Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
2011 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
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
Who Needs An Iron Curtain When You Have a Steel Wheel?
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Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Well, it's highly unlikely this hand will be topped this week for drama.
Mark Bolliger and Nicolas Yunis got all their chips in preflop, the former covered and all-in for about 20,000.
Bolliger: 
Yunis: 
The flop came 
and Bolliger improved to a set but Yunis picked up the nut flush draw. The turn was the 
and suddenly Yunis was now ahead but then amazingly the 
came on the river.
Neither player saw it at first, but then the entire table realised the dealer had put out a straight flush for a chopped pot.
"Did you shuffle the deck?" giggled one player.
"Interesting Betting!"
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
A hand got the attention of Matt Affleck over on table ElkY just now, with a fourway raised flop coming 
. Two checks to Antonio Matias who bet 650. Over to Bertrand Grospellier on the button, who made it 1,650. The others folded and Matias then threw in 3,500. This final raise ended up being the last bet of the hand, as after Grospellier called both players checked down the turn and the 
river.
Matias showed 
which got a quick muck from the multitabling French pro.
"Now that's some interesting betting," grinned Affleck.
Ruthenberg Feels the Fours
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Sebastian Ruthenberg has made slow but steady progress in the first level, winning his most recent pot with the modest 
. He called a raise to 350 preflop and bet when the raiser checked the 
flop. His 525 was quickly called. Both players checked the turn and 
river, and Ruthenberg found his pair still good against 
which had declined all options to bet him off.
How Jan Heitmann Regained His Groove
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
There was an initial raise to 350 and PokerStars Team Pro Jan Heitmann flat-called in middle position before Bjorn Verbakel made it 1,450 on the button. Rodolhpe Lampe now flat-called in the big blind, as did the initial raiser.
Suddenly there was a sizeable amount in the pot and Heitmann moved all-in for 8,675. Verbakel thought for a minute and reraised all-in while Lampe and the original raiser both folded.
Heitmann turned over 
to Verbakel's .
"I folded queens," said Lampe forlornly.
"You folded queens?" replied Heitmann crestfallen, now he was down to just four outs before the dealer had even put out the flop.
The door card was the though and was followed by a board of 
and Heitmann survived, doubling up to about 20,000.
Pescatori Affleckted By Turn Call
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Max 'The Italian Pirate' Pescatori fired out 1,400 on the turn of an 
board against Matt Affleck but got called. Both players then cautiously checked the river.
Pescatori was forced to show for a missed flush draw and Affleck scooped with 
.
Disclaimer: Max Pescatori is not a real pirate and does not sail the high seas, drinking rum and raiding Spanish galleons full of stolen doubloons. Nor does he condone such behaviour.
Aurelien Invasion
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Downstairs, Mr. Aurelien Guiglini has managed to make two sets already and get paid off in full both times. He's knocked out two players, and is up to 95,000 before the first break - clear chip leader for the moment. Must be nice.
Simply Sebast
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
After a case of the old 4-bet preflop, Sebastian Ruthenberg quickly got Saab Rachad to put the rest of his chips in on a 
flop. Rachad wasn't going anywhere holding but he was having to sweat against the German PokerStars Team Pro's .
The 
gave Ruthenberg three additional outs and the came on the river for a huge pot to put Ruthenberg up to 63,000.
Photos Round 1, Part 1
Set Mine Collapses for Sbrzesny
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Bodo Sbrzesny sensed danger in the air after flopping - and betting - a set of nines on a flop. Button JP Kelly folded after a mini-tank while Anton Porarinsson check-called 2,200 to see the turn. Now Porarinsson checked again and after considering carefully Sbrzesny checked behind.
The river brought the and a quicker check from both players. Sbrzesny showed 
but didn't look confident and he was indeed beaten by Porarinsson's 
.