Samuel Panzica won a rare pot in this heads up battle after Akin Tuna limped in and they checked the flop . On the turn, Panzica bet and Tuna folded. Prior to that, the German continued his sheer domination with many continuation bets and Panzica called one or two streets at most before giving up.
One such hand saw a flop of checked through. On the turn, Tuna bet 100,000 and was called before firing 225,000 on the river to enforce a fold.
Once again the smaller pots went to Samuel Panzica whereas the majority of the hands saw Akin Tuna raking in the chips. Two examples include a turn where Tuna bet 150,000 to take down the pot.
Tuna then limped in and Panzica made it 150,000 more to go. On the flop, Panzica continued for 225,000 and Tuna called. After the turn, Panzica checked and folded to a bet worth 350,000 by Tuna.
The vast majority of early pots during the heads up battle went to Akin Tuna by sheer aggression. The German raised to 100,000 and bet the flop for 150,000. Samuel Panzica called the initial raise and the flop bet before giving up on the turn.
Another hand saw Tuna min-raise to 100,000 and Panzica called before then check-folding the flop to a continuation bet worth 150,000. Panzica is still slightly ahead, but the stacks are now almost even.
Both players have agreed to a deal and will play for another €65,770 and the trophy. Below is the prize money they have locked up so far, as of the next level the duration will be reduced to 30 minutes.
The two players asked to see possible deal numbers and either chop the current money and award the trophy to the player with more chips or leave some money aside and battle for the title still. Quick break! The current chip counts are as follows.
After a rather passive three-handed play at the start, Sergey Lebedev gave up two hands on the turn and then suddenly moved all in from the button for 1,200,000. Samuel Panzica announced the call and Akin Tuna quickly folded from the big blind.
Lebedev:
Panzica:
The board ran out and Lebedev was sent to the rail in 3rd place for a payday of €184,650.
Sergey Lebedev bet the flop for 50,000 with Samuel Panzica calling and both players then checked the turn. Lebedev's bet on the river for 100,000 avoided a showdown and took down the pot.
Akin Tuna then raised the small blind to 100,000 and Lebedev called. On the flop, Tuna continued for 125,000 and was called. Both players checked down the turn and river. Tuna showed pocket eights and Lebedev had that beat with .
Shortly after, Lebedev limped the small blind and Panzica raised to 150,000. The Russian called to see a flop of , but check-folded to a continuation bet worth 125,000.
Samuel Panzica opened to 100,000 from the button and Emil Patel moved all-in for his remaining 715,000 chips. Panzica thought before making the call.
Panzica:
Patel:
Patel was ahead, and the offered no scare cards, but the on the turn had him drawing to three outs, and the was not one of them. Patel exited in fourth place securing a cash of €184,650
The action folded around to Akin Tuna and he raised to 100,000 from the button. Davidi Kitai moved all in from one seat over and it was folded back to Tuna. He asked for a count and the dealer revealed a total amount of 725,000. Kitai glanced over at his opponent with a smile and then said "gamble or no gamble?"
Ultimately, Tuna called and both players had aces with mediocre kickers.
Kitai:
Tuna:
The flop opened split opportunities while the on the turn saw Kitai improve to eights and sevens. However, the final community card was the river and that gave Tuna a straight. Kitai, who spun up his stack from three big blinds to make two pay jumps, exited in 5th place and takes home €120,050.