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Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Our heads-uponauts are full of sushi and back at the table.
Let battle commence!
2011 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin
Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 5
2011 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,865,000
Entries
773
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000
Stop! Dinner Time
There will now be a 60 minute recess for dinner before what we predict will be a very exciting heads up battle. We understand that our two remaining players have gone for sushi together. That's the kind of camaraderie we have here at the EPT.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,235,000 | -10,000 |
|
6,895,000 | 10,000 |
Vadzim Kursevich Eliminated in 3rd Place (€300,000)
Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
What a flop for perma-leader Ben Wilinofsky. It's given him an even more enormous stack and sent Vadzim Kursevich to the rail in a matter of seconds. Wilinofsky had called Kursevich's raise out of position (375,000) and checked the 
flop.
Kursevich bet 450,000 and Wilinovsky check-raised to 1,125,000. Kursevich re-checked his cards and the drawy board and decided to jam - he was called as soon as his chips started moving.
Kursevich showed 
for the tptk which was to prove fatal as Wilinovsky showed 
for the flopped straight. The turn and river 
changed nothing and we are heads up playing for the title!
Wilinofsky Starts the Climb Back Up to the Teen Millions
Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
Ben Wilinofsky occasionally gets a dent in his stack, such as that which represents Kursevich's double through. But each time he seems to come back, and build ever higher. Just now he received a call for his 320,000 raise from small blind Max Heinzelmann, who checked the 
flop. Wilinofsky checked behind, calling when Heinzelmann had a go betting 255,000 on the 
turn. Both players checked the 
river and Wilinofsky's won him the pot (Heinzelmann showing 
).
Triple Threat Match
The Plan
Level 31
: 80,000/160,000, 20,000 ante
By the by, there's no break now. Instead, everyone will be taking a 60 minute mid-level dinner break at exactly 7 o'clock, in around half an hour.
Level: 31
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 20,000
Chip Counts Now
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
10,340,000 | -2,685,000 |
|
|
7,550,000 | 70,000 |
|
5,240,000 | 2,615,000 |
Kursevich Takes Another Chunk From Wilinofsky
Level 30
: 60,000/120,000, 15,000 ante
A full double up for the short stack three-handed brings the last players closer together than they have been all day, as the 60k/120k level draws to a close.
Vadzim Kursevich simply shoved first to act on the button for 2,545,000. Small blind Ben Wilinofsky used up his timebank for the first time today, taking off his sunglasses and doing some blinking and thinking. He came down on the side of 'yes' and re-raised to get it heads up with Kursevich. Both Wilinofsky and Heinzelmann stood up in anticipation of a potentially huge pot.
| Kursevich |   |
| Wilinofsky | |
The board ran out 
doubling Kursevich back into the game with 5,000,000.
Wilinofsky Leads Three-Handed (As He Did Eight-handed)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
13,025,000 | -50,000 |
|
|
7,480,000 | 3,370,000 |
|
|
2,625,000 | -920,000 |