Dzmitry Urbanovich wins EPT Malta High Roller for €572,000

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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