Hand 6: Maria Lampropulos raised to 170,000 UTG+1 and Christian Rudolph three-bet all in for 805,000 from the big blind. Lampropulos called and it was off to the races.
Christian Rudolph:
Maria Lampropulos:
The flop gave Lampropulos a set, and Rudolph needed to catch runner-runner to survive. The took away any chance of that happening, and he was drawing dead heading to the river, which was the meaningless .
Hand 7: Adrian Mateos opened with the from the cutoff and Koray Aldemir three-bet jammed with the , winning the pot.
Hand 8: Aldemir limped with the from the small blind and Maria Lampropulos checked with the . The flop came down and Aldemir bet 80,000 getting a call from Lampropulos.
The landed on the turn and both players checked to see the on the river. Lampropulos bet 250,000 and Aldemir released.
Hand 9: Lampropulos opened with in the small blind and Buchanan defended with the . The flop came , Lampropulos bet 230,000, and Buchanan called.
The fell on the turn, Lampropulos checked and Buchanan bet 375,000. After a few moments in the tank, the clock was called and Lampropulos eventually called. The completed the board on the river and Lampropulos checked. Buchanan bet 1,100,000 and after several more minutes in the tank, Buchanan finally called the clock.
Lampropulos would eventually make the call and mucked when Buchanan tabled his full house.
Hand 10: We missed the hand due to a graphic on the stream.
Hand 11: Shawn Buchanan limped the button with the and folded when Daniel Coupal moved all in for 965,000 from the big blind with the .
Hand 12: Maria Lampropulos raised to 170,000 with the under the gun and Shawn Buchanan called from the cutoff with the . The rest of the field folded and it was heads-up action to the flop.
Lampropulos bet 150,000 and Buchanan called to see the turn. Lampropulos checked, Buchanan bet 425,000, and Lampropulos folded.
Hand 13: Lampropulos received a walk in the big blind.
Hand 14: Koray Aldemir looked down at the on the button and raised to 170,000 and he took down the pot.
Hand 15: In the last hand of the level, Buchanan limped with the and Adrian Mateos exercised his option from the big with the . Buchanan called and the two saw a flop of . Buchanan checked, Mateos bet 175,000, and Buchanan folded.
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Hand 16: Shawn Buchanan opened with the on the button and Daniel Coupal defended with . The flop swept out and Buchanan bet 125,000. Coupal check-jammed all in and Buchanan snap-called.
Coupal was in rough shape but picked up some outs with the on the turn. The river, however, was the and Coupal was eliminated in fifth place banking a career-best $293,560.
Hand 17: Shawn Buchanan limped the cutoff with the and Koray Aldemir checked his option from the big blind with the . The flop saw both players check and the dealer burn and turn the . Aldemir led out for 120,000 and Buchanan let it go.
Hand 18: Adrian Mateos raised to 200,000 with the on the button and he took down the blinds and antes.
Hand 19: Maria Lampropulos looked down at the in the small blind. As she's prone to do, she took a long time to act (two minutes), eventually raising to 350,000. Buchanan quickly folded from the big blind.
Hand 20: This hand was not shown as the live stream instead aired Daniel Coupal's exit interview.
Hand 21: This hand was not shown as the live stream instead aired Daniel Coupal's exit interview.
Hand 22: Mateos raised all in from the small blind with the and Aldemir folded from the big.
Hand 23: Buchanan raised to 200,000 under the gun with the and took down the blinds.
Hand 24: Lampropulos held the in the small blind and she just called. Buchanan checked his option with the and the flop fell . Both players checked, the dealer burned and turned the , and again it went check-check. The river gave Lampropulos a straight, and she bet 325,000. Buchanan folded.
flop gave Lampropulos a set, and Rudolph needed to catch runner-runner to survive. The 
took away any chance of that happening, and he was drawing dead heading to the river, which was the meaningless 
.
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, winning the pot.
from the small blind and Maria Lampropulos checked with the 
. The flop came down 
and Aldemir bet 80,000 getting a call from Lampropulos.
landed on the turn and both players checked to see the 
in the small blind and Buchanan defended with the 
. The flop came 
, Lampropulos bet 230,000, and Buchanan called. 
completed the board on the river and Lampropulos checked. Buchanan bet 1,100,000 and after several more minutes in the tank, Buchanan finally called the clock.
under the gun and Shawn Buchanan called from the cutoff with the 
. The rest of the field folded and it was heads-up action to the 
on the button and raised to 170,000 and he took down the pot.
. Buchanan called and the two saw a flop of 
on the button and Daniel Coupal defended with 
and Koray Aldemir checked his option from the big blind with the 
in the small blind. As she's prone to do, she took a long time to act (two minutes), eventually raising to 350,000. Buchanan quickly folded from the big blind.
and Aldemir folded from the big.
, and again it went check-check. The 
river gave Lampropulos a straight, and she bet 325,000. Buchanan folded.
