Are you in Berlin? Do you have nothing to do tonight? Do you have €2,000+€150 to wang on a poker tournament?
If the answer is yes to any of the above, then you should come down to the Hyatt where the €2,000+€150 NLH side event is starting at 6pm. There are 250 seats available, but they're going fast...
Time for another 15-minute break for the players that managed to hang on through today's first two levels. It's been nuts out there, with more than 160 players gone already.
From the cutoff seat, Sam Chartier raised to 3,400. Tu Tuan To has been extremely active at his table and made the call from the small blind. Jan Collado called from the big blind as well.
The three of them took a flop of and Tuan To checked. Collado checked behind and then Chartier checked as well.
The turn was the and Tuan To checked. Collado fired 6,700 and Chartier folded. Tuan To made the call though and the two playwers acting from the blinds saw the river come the .
Tuan To fired 11,000 and Collado went into the tank for several minutes. Eventually, he made the call, but wanted to be sure to see Tuan To's hand. Tuan To flashed the for a busted flush draw and just seven high. Collado saw this and then tabled the for a busted flush draw as well, but a better jack high. That's right, Collado called with jack high.
Collado's up to 250,000 while Tuan To is down to 115,000.
The board read and Dag Palovic (position) had a 15,000 bet across the line in front of him. Vlad Zguba thought about it for a very long time before folding face up, and he was right - Palovic showed him for a set.
The flop read when we arrived tableside, and the gentleman out of position had bet out 11,000. Bruno Fitoussi raised enough to put him in, the bettor now became the caller, and they were were on their backs.
Fitoussi:
Mr. All In: very much ahead with
Turn:
River:
"Oooooooh yes," said Fitoussi as he made a straight to knock out the other gent and put him up to 68,000. "Couldn't you have put the ten of clubs there instead?" he asked the dealer.
Julian Thew just doubled, but in less positive Team PokerStars Pro news, Noah Boeken and Katja Thater just hit the rail in quick succession. Boeken tweeted: "One of those days where nothing goes youre way; Busted :( Off to the Gym to release some anger."
Vicky Coren was also just eliminated, shipping all of her chips to Boris Becker's big slick to end her day. She tweeted: "Ah well. I love Boris Becker, if someone's going to have my chips it might as well be him."
Julian Thew got all of his money in preflop in good shape with against his opponent's . But he wasn't so ahead anymore after the flop. Thew still had flush outs, however. The on the turn was a blank, but the on the river rescued him. After the stacks were counted, Thew had another 38,600 for his unhappy opponent to match. He's now on around 90,000.
David Paredes raised from the button to 3,500 and then the small blind three-bet to 11,300. Paredes moved all in to put his opponent at risk and the player made the call.
Paredes:
Opponent:
Paredes faded his opponent's outs as the board ran out . Paredes busted the player and moved up to 133,000 chips.
Tu Tuan To bet 11,500 on the flop of into one opponent. That opponent was Jan Collado and he made the call.
After the river completed the board with the , Tuan To fired 30,000. Collado tanked and then made the call. Tuan To held , but Collado made the call with two red kings and took the pot. He's now up to 225,000 while Tuan To dropped to 130,000.
Michael Greco was getting severely low on chips and moved all in for 6,200 from middle position. Erich Kollmann was in the big blind and woke up with two eights to make the call. Greco did have two overs with the .
The board ran out and Greco was sent to the rail. Kollmann now has 134,000 chips.