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

Cohen Rises Loudly From the Ashes

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante
Lucien Cohen
Lucien Cohen

The board read {j-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs} when we got there, almost 20,000 in the pot. A player whose name we unable to ascertain owing to the medieval table arrangement in here bet out 15,000 to cover Lucien Cohen, who only had a shade over 5,000 left to his name. Cohen deliberated silently for a few moments, before standing up, pushing his stack across the line, and commencing shouting.

Cohen: {a-Spades}{10-Spades} for a flush draw
Gentleman opponent: {k-Clubs}{j-Clubs}

River: {3-Spades}

"LE PHOENIX!" cried Mr. Cohen. "LE PHOENIX!!!" flagrantly disobeying the English-only rule and prompting some of the other players at the table to exchange a few looks. Anyway, the EPT Deauville champ eventually sat back down (although it took another couple minutes for the shouting to cease) and is now at 30,000.

Tags: Lucien Cohen

Preflop Fridge for Armanavicius

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante
Ben Roberts
Ben Roberts

Ben Roberts has nearly doubled through to over 45,000 and taken out Liutauras Armanavicius at the same time. There was no way, really, that the chips weren't going in as both of them had below the starting stack of 30,000 and one had {K-Hearts}{K-Clubs} and t'other had {A-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}. It was Roberts who had the boots and they held up over a {9-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{7-Spades} board.

"Unlucky," said Roberts who sounded as genuine as I've ever heard a player sound when sympathising with a busto opponent.

Tags: Liutauras ArmanaviciusBen Roberts

Chip Counts

Martin Jacobson
Martin Jacobson
Player Chips Progress
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
110,000 10,000
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
80,000 4,000
Dean Sanders
Dean Sanders
72,000 23,500
Per Linde se
Per Linde
70,000 3,000
Alex Wice
Alex Wice
62,000 9,800
Mathew Frankland gb
Mathew Frankland
60,000 18,000
Heinz Kamutzki de
Heinz Kamutzki
54,000 -11,000
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
EPT 1X Winner
50,000 -33,000
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
50,000 3,000
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
48,000 -4,000
Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
46,000 3,800
Jon Spinks gb
Jon Spinks
44,000 6,000
Michel Dattani pt
Michel Dattani
EPT 1X Winner
40,000
Jack Ellwood gb
Jack Ellwood
36,000 21,400
Michel Abecassis fr
Michel Abecassis
36,000 27,700
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
33,000 33,000
17,000
Alexia Portal
Alexia Portal
17,000 -3,300
Dmitry Stelmak ru
Dmitry Stelmak
13,000 3,300
Jonathan Weekes gb
Jonathan Weekes
Busted
Juha Lauttamus fi
Juha Lauttamus
Busted
Shander de Vries nl
Shander de Vries
Busted
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
Busted

Many & Various Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Kenny Hallaert be
Kenny Hallaert
65,000
Henrique Pinho pt
Henrique Pinho
57,000 15,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
57,000 -1,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
56,000 1,000
Domantas Klimciauskas lt
Domantas Klimciauskas
49,000
Johan van Til nl
Johan van Til
46,500 -7,500
Jan von Halle
Jan von Halle
45,000 22,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
EPT 1X Winner
45,000 12,525
Dmitry Vitkind ru
Dmitry Vitkind
43,000 14,000
Juha Helppi fi
Juha Helppi
39,500 6,500
Ana Marquez es
Ana Marquez
35,000 -10,000
Erich Kollmann at
Erich Kollmann
34,000 1,000
Ben Roberts
Ben Roberts
28,500 9,500
William Thorson se
William Thorson
27,000 -33,000
Nicolo Calia it
Nicolo Calia
24,000 -8,500
Antony Lellouche fr
Antony Lellouche
23,000 4,000
Kevin Stani no
Kevin Stani
20,000 -11,000
Arnaud Mattern fr
Arnaud Mattern
20,000 -3,000
Marc Gork de
Marc Gork
14,500 -16,000
Claire Renaut fr
Claire Renaut
11,000 -31,000
Michael Tureniec se
Michael Tureniec
EPT 1X Winner
6,500 -11,300

The Upstairs Casino Suddenly Re-buzzing

Pierre Neuville, oft-proclaimed Serial Qualifier
Pierre Neuville, oft-proclaimed Serial Qualifier

No, the fallen players from the EPT Berlin Main Event have not been allowed to buy back in to the tournament in level 7, but a whole host of players have re-packed the second floor in a last minute bid to satellite in to tomorrow's flight. They won't be getting much sleep if they win a seat; the room is heaving and the waitresses can barely navigate between the tables.

Only two of these tables are now still part of the Main Event. Still remaining at them are these players, along with Vegard Vestvik who has a healthy 96,000 himself.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:197]
[Removed:197]
100,000 7,000
Benny Spindler de
Benny Spindler
47,000 -25,000
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
14,600 100

Tags: Pierre NeuvilleBenny SpindlerVegard Vestvik

And We're Back

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante

We'll be playing two more levels, then a 15 minute break, then one more level, then bed.

Cards are in the air.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50