Hand 44: Daniel Coupal raised to 115,000 from the hijack with the and Christian Rudolph moved all in for 995,000 from the button with the . Both blinds folded and Coupal laid it down.
Hand 45: Oleg Titov raised to 125,000 with the in the hijack and Shawn Buchanan defended the big blind with the . Buchanan checked top pair and Titov continuation-bet 125,000. Buchanan called and the dealer burned and turned the . Buchanan checked, Titov bet 275,000, and Buchanan folded.
Hand 46: Koray Aldemir raised to 100,000 from the cutoff with the and Adalfer Morales Gamarra picked up the in the big blind. He three-bet to 290,000 and Aldemir let it go.
Hand 47: Aldemir raised to 100,000 with the from the hijack and Adrian Mateos called from the big blind with the . The flop paired Mateos and he checked. Aldemir, who flopped a flush draw, bet 85,000 and Mateos call.
After the dealer burned and turned the , Mateos checked and Aldemir checked to take a free river, which was the . Both players checked and Mateos picked up the pot.
Hand 48: Gamarra raised to 125,000 from the button holding the and Coupal called out of the big blind with the . The flop missed both players and it went check-check to the turn. Coupal checked and folded when Gamarra bet 120,000.
Hand 49: Aldemir raised to 100,000 UTG+1 with the and took down the pot.
Hand 39: Adalfer Morales Gamarra made it 135,000 from the small blind with . Adrian Mateos in the big blind defended with . The flop came and Gamarra bet 230,000. Mateos folded right away.
Hand 40: Seated in middle position, Koray Aldemir opened for 100,000. It netted him the blinds and antes as everyone folded.
Hand 41: In middle position, Maria Lampropulos opened for 115,000. Shawn Buchanan shoved from the hijack for 800,000 even with . It folded back to Lampropulos and she folded too, leaving the pot to Buchanan.
Hand 42: Koray Aldemir opened under the gun for 100,000. Again king-queen for Shawn Buchanan, this time and he called from middle position. The flop came and Aldemir checked. Buchanan checked behind.
The on the turn had both players check again and they did so too on the that completed the board. Buchanan took it down with the flopped second pair.
Hand 43: for Maria Lampropulos under the gun and she opened to 120,000. It folded to Christian Rudolph in the small blind and he flatted with . Lampropulos flopped top set on and Rudolph checked. Lampropulos checked behind.
The on the turn saw Rudolph and Lampropulos check both again. The completed the board and Rudolph checked a third time. Lampropulos bet 325,000 into 330,000.
Rudolph tanked for a fair bit and asked 'Why so big?' before calling.
The bad news followed soon, Lampropulos raked in the chips with her top set.
Hand #34: Daniel Coupal opens with a raise to 125,000 holding on the button. Action folds to Christian Rudolph in the big blind and he moves all in from the big blind for 1,375,000 holding . Coupal folds after tanking for nearly two minutes and Rudolph takes down the pot.
Hand #35: From under the gun, Maria Lampropulos raised to 115,000 holding . Just a couple spots over, Adalfer Morales Gamarra picked up and he three-bet, making it 370,000 total. Action folded back to Lampropulos who folded, allowing Gamarra to take down the pot.
Hand #36: Koray Aldemir held in the small blind and he limped in. Lampropulos was holding in the big blind and she checked her option.
The flop came down and Aldemir checked. Lampropulos put out a bet of 50,000. Aldemir called.
On the turn, both players checked to see the on the river. Aldemir checked again. Lampropulos checked it back, so Aldemir took it down with his pair of sixes.
Hand #37: From the hijack seat Oleg Titov moved all in with for just over 800,000. Everyone folded and that earned him the pot.
Hand #38: From early position, Daniel Coupal looked down at and he raised to 115,000 action folded around and Coupal was able to take down the pot.
Hand 29: Koray Aldemir raised to 85,000 from the button with the and won the blinds and antes.
Hand 30: Daniel Coupal raised to 85,000 UTG+1 with the but he failed to find any action.
Hand 31: Christian Rudolph picked up the UTG+2 and raised to 85,000. Adalfer Morales Gamarra called with the from the small blind and Adrian Mateos came along from the big with the . The flop saw Rudolph bet 125,000 with top-top after both his opponents checked. Both Gamarra and Mateos folded.
