2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin

Day 3 completed

Posted 03-05-2010 21:53 GMT+1

Day 3 is History

When the day began, 124 players entered the room for Day 3 here at the PokerStars.net EPT Berlin. Nine and a half hours later, 100 of them had left the building, leaving just 24 in the field that will return for Day 4.

Stefan Huber began the day as the chip leader. He was the only player over a million in chips when the day started and did well throughout the day to maintain one of the top chip stacks among the remaining competitors. Huber may have even more chips if it wasn't for a dealer mistake that caused a chopped pot between him and Nico Behling.

Theo Jorgensen started off the day with 343,000 chips. At the end of the day, he bagged up over seven times that amount at 2.408 million. Jorgensen stayed aggressive all day and ate up the competition at his tables. Some well-timed maneuvers followed by big hands propelled his chip stack up and up and up as the day moved on. He finished towards the top of the list.

The one man everyone will be looking to catch though on Day 4 is American Kevin "ImaLuckSac" Macphee. On one of the last hands of the night, Macphee was able to send Christophe Gross to the rail after he won a flip with big slick versus pocket tens. That pot gave him the chip lead and he bagged up over 2.5 million chips. Macphee has over $250,000 in lifetime tournament earnings and a few EPT cashes to his name. This will be one of his best finishes on the Europeand circuit and he'll be looking to make it one for the ages.

Team PokerStars Pro hasn't completely lost out yet. Their hopes ride with Jude Ainsworth and Johannes Strassmann. Ainsworth has only one EPT cash coming in Vilamoura while Strassmann has several, including two final tables. Not only will these two be doing it for the host site, but Strassmann is also representing his home country of Germany.

Play will resume tomorrow at 12:00 p.m. CET. Out of the 24 players that will return, 16 of them must go before the official final table is set. Once we're down to eight, they will return on Sunday to finish things off. We'll see you tomorrow right here on PokerNews as we bring you all the action from the floor!

For now, turn your attention to our coverage of the NBC Heads-Up Poker Championship in Las Vegas.

Tags: Kevin Macphee.

Collado Busts in 25th Place - Bedtime is Upon Us

Down to 25 players, and Jan Collado raised from the cutoff. A kerfuffle at the next table distracted us for a moment, and when we arrived back at Collado's table he was all in against Iikka Tahkokallio in the small blind. Conclusion: Tahkokallio reraised and Collado shoved, most likely not expecting a call...

Collado:
Tahkokallio:

Board:

Collado hit a ten, but Tahkokallio made a straight to send the plucky German home.

And with that, we are down to 24 players.

Tags: Jan Collado.

Macphee Busts Gross

Christophe Gross raised and Kevin Macphee reraised; Gross shoved and Macphee called.

It was a good old-fashioned race.

Macphee:
Gross:

Board:

A pair of kings is better than a pair of tens, and Gross hit the rail. Macphee meanwhile, moved up to 2.5 million.

Zguba Zgone

Vlad Zguba moved in with and Iikka Tahkokahllio called with .

A board full of blanks later, and we were down our last Ukrainian.

Tags: Vlad Zguba.

Seidel Sidelined

Eike "Not Erik" Seidel was spotted at the payout desk filling in some paperwork; we therefore declare him busted.

And We're Back

With a bit of luck, this could be the last level of the day...

Level 23 started

Posted 03-05-2010 21:14 GMT+1

Break Time

One more of those 15 minute breaks.

Dealer Accidentally Mucks the Cards

Stefan Huber had raised from late position before Nico Behling reraised all in from the button. Huber said, "Good luck, I call," and then opened the . Behling tabled the . But the dealer grabbed all the cards, mucked them, and began to wash them in the middle of the table. She didn't hear Huber say call and Huber began to complain. The floor was called and he listened to the story from the players and from the dealer. After a couple minutes, he went to seek out Thomas Kremser himself in order to get the correct ruling.

Several more minutes passed and then it was ruled that Huber and Behling would chop up the blinds and antes. Huber seemed a little upset, but didn't complain too much. Behling was saved for the time being.

Tags: Nico Behling, Stefan Huber.