If Ivan Luca expected an easy ride in this heads up match, the first 20 minutes will have confirmed quite the contrary.
Maria Lampropoulos raised to 450,000 with the and Luca then three-bet to 1,125,000 with his to claim the pot.
One hand later, Luca raised to 450,000 with and Lampropoulos defended the . On the flop, Lampropoulos check-called a bet of 450,000 and both then checked the turn. After the river, Lampropoulos bet 800,000 and Luca folded.
Lampropoulos then flopped middle pair in a min-raised pot and both checked the flop. Luca had for a gutshot and then saw the turn, giving Lampropoulos trips with . Her bet of 700,000 took down the pot without further resistance.
On the heads-up flop , Maria Lampropoulos checked and Ivan Luca bet 500,000 into a pot of 1.35 million. Lampropoulos called and they checked the turn. On the river, Lampropoulos checked and Luca bet 1,875,000 before smiling over to the other side of the table and taking a sip of his tea.
Ultimately, Lampropoulos called with the and was shown for a straight by Luca.
On the flop , almost one million chips were in the pot and Maria Lampropoulos check-raised from 250,000 to 600,000 with . Ivan Luca then three-bet to 1,025,000 with and was called.
Both checked down the and the to award the pot to Lampropoulos.
Ivan Luca limped in with the and Maria Lampropoulos raised to 825,000 with . Luca called and checked behind the flop before Lampropoulos' bet on the turn won the pot without further resistance.
The new level started well for Maria Lampropoulos, as she picked up and min-raised to 500,000. Ivan Luca defended the but quickly folded to a continuation bet on the flop.
Ivan Luca raised to 600,000 with the and Maria Lampropoulos called with the to see a flop of . Lampropoulos check-called a continuation bet worth 750,000 and did so again for 1,400,000 on the turn with her pair and a gutshot.
The river saw a check by Lampropoulos and Luca shoved for 4,575, under pot size. Both started small talk and Lampropoulos was trying to get any kind of information while they chatted in Spanish.
Ultimately she folded and Luca cheekily flashed the , the hand itself took more than 10 minutes.
Ivan Luca picked up another hand with and then Maria Lampropoulos found a pocket pair in . The min-raised pot went to the flop and Luca checked his for top pair. On the turn, Lampropoulos check-folded to a bet of 700,000 and fell down to around 5 million chips.
Maria Lampropoulos raised to 825,000 preflop with and Ivan Luca flat-called with his . On the flop both players checked, as did for the turn. On the river, Lampropoulos faced a bet worth 625,000 by Luca and again the table chat provided no answer to see her fold.
The final hand at the end of the level saw Ivan Luca limp in for 250,000 with the and Maria Lampropoulos checked her big blind with the on a stack of 4 million chips. Both checked the flop and Lampropoulos then bet the turn for 300,000.
Luca made the call and found the magic river to make a flush, the same card gave Lampropoulos also a straight. She bet 800,000 and Luca took his time before shoving and getting the call by his girlfriend. Lampropoulos has been eliminated in 2nd place for a career-highest payday of €€95,404.
and Luca then three-bet to 1,125,000 with his 
to claim the pot.
and Lampropoulos defended the 
. On the 
flop, Lampropoulos check-called a bet of 450,000 and both then checked the 
turn. After the 
river, Lampropoulos bet 800,000 and Luca folded.
for a gutshot and then saw the 
turn, giving Lampropoulos trips with 
, Maria Lampropoulos checked and Ivan Luca bet 500,000 into a pot of 1.35 million. Lampropoulos called and they checked the 
turn. On the 
river, Lampropoulos checked and Luca bet 1,875,000 before smiling over to the other side of the table and taking a sip of his tea.
and was shown 
. Ivan Luca then three-bet to 1,025,000 with 
and the 
to award the pot to Lampropoulos.
turn with her pair and a gutshot.
river saw a check by Lampropoulos and Luca shoved for 4,575, under pot size. Both started small talk and Lampropoulos was trying to get any kind of information while they chatted in Spanish.
and then Maria Lampropoulos found a pocket pair in 
and Luca checked his 
