Level: 24
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 3,000
2011 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin
Main Event
Day: 4
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
Break It Up
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Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
It is a bit of a scrum down there, owing to the lack of space and the number of people who have to crowd around the tables for various reasons. Plus the Main Event is situated in an awkward place, right on the main thoroughfare between all the side events and the toilets. What we need is to take a 15 minute break.
Markus Grewe Eliminated in 21st Place (€20,000)
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
It happened up on the feature table so we didn't get any of the action, but they've now decided to announce all-in showdowns so we can tell you the following.
Markus Grewe: 
Ben Wilinofsky: 
Board: 
EDIT - Wilinofsky told us afterwards that Grewe had raised preflop, then continuation-bet 115,000 on the flop. Wilinofsky raised to 234,000 and Grewe shoved. An easy call for Wilinofksy with middle set.
Anyway, Grewe shrank to nothing, and he goes home a few minutes into the first break with €20,000 to show for his efforts. Meanwhile Wilinofsky is our huge chip leader on perhaps 3.1 million. Official chip counts should be with us soon.
Soulier Doubles Up
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
The last hand of the level saw two all-in situations develop. On an outer table it was crunch time for Fabrice Soulier, who after a long pause four-bet all in from the button over the raise to 121,000 from small blind Mikhail Lakhitov. His <400,000 stack was eyed up by Lakhitov, who didn't look overly delighted but made the call anyway.
| Lakhitov |   |
| Soulier |   |
The board ran out 
, Soulier doubles and Lakhitov drops to around 350,000.
Big Traboul in Little Hand
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
It was passed around to Luis Jaikel in the small blind and he raised to 54,000.
"Why can't you be friendly more?" moaned Thomas Traboulsi in the big blind. "You should just call and we go check-check-check?"
Jaikel shrugged.
Traboulsi then checked his cards. "Now we have a problem here..." The German thought for about a minute before saying again, "Big problem..."
Then suddenly he flipped 
and threw it into the muck and began to laugh. Since then, Traboulsi has been trying to convince the entire table to go on a smoke break with him but it appears Fabrice Soulier is the only other smoker at the table.
"There's only a few minutes left in the level anyway man," said the Frenchman
Mario Adinolfi Eliminated in 22nd Place (€20,000)
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Alessandro Laubinger opened to 51,000 in the cutoff but to his immediate left on the button Vadzim Kursevich shoved, enough to cover Laubinger. It folded back around to the German, who removed his sunglasses and tanked up long enough for three whole hands to be played out on the other table - perhaps seven minutes. Eventually someone called the clock and Laubinger folded not long after, to the disappointment of all the media surrounding the table. Kursevich's stack increased to 680,000.
So Laubinger was down to 275,000 when he open-shoved from the hijack next hand. In the small blind, the even shorter-stacked Mario Adinolfi called all in. On their backs.
Laubinger: 
Adinolfi: 
Laubinger threw the little rosary he'd been using as a card protector into the middle after his chips, hoping for some divine assistance. Duly Adinolfi then tossed in the little picture of Pope John Paul II that has been his companion all week behind his own chips. A good Christian coinflip.
Board: 
Laubinger didn't actually see the turn and river, because as soon as the four dropped on the flop, he ran to the rail and commenced hugging a young lady we presume is his girlfriend. Adinolfi and his tiny pope take home 22nd place money, while Laubinger's rosary came good and he's back in the game on 460,000.
The Mighty Have Fallen
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
After his phenomenal Day 1 performance, the deck seems to have scorned Fabrice Soulier. The one-time huge chip leader now has the sort of stack size that goes in as a preflop three-bet. He did just this from the big blind when small blind Vadzim Kursevich raised to 56,000, and picked up that small pot. He's currently up around the half million chip mark.
"You Have to Win Also Bad Cards"
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Such is the nature of tournament success, summed up neatly by Thomas Traboulsi. He wasn't prepared to take on Martin Jacobson with his newfound 500,000 stack, though, from the big blind - he passed giving Jacobson the preflop pot and showing 
. Jacobson returned the favour revealing his under the gun 
...
The very next hand it was Trabousli raising from the small blind when it folded round to him (52,000). Jacobson checked out his stack before folding 
face up. Let's hope the voluntary on-their-backs stuff continues. It sparks some amusing conversations.
Robbin' From Robin
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Robin Ylitalo opened to 54,000 preflop from the hijack before Cuello Jorge Mariano made it 150,000 in the cutoff. It was passed back to the Swede who thought for a bit before making it a chunky looking 364,000.
Mariano then announced, "I'm all-in."
Ylitalo folded instantly.
Traboul Maker
Level 23
: 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Thomas Traboulsi raised to 53,000 preflop and it was passed to Fabrice Soulier in the small blind who reraised all-in. Traboulsi snap-called before Mario Adinolfi could even fold his hand.
Traboulsi: 
Soulier: 
Traboulsi whispered "Yessssss!" when the flop came 
and Soulier was already stacking chips up to pass over by the 
turn. The river was the making Traboulsi's boat and doubling him up to about 600,000. Soulier dropped to 420,000.