2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin

2010 EPT Berlin Main Event
Day: 2
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

Paredes Cuts Himself on Diamonds

Paredes is not happy.
Paredes is not happy.
Warning: big, painful, stomach-churning pot ahead, i.e. completely standard tournament poker.

Marc Inizan raised to 5,700 from early position, and David Paredes called from the cutoff. The small blind also called.

Flop: {6-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds} - The small blind and Inizan both checked, and Paredes bet 11,000. The small blind was content to call, but Inizan upped the bet to 31,800. Paredes asked how much Inizan had behind, and seeing it was just under 100,000, decided to call. The small blind folded.

Turn: {A-Diamonds} - Inizan checked, and Paredes bet 35,000. Inizan moved all in for a total of 97,700, and Paredes called instantly.

Showdown
Paredes: {J-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} for a flush
Inizan: {7-Spades} {6-Spades} for trip sixes

River: {2-Spades}

It took a minute for Paredes to absorb the fact that board paired on the river, filling Inizan's boat. But everyone knew the moment he saw it, since he jolted back in his chair and let out a stream of expletives. Paredes said he should have bet Inizan all in on the turn, and Inizan admitted that he might have folded, but said "You played it good, you played it good. You got the money in with the best hand." Not much consolation for Paredes, who is down to 65,000. Inizan is now sitting behind 300,000.

Tags: Stephane Albertini

Tuan To Gets One from Chartier

From the button, Sam Chartier raised to 6,000. Tu Tuan To was in the big blind and made the call. Tuan To has been in nearly every pot at his table, mixing it up.

The flop came down {K-Hearts}{9-Spades}{6-Spades} and Tuan To checked to the preflop aggressor. Chartier fired a continuation bet of 7,200 and Tuan To made the call. After the turn put the {7-Hearts} on board, Tuan To fired 17,000. Chartier folded his hand and dropped back to 58,000 chips. Tuan To moved up to 130,000.

Tags: Sam ChartierTu Tuan To

Strassmann Shoves On Tuan To

On the flop of {7-Hearts}{5-Spades}{2-Hearts}, Tu Tuan To fired 15,500. Johannes Strassmann raised all in for 98,900 and this sent Tuan To into the tank. After several minutes of tanking (which is the norm for Tuan To in almost every hand he plays), he mucked his hand and dropped down to 115,000 chips. Strassmann moved up to 150,000 chips.

Tags: Johannes StrassmannTu Tuan To

Thorson Sees a Flop and Folds

William Thorson raised from under the gun to 5,000 and then the cutoff seat three-bet to 14,600. Thorson made the call and the two players went to a flop of {10-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}.

On the flop, Thorson checked and his opponent fired 19,100. Thorson took some time, but eventually mucked his hand and dropped to 270,000 chips.

Tags: William Thorson

Up and Down for Chartier

Sam Chartier
Sam Chartier
Sam Chartier raised to 6,000 and then Jan Collado reraised to 14,500. After some time in the tank, Chartier mucked his hand and slipped to 72,000 chips. It's been an up-and-down day for Chartier. He began with 98,700, peaked at about 110,000, dropped to 25,000, got back to 80,000, and dropped down to 72,000 now.

Tags: Jan ColladoSam Chartier

Hefty Pot for Hefter; Hefty Pot Leaves Hefter

Wow, some hilarious craziness now.

There was a min-raise to 4,800 under the gun and three people called down the table, including Dimitri Hefter. Over in the small blind, Vlad Zhuba made it 20,000 to go. The original raiser folded and the first caller called again - but now Dimitri Hefter went all in. Everyone promptly folded. As Hefter raked in the pot, he flashed the {2-Diamonds} to raucous laughter from everyone around the table.

Hefter managed to drop down again the next hand, though. He raised to 6,000 under the gun and then called the 44,000 push from the gentleman in the small blind.

Hefter: {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}
Small Blind: {8-Hearts} {8-Clubs}

Board: {5-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {5-Spades} {8-Spades} {6-Hearts}

Hefter made a "pffff" sound as the pot went to Mr. Small Blind.

Tags: Dimitri Hefter

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 200

Fish & Chips

Well, they're not all fish, but they've all got chips. Some have more than others, though...

Jude Ainsworth - 540,000 and chip leader right now
Marc Gork - 38,000
Ben Kang - 110,000
Evgeniy Zaytsev - 60,000
Boris Becker - 100,000
Soraya Homam - 45,000
Marc Goodwin - 36,000
John Kabbaj - 155,000
Guillaume de la Gorce - 90,000
Miika Puumalainen - 120,000
George Danzer - 360,000
Christer Johansson - 110,000
Kristijonas Andrulis - 80,000
Tommi Etelapera - 55,000
Tobias Reinkemeier - 92,000
Michel Abecassis - 50,000
Stefan Huber - 380,000
Marcel Luske - 38,000
Erich Kollmann - 90,000
Stuart Fox - 120,000
Johannes Strassmann - 115,000
Julian Thew - 87,000
Dag Palovic - 270,000
Vlad Zguba - 150,000
Ilya Gorodetskiy - 85,000
Bruno Fitoussi - 80,000
Manuel Bevand - 62,000
Vikash Dhorasoo - 105,000
Ivo Donev - 35,000
Andrew Feldman - 31,000