Dzmitry Urbanovich raised to 650,000 from the button and Sylvain Loosli three bet from the big blind to 1,650,000. Urbanovich called.
The flop came and Loosli continued for 1,800,000. Urbanovich called again.
Both players checked the on the turn, only for the to pop up on the river. Loosli checked again and Urbanovich bet 1,625,000. Loosli check raised all in after twenty seconds of thinking and Urbanovich folded after taking just as long.
Sylvain Loosli limped in from the button and Dzmitry Urbanovich shoved for 6,070,000 (20 big blinds). Loosli thought about it for a bit and then called.
Sylvain Loosli:
Dzmitry Urbanovich:
The flop came . The hit the turn and Urbanovich let out some Polish words we can only imagine meant 'Oh no!'
The river was more than save for Urbanovich though, giving him the full house and full double up. He's still behind, but it's now really close.
Sylvain Loosli opened for 650,000 and Urbanovich made the call. The flop came and Urbanovich check called a bet of 750,000. The turn brought the to the table and Urbanovich checked again. Loosli bet 1,350,000 and Urbanovich decided to fold.
Dzmitry Urbanovich opened the button to 525,000 and Sylvain Loosli made the call from the big blind.
The flop came and Loosli checked to Urbanovich. Urbanovich made a bet of 725,000 and Loosli called.
The fell on the turn and Loosli checked again. Urbanovich made a bet of 1,885,000 and Loosli again called.
Loosli tapped the table a third time on the river. Urbanovich tanked for a bit before eventually checking behind. Loosli showed for the flopped straight and Urbanovich mucked.
Sylvain Loosli and Dzmitry Urbanovich have started their heads-up battle for the trophy, and the first-place prize of �1,224,000. There are 25 minutes left in the level, and Urbanovich has put his funky poker glasses back on for this special occasion.
A huge crowd has gathered to watch this poker spectacle, and both sides have plenty of friends on the rail.
While still stacking his new found chips from the last hand, Sylvain Loosli opened to 525,000 from the button. Dzmitry Urbanovich quickly folded and Vogelsang, who had 3.5 million behind after investing his big blind, made the call.
The flop came and Vogelsang checked. Loosli made a bet of 650,000, while still busy handling his chips as Vogelsang contemplated what to do next. Vogelsang eventually announced all in and Loosli was quick to call.
Christoph Vogelsang:
Sylvain Loosli:
Vogelsang had a gutshot but would fail to hit it. The on the turn and the on the river were effectively blanks and Vogelsang hit the rail in third place. He picked up �551,485, Urbanovich and Loosli are guaranteed �841,500 at this time but are going to battle for that �1,224,000 first place prize. Loosli has the chip lead for the first time this tournament.
Christoph Vogelsang raised from the button to 510,000 and Sylvain Loosli three-bet from the small blind to 1,350,000. Vogelsang gave it some thought before sliding forward enough to make the call.
The flop brought out and Loosli continued by betting 1.3 million, and Vogelsang used most of his smaller denomination chips to make the call.
On the turn the hit and Loosli took his time before announcing he was "all in."
Vogelsang tanked for several minutes, but in the end he folded his cards, leaving himself with by far the shortest stack in the tournament.
The first hand Dzmitry Urbanovich played getting back from break, he immediately won some chips.
Sylvain Loosli opened for 500,000 from the button and Urbanovich three bet to 1,225,000 from the small blind. Vogelsang in the big blind folded and Loosli did so as well after a bit of tanking.