2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin
2010 EPT Berlin Main Event
Day: 4
Good Luck with That...
Super Sat Suspended
Not Yet, But Soon
The best commentary came from Ilya Gorodetskiy. "Eh, I am from Russia. We had a civil war in the streets not long ago. Did I tell you that I was the victim of one of the biggest armed robberies ever in Moscow a few years ago...?"
Tahkokallio Does the Fair Thing
The flop was a safe and the turn was a harmless . Then all of a sudden there was shouting and a wall of people running away from the tournament room entrance toward (and on top of) the main event tables. In the scramble, tables were overturned and chip stacks knocked over, but somehow the board and the players' hands remained on the table.
Once the players returned to the table to sort out their stacks, Thomas Kremser, the tournament director, told Ilari Tahkokallio and Luca Cainelli that if either of them did not want to carry on with the hand, then they would chop up the pot and move on to the next hand. In good shape to double up, of course Cainelli said that he'd like to play out the hand. Tahkokallio stands to lose almost 600,000 chips in the hand and has only three outs with one card to come. But rather than call it a wash and take back his chips, Tahkokallio said that he'd made the call and it was only fair to see the river. We'll let you know what happens when action resumes. If karma exists, Tahkokallio deserves some run good tonight.
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Cainelli Doubles Up after Four Hours
Given the choice to chop the hand and avoid seeing a river, Tahkokallio said since he'd made the call, he'd play the hand all the way through. The extremely delayed river was a blank, and Cainelli doubled up. Hard not to hope that the poker gods took note of Tahkokallio's respect for the game.
And We're Back
What armed robbery? Shuffle up and deal!
Theo Jorgensen Eliminated in 20th Place (€23,500)
Short-stacked following his pocket queens losing out to on the hand immediately prior to the robbery, a blind on blind confrontation saw Theo Jorgensen (big blind) all in and called by Evgeniy Zaytsev (small blind).
Jorgensen:
Zaytsev:
Flop:
"An ace!" said Jorgensen.
Turn:
"Ace!"
River: to ship the pot to Zaytsev.
Jude Ainsworth Eliminated in 19th Place (€23,500)
MacPhee:
Ainsworth:
It was bad timing for Ainsworth with his four-bet shove as MacPhee had a hand he could call with. The board then ran out and Ainsworth was eliminated in 19th place. The Team PokerStars Pro earned €23,500 for his finish.