That said, it was an ideal summer in Las Vegas.

Stephen Bartley is a staff writer for the PokerStars Blog.

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