Luca Doubles Through Madaras

Norbert Madaras raised to 4,000 from the cutoff and both Ivan Luca and Bernd Gleissner in the blinds called.

The flop came , both Luca and Gleissner checked, Madaras bet 4,000. Luca called, Gleissner folded.

The turn brought them the , now Luca bet 4,000 but Madaras raised to 20,000. Luca looked at his cards and called.

The river completed the board with the , Luca checked, Madaras shoved with a bigger stack than Luca. Luca went into the tank. After about two to three minutes the player in the hijack called the clock on Luca. The floor came over and gave Luca 30 seconds to make a decision. Luca got up from his chair and then grabbed a stack of chips to make the call and put them over the betting line.

Madaras tried to muck his cards but the table told him he needed to show them. He didn't agree with that but then the rule that when there is an all-in and a call, that the cards need to be shown. He then flipped them over and showed he had . Luca had him beat with for a pair of kings. The dealer counted out Luca's stack which was worth 69,200 and Madaras paid for the double up.