2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin

2010 EPT Berlin Main Event
Day: 3
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

Behling Doubles

I'm all in!
I'm all in!
Marc Inizan raised from the button and Nico Behling, resplendent in a rather awesome Pacman hoodie, pushed from the big blind. Inizan appeared to have some some of internal cally-foldy war, and eventually the cally side won, and he pushed the chips into the middle.

Behling: {7-Spades} {7-Diamonds}
Inizan: {K-Clubs} {Q-Spades}

Board: {4-Hearts} {A-Spades} {3-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {8-Spades}

Behling doubled to around 600,000.

Holz Over a Millie

Oliveira couldn't beat kings
Oliveira couldn't beat kings
With about 130,000 chips in the middle and a board of {8-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{6-Spades}, Lennart Holz bet 85,000 and Carlos Oliveira called.

The river card brought the {A-Diamonds} and Holz bet 125,000. After a few minutes in the tank, Oliveira made the call. Hola tabled two kings and Oliveira mucked his hand, decreasing down to 265,000. Holz moved up over one million chips.

Tags: Carlos OliveiraLennart Holz

Kubat Commits and then Folds

Patrick Kubat raised from middle position to 30,000 and then Kevin Macphee called from the small blind. The flop came down {10-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{4-Spades} and Macphee checked. Kubat fired 40,000 and then Macphee check-raised to 105,000. After a minute passed, Kubat reraised to 170,000 and left himself with 131,000 behind. Macphee moved all in and then Kubat went into the tank. He tanked for several minutes before finally folded, even after putting well over half of his stack at risk. Macphee didn't show and scooped in the pot to move up to 675,000.

Tags: Kevin MacpheePatrick Kubat

Burkhard Eliminated

From under the gun, Jan Collado opened to 26,000 and then action folded over to Leon Burkhard in the cutoff seat. He moved all in for 101,000 and Collado made the call.

Burkhard: {K-Spades}{J-Spades}
Collado: {A-Spades}{10-Spades}

The board ran out {A-Hearts}{9-Clubs}{4-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{5-Clubs} and Burkhard was eliminated by Collado who moved up to 680,000 chips.

Tags: Jan ColladoLeon Burkhard

Flying Dutchman Grounded

Luske is out but still watching from his poster.
Luske is out but still watching from his poster.
Marcel Luske was on fire at the beginning of the day, but he was nearing 15 big blinds when he decided to limp under the gun. Another player raised, and it quickly folded back to the Flying Dutchman, perhaps because the table was expecting him to move all in. Instead, he elected to flat call. Luske checked the {A-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {4-Spades} flop and then folded to his opponent's continuation bet, leaving himself with about 12 big blinds.

An orbit later, he shoved on the button with {A-Hearts} {5-Hearts} and was looked up by the small blind with {K-Clubs} {10-Diamonds}. The board came {10-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {3-Spades} {9-Clubs}, busting Luske and crushing the hopes and dreams of legions of Dutch fans.

Tags: Marcel Luske

Jorgensen Having His Way

[Removed:6] opened the action with a raise from the hijack seat to 26,000. Theo Jorgensen called from the small blind and then Dirk Jaspert three-bet from the big blind to 60,000. Frankenberger folded, but Jorgensen made the call.

The flop came down {5-Spades}{3-Spades}{3-Diamonds} and Jorgsensen checked. Jaspert fired 100,000 and had 295,000 chips behind. Jorgensen checked the stack size of his opponent and then waved both his hands forward, announcing that he was all in. After a few minutes in the tank, Jaspert folded his hand and Jorgensen showed the {J-Spades}{9-Spades} for two overs to the board and a flush draw. He's now up to 1.607 million in chips.

Tags: Dirk JaspertTheo Jorgensen

Kuerschner Up and Down

Mathias Kuerschner
Mathias Kuerschner
Mathias Kuerschner has had a roller coaster of a level. First, he got into a huge raised pot three-ways. The flop came {A-Clubs} {9-Hearts} {3-Diamonds}, and Julian Thew checked. Kuerschner also checked, and Michael Reinhardt on the button bet 30,000. Thew called, and Kuerschner raised to 112,000. Undaunted, Reinhardt moved all in for around 350,000. Thew ducked out, and Kuerschner practically threw his chips into the pot.

Showdown
Kuerschner: {9-Spades} {9-Diamonds}
Reinhardt: {A-Hearts} {10-Hearts}

The {6-Hearts} on the turn gave Reinhardt a flush draw, and Mathias a big scare. But the {3-Clubs} river was a brick, eliminating Reinhardt. Kuerschner was up to 945,000 after the hand.

The very next hand, Ketul Nathwani raised to 30,000 from early position, and Kuerschner called. Nathwani is the only player at the table that has Kuerschner covered now. Both quickly checked the {J-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} {8-Spades} flop. The turn came the {9-Hearts}, and Nathwani bet 45,000. Kuerschner raised to 100,000, and Ketul called. The river was the very interesting {10-Spades}, and two insta-checks later, Nathwani tabled {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} for a rivered queen-high straight. Kuerschner checked his cards several times, looked at the board, and checked his cards again. Nathwani was either good or in for an epic slowroll. But Kuerschner mucked, making it clear that Nathwani needed the river. Ketul is currently the chip leader or close to it with 1.78 million. Kuerschner is still doing well with just under 800,000.

Tags: Ketul NathwaniMathias Kuerschner

Vazquez Conquered

Jonas Gutteck raised to 25,000, and Jesus Ramos Vazquez made it 60,000 with around 200,000 back. Gutteck announced all in to cover.

Vazquez tanked. Eventually he spoke. "Say something," is what he said, directed at Gutteck who was staring blankly across the felt. Then, "Ace-queen. Ace-ten." A pause. "Ace-eight."

No clues from Gutteck as to what he might have, and so Vazquez tanked up some more. Marko Mikovic accidentally rolled a chip across the table, possibly out of boredom. The dealer rolled it back to him. Then Vazquez called.

"Good luck," he said to Gutteck, but it was he would need some serious luck.

Vazquez: {7-Hearts} {7-Spades}
Gutteck: {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds}

Board: {10-Diamonds} {6-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {8-Clubs} {A-Diamonds}

Vazquez wished the table luck and headed off to the cash desk. Gutteck is up to 1.3 million.

Neumann a New Man

Sven Eichelbaum raised to 120,000 on the flop of {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}{7-Clubs} after Marko Neumann bet 40,000. Neumann then reraised to 340,000 before Eichelbaum went all in. Neumann made the call and a pot worth 900,000 chips was up for grabs as the cards hit their backs.

Eichelbaum: {A-Diamonds}{7-Spades}
Neumann: {10-Clubs}{3-Clubs}

Eichelbaum failed to make a full house after the turn came the {8-Diamonds} and the river the {Q-Diamonds}. He was sent packing while Neumann boosted his stack to 950,000 chips.

Ilya Making Opponents Unwell

We arrived on the turn to see the board looking exactly like {6-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {3-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}. Ilya Gorodetskiy in the big blind position bet out 30,000. Peter Mairhofer raised to 80,000, leaving himself 110,000 behind. Gorodetskiy insta-shoved to cover, and Mairhofer took only a moment or two to fold, looking rather unwell.

Tags: Ilya Gorodetskiy