2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin

2010 EPT Berlin Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
43
Prize
€1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,725,000
Entries
945
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0

Sarwer Doubles Opponent

On a flop of {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{9-Spades}, Jeff Sarwer check-raised his opponent's bet of 3,500 to 8,500. The player then moved all in and Sarwer made the call. The total all-in bet was 31,225.

Sarwer: {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}
Opponent: {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}

The turn was a good one for Sarwer when the {8-Hearts} came and gave him a flush draw. The river was the {8-Clubs} though and his opponent improved from top set on the flop to a full house on the river. Despite losing the pot and doubling up his opponent, Sarwer still have 56,000 chips.

Tags: Jeff Sarwer

Keiner Folds the Nuts

Finnish pro Juha Helppi raised from early position, and Michael Keiner reraised to 6,000. Action folded back to Helppi, who slid out a 50,000-stack, more than enough to put Keiner all in. Michael sighed and mucked {A-?} {K-?} face up.

"How could you fold the nuts there?" asked one of the players at the table. "That's crazy!"

"Oh, and ace-king is the nuts?" countered Keiner.

"It is in Scandinavia!" the player responded, earning a chuckle from Helppi.

Tags: Juha HelppiMichael Keiner

New Chip Leader

Ruslan Prydryk
Ruslan Prydryk
We caught up with Ruslan Prydryk just in time to see him knocking out another player with pocket tens against {A-?} {Q-?} on a raggy board. The busted gent was giggling as only a man who's just lost what was actually quite a large stack can - and indeed, as Prydryk raked in the pot it became apparent that he was now in possession of over 150,000, enough to put him in the lead right now.

By the by, former chip leader Michael Huber has dropped a few chips, and is currently sitting on a still impressive 120,000.

Tags: Ruslan Prydryk

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Chartier Still Moving Up

Seeing what Chartier sees
Seeing what Chartier sees
Sam Chartier has been on fire since the dinner break. He raised to 2,500 in late position, and the big blind three-bet to 7,000. Chartier moved all in, and the big blind called to put his own tournament life at risk. Time for the big reveal. Less suspenseful than usual as the whole raise-reraise-shove-call scenario played out without any tanking at all.

Showdown
Chartier: {K-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}
Big blind: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}

The board ran out {5-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {3-Hearts}. Chartier knocked out his opponent and in the process built his stack to 94,000.

Tags: Sam Chartier

Danzer Not So Tiny

There was a raise to 2,000 from a relatively short-stacked gentleman in mid position, but he soon laid it down when George Danzer made it 10,000 from the small blind.

Danzer is now up to an extremely comfortable 90,000 or so.

Tags: George Danzer

Table of Terror

One particularly fearsome table now features Juha Helppi, [Removed:197], Michael Keiner and Priyan De Mel all sitting in a row. We pity the other side of that table...

Barbosa Plays the Bully

The button opened to 2,500, and Joao Barbosa called from the small blind. Both checked the {K-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} flop. The turn was the {5-Spades}, and Barbosa checked again. His opponent bet 3,000, and Joao made the call. The river brought the {7-Diamonds} and a third check from Barbosa. The button duly played his part, betting 6,000. Barbosa quickly raised to 23,000, and without skipping a beat, his opponent mucked and looked like he should have known better. Barbosa is up to 74,000.

Tags: Joao Barbosa