Hand 32: Maria Lampropulos raised to 90,000 with the in the hijack and Gamarra three-bet to 240,000 with the on the button. Both blinds folded and Lampropulos got rid of her hand.
Hand 33: In the final hand of the level, Lampropulos raised to 90,000 with the UTG+2 and she took down the blinds and antes.
Hand #24: Koray Aldemir opened from early position with a raise to 85,000 holding . Action folded to the big blind where Daniel Coupal was holding . He moved all in for 765,000 and that was good to earn him the pot as Aldemir folded his hand.
Hand #25:: Aldemir opened again from early position, this time making it 85,000 holding . From the big blind Oleg Titov moved in for around 800,000 with . Aldemir quickly folded and that earned Titov the pot.
Hand #26: Aldemir opened a third time. His raise was to 85,000 from under the gun, this time holding . In the big blind, Christian Rudolph woke up with and he moved all in. Aldemir quickly folded.
Hand #27: Action folded to Daniel Coupal in the cutoff seat and he raised to 85,000 holding . Aldemir called from the big blind holding
The flop came down and Aldemir checked. Coupal bet 100,000 and Aldemir called.
The turn was the and this time Aldemir led out with a bet of 145,000. Coupal then moved all in for 690,000 total. Aldemir didn't think long before folding the best hand.
Hand #28: From early position, Adalfer Morales Gamarra raised to 90,000 holding . Action folded to the big blind where Maria Lampropulos was holding and she called.
The flop came down and Lampropulos checked. Gamarra put out a bet of 140,000 and that earned him the pot.
Hand 18: Maria Lampropulos raised to 90,000 UTG+1 with the and won the pot.
Hand 19: Adalfer Morales Gamarra raised to 85,000 with the UTG+2 and Koray Aldemir defended his big blind with the . The flop missed both players, and it went check-check to the turn. Aldemir turned straight and flush draws, and he bet 155,000. Gamarra responded with a raise to 365,000 and Aldemir let it go.
Hand 20: Action folded to Aldemir in the small blind and he raised to 140,000 with the . Lampropulos held the in the big blind and called to see the flop. Aldemir checked, Lampropulos bet 95,000, and Aldemir folded.
Hand 21: The live stream did not show this hand as it instead showed a prerecorded interview with Maria Lampropulos.
Hand 22: Aldemir raised to 85,000 from the cutoff with the and won the blinds and antes.
Hand 23: Lampropulos raised to 85,000 from the cutoff with the and Adrian Mateos three-bet to 265,000 with the in the big blind. Lampropulos folded.
Hand #12: Oleg Titov opened with a raise to 85,000 from the cutoff holding . Christian Rudolph reraised from the button holding the other two nines (), moving all in for 1,110,000. Action folded back to Titov who folded as well, and that earned Rudolph the pot.
Hand #13: Adalfer Morales Gamarra opened with a raise to 85,000 from under the gun holding . Action folded around and Morales was awarded the pot.
Hand #14: On the button, Maria Lampropulos opened with a raise to 90,000 holding . In the big blind, Gamarra was holding and he folded as wall, so Lampropulos took down the pot.
Hand #15: From the hijack seat, Koray Aldemir opened to 85,000 holding . In the big blind, Adrian Mateos was holding and he moved all in for 1,085,000. That prompted a fold from Aldemir, and Mateos took down the pot.
Hand #16: From early position, Christian Rudolph raised to 85,000 holding . Next to act was Aldemir who reraised to 250,000 holding . Action folded back to Rudolph who folded as well, and that earned the pot for Aldemir.
Hand #17: Koray Aldemir opened from early position with to 85,000. Action folded to the hijack seat where Buchanan raised to 220,000 holding . Aldemir thought for a bit, then decided to fold.
Hand 11: Maria Lampropulos looked down at the under the gun and she raised to 90,000. Two spots over, Poterek picked up the and three-bet to 265,000. Action folded back to Lampropulos and she thought for nearly three minutes before someone called the clock.
Eventually, she moved all in and Poterek called off for 1.62 million. It was a classic flip, and Poterek was looking to hold to double big. The flop was gin for Lampropulos, who hit trips. Poterek was looking for a lady, but he didn't get it on the turn.
He had the river to go, but it was brick city as the peeled off. With that, Lampropulos becomes the first female to make the PCA final table since Xuan Liu did it back in 2012.