Last season Dzmitry Urbanovich burst onto the European Poker Tour scene and at 19 years old made easy work of the EPT Player of the Year race even though he never won an EPT Main Event.

On Saturday in Dublin the now 20-year-old Polish poker pro found himself on top of the EPT Dublin Main Event field after a grueling heads-up duel with Germany’s Gilles Bernies to win €5,125,000 ($5,705,157 US).

“It feels very good, very good,” Urbanovich said. “It’s been a long week.”

Urbanovich kicked things off on the third hand of the day. Urbanovich opened to 110,000 from early position and Rhys ‘floppinhel’ Jones moved all in from the big blind. Urbanovich called and tabled and had Jones’ dominated. The board ran out to give Urbanovich top two pair and eliminate Jones in sixth.

It took nearly two hours for the next elimination. Ilios Kamatakis raised to 150,000 from UTG and Bernies called from the cut-off. Kamatakis bet 275,000 before Bernies raised to 650,000. Kamatakis moved all in and Bernies called. Kamatakis showed for second pair but Bernies held for top pair. The turn and river provided no relief for Kamatakis and was out in fifth.

The remaining four players played without another elimination for three hours and Bernies used that time to build his chip lead before some fireworks began.

Bernies raised to 225,000 and Patrick Clarke announced he was all in. Bernies quickly called and turned over while Clarke showed . The flop gave Bernies top set and left Clarke hoping for runner-runner. The turn was one half of that equation but the river was a brick and Clarke was out in fourth and Bernies held over 72% of the chips in play.

He increased that total on the very next hand. Bernies moved all in from the button and Kully Sidhu called from the big blind. Bernies was ahead with against Sidhu’s . The flop was no help for Sidhu and neither were the turn or river and he was eliminated in third place.

When heads-up play began, Bernies held 14,840,000 of the 18,125,000 chips in play. But over four hours of heads up action, Urbanovich battled back to even, took the chip lead, briefly lost it again and then overcame Bernies again before finall finishing him off.

The 61st and final hand of play between Bernies and Urbanovich started with Bernies shipping all in for just about 2,000,000 and found himself in dire straits when Urbanovich snap-called and tabled . Bernies, with needed a lot of help. The flop gave him a pair but didn’t change much. The turn and river were complete bricks and Urbanovich eliminated Bernies in second place and captured his first EPT Main Event title.

The event – the first for the EPT in Dublin since Season IV – drew 605 players paying the €5,300 buy-in. The EPT is now on a brief hiatus until the EPT Grand Final in Monaco April 25 to May 6.

Final Table Payouts

1. Dzmitry Urbanovich – €561,900
2. Gilles Bernies – €349,800
3. Kully Sidhu – €250,300
4. Patrick Clarke – €193,650
5. Ilios Kamatakis – €52,600
6. Rhys Jones – €119,450