2011 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2011 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
76
Prize
€825,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,865,000
Entries
773
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000

Sanders Like Barnacle Comes Along to the Flop

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante
Jon Spinks, part of interesting late-day lineup
Jon Spinks, part of interesting late-day lineup

Benny Spindler started something he wasn't prepared to finish when he raised to 2,100 preflop on his new table. New lhs neighbour Jonathan Spinks calmly made it 6,100 to go. Over to Dean Sanders, who made the call (out of position) while Spindler bowed out preflop.

The flop: {3-Spades}{4-Spades}{6-Spades}. A swift check to Spinks from Sanders, but no bet.

The turn: {6-Clubs}. Now Sanders bet out 10,000. Spinks showed the blank face and passed.

Tags: Dean SandersBenny SpindlerJonathan Spinks

Sarwer Grapes

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante

Jeff Sarwer raised to 1,700 from the button before the small blind made it 4,500. Sarwer now made it 14,000 and the small blind tanked before moving all-in for 28,250. Sarwer shrugged and called off the rest.

Sarwer: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}
Small Blind: {J-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}

The flop came {j-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{6-Clubs} and Sarwer was left needing runner-runner but after the {9-Hearts} turn and {5-Hearts} river, the Canadian was left wincing a little as he gave up almost 30,000 in chips to knock himself back down to around 110,000.

Tags: Jeff Sarwer

Enter the Dragomir

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante
Cristian Dragomir
Cristian Dragomir

The gentleman under the gun raised to 1,500, only for Jon Spinks to make it 3,625 to go. But Cristian Dragomir now made it 8,625, and both his opponents folded.

The EPT Snowfest finalist is up to 78,000. Spinks, by the by, is at 68,000.

Tags: Cristian DragomirJon Spinks

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 75

Lellouche Left With Sarwer Taste In His Mouth

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante

Antony Lellouche had found himself set all-in by Jeff Sarwer in a blind vs blind battle. The Frenchman thought for a minute before declaring, "Ok,let's go!" Then he pushed his stack in the middle turning over {a-Spades}{5-Clubs} to Sarwer's {a-Clubs}{q-Clubs}

The board was {6-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{4-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{2-Spades} and Lellouche shrugged, wished everyone good luck and made his way out of the tournament area.

Tags: Jeff SarwerAntony Lellouche

Pot Eludes Lellouche Squeeze

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante
Kevin Stani
Kevin Stani

Button Kevin Stani started a curious hand with a raise to 1,200. Both blinds called, Antony Lellouche the big blind. The flop came down {J-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{6-Diamonds} and the blinds checked to the preflop raiser. Stani bet 1,600. The small blind (new to the table) called, but Lellouche checked out his own <20k stack and the slightly larger one of Stani before raising to 4,700. A long think ended up with a Stani shove, at which point Lellouche's cards flew into the muck.

Tags: Kevin StaniAntony Lellouche

Sarwer High

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante
Jeff Sarwer
Jeff Sarwer

We didn't catch all the action, but we know that the gentleman under the gun - let us call him Player A - a player in mid position - Player B, for our purposes - and Jeff Sarwer in the cutoff all put 11,000 in preflop. Big pot.

So the chips were being pulled in and the flop dealt when we arrived.

Flop: {7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{q-Spades}

It checked around to Sarwer who bet 10,000. This was enough to push Player A off, but not Player B, who went all in. Sarwer called, and they were on their backs.

Sarwer: {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}
Player B: a speculative {a-Hearts}{j-Hearts}

Turn: {8-Clubs}

River: {2-Clubs}

Player B took his leave. Sarwer, meanwhile, appears to be our chip leader on 130,000.

Tags: Jeff Sarwer

This Little Wiggy Had None

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante

No luck today for Anton Wigg who was eliminated earlier before the dinner break.

"Queens into aces, then ace king into kings. It was not my day..." said the Swede with the air of a man who has had this all happen before.

Tags: Anton Wigg