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Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:40 PM Local Time
Artur Rudziankov raises to 300,000 and Ivan Luca calls.
The flop is , Luca checks. Rudziankov bets 230,000. Luca folds.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:39 PM Local Time
Ivan Luca raises to 240,000 and Artur Rudziankov calls.
The flop is , both players check.
The turn is the , Rudziankov bets 310,000 and Luca calls.
The river is the , Rudziankov checks, Luca says, "all in."
Rudziankov asks the dealer to spread the pot out, presumably so he can get a better look at how much is in the pot.
He calls and turns over , Luca shows . Rudziankov wins the hand with a heart flush and catches Lucas bluff.
Rudziankov had 2,255,000 left and has now doubled up.
Artur Rudziankov - 5,300,000
Ivan Luca - 5,450,000
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:32 PM Local Time
Artur Rudziankov raises 300,000 on the button, Ivan Luca shoves all in and Rudziankov folds.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:31 PM Local Time
Ivan Luca raises to 240,000 and Artur Rudziankov calls.
The flop is , both players check.
The turn is the , both players check.
The river is the and both players check a third time.
Rudziankov says, "king high," and shows , Luca mucks.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:29 PM Local Time
Artur Rudziankov raises to 300,000 and Ivan Luca folds.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:28 PM Local Time
Ivan Luca makes it 305,000 from the button. Artur Rudziankov folds.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:27 PM Local Time
Artur Rudziankov raises to 300,000. Ivan Luca shoves all in and Rudziankov folds.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:26 PM Local Time
Ivan Luca limps and Artur Rudziankov checks his option.
The flop is , both players check.
The turn is the , both players check.
The river is the , both players check for a third time.
When Rudziankov shows for a straight, it appears Luca picked a good spot not to try and bluff.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:23 PM Local Time
Rudziankov raises preflop to 300,000, Luca calls.
The flop is and Luca checks, Rudziankov bets 220,000. Luca calls
The turn is the and both players check.
The river is the Luca bet 680,000, Rudziankov calls.
Luca shows and Rudziankov mucks. Luca wins the pot.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:20 PM Local Time
Artur Rudziankov limps the button and Ivan Luca checks his option.
The flop is , both players check.
The turn is the and both players check again.
The river is the and both players check for the third time.
Rudziankov shows and Luca mucks.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:17 PM Local Time
Artur Rudziankov raises to 300,000, Ivan Luca calls.
The flop is and both players check.
The turn is the and Luca checks. Rudziankov bets 230,000, Luca calls.
The river is the and again Luca checks. Rudziankov bets 700,000, Luca folds
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:13 PM Local Time
Ivan Luca raises to 300,000, Rudziankov calls.
The flop is , both players check.
The turn is the , both players check.
The river is the , Rudziankov checks and Luca bets 300,000. Rudziankov folds.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:09 PM Local Time
Artur Rudziankov raises to 320,000. Ivan Luca calls.
The flop comes and Luca checks. Rudziankov bets 150,000. Luca raises to 630,000, Rudziankov calls.
The turn is the Luca checks and Rudziankov goes all in. Luca Folds.
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 1:06 PM Local Time
Level: 32
Blinds: 60,000/120,000
Ante: 15,000
Wednesday, June 17, 2015 10:48 AM Local Time
Three days weren't enough as Argentina's Ivan Luca (pictured) and the Czech Republic's Artur Rudziankov return for a fourth and final day of play today in Event #30, a $1,000 no-limit hold'em tournament. The final table came and went yesterday but after the day's scheduled 10 levels, Luca and Rudziankov remained to battle it out for the tournament's top spot.
Luca leads the heads-up finale by a margin holding 7,780,000 chips to Rudziankov's 2,985,000. Both players have locked up a hefty score of $219,976 with the tournament's champion pocketing $353,391 and a World Series of Poker gold bracelet.
Action resumes in the Amazon Room at 1 p.m. PT. We'll bring hand-for-hand updates, but if that's not enough, the action will be streamed on WSOP.com as well.