Dmitry Urbanovich Shines in Barcelona Super High Roller Tournament

The Super High Roller tournament in Barcelona saw 85 players register with a buy-in of €50,000, including 14 re-entries. The prize pool was substantial, with the top prize being €1,224,000.

The Russian-speaking delegation included notable players such as Sergey Lebedev, Dmitry Urbanovich, Nikita Bodiakovsky, Vyacheslav 'VbV1990' Buldygin, Andrey Streltsov, Oleg Okhotsky, Anton Astapov, Vyacheslav Goryachev, Dmitry Ivanov, Leon Tsukernik, Igor Kurganov, Vladimir Troyanovsky, and Andrey Andreev.

Dmitry Urbanovich had a standout performance, winning a pot of 3.6 million chips against Jason Les with kings against queens. Vladimir Troyanovsky also made a significant move by increasing his starting stack from 250,000 to 700,000 after eliminating David Yan. Vyacheslav Buldygin doubled up with sevens against sixes of Hassan Fares, and Igor Kurganov finished in 15th place. Steve Chidwick finished in 14th, Ivan Luka eliminated Max Altergott, and Mike McDonald cashed out. Dmitry Urbanovich had the second-largest stack, while Christoph Vogelsang led. Vyacheslav Buldygin lost with AQs against AK of Fedor Holz. Fedor Holz won a difficult situation against Mustafa Kanit with 8c 8h against 5h 4c on a flop of 7s 3s 6c.