At the end of Day 1b, it was well-known player Florian Duta who ended with the chip lead and is also currently the combined overall chip leader, with 5.8 million in chips. Now we know Duta for a couple of big tournament victories in the past. The record breaking 2018 Goliath main event saw a whopping 7,584 players compete for an incredible £758,400 prizepool! But there could only be one winner. After three exciting days of poker-battle, the victor emerged to be Florian Duta – banking £101,450 for his troubles, not bad from a £125 buy-in! Florian Duta PMP204 GPID is a unique identification number, assigned to each individual player, that will be used in the future in order to register for most poker tournaments around the world. Subscribe to our newsletter. Get the latest poker news, poker strategies, and special offers sent directly to your inbox.

Viktor Blom has taken his seat and instantly three-bet an opening from Florian Duta on the button. Duta made it 225 to go and Blom three-bet to 650. Duta wasn’t impressed and four-bet to 1,200, which Blom quickly called.

Florian Duta opened the cutoff for 65,000 and his neighbor James Mackey three-bet to 135,000 from the button. The blinds released and the action was back on Duta. He moved all in, though we missed for how much it was total as Mackey called rather quickly and there was no counting of the stacks.

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The flop came and that was just about it. While Duta made runner-runner two pair with the on the turn and on the river, it wasn't enough to beat Mackey's flopped top set.

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'Interesting turn and river,' Dura said with a wry smile before he exited the tournament area.