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Sam Chartier already made one big call today to get his stack up to over 60,000 in chips when he picked off a big bluff by an opponent. Chartier held 
on a board that contained an ace, a nine and a pair of queens. His opponent held just pocket fives and had bluff-raised all in on the river. Then, this hand came up and moved Chartier to over the century mark.
Gerard Van Leest raised to 600 and Chartier made the call in the next seat with position. The flop came down 
and Van Leest checked. Chartier bet 900 and Van Leest called.
Fourth street added the 
and Van Leest checked again. Chartier bet 2,800 and Van Leest check-raised the minimum to 5,600. Chartier called.
The 
was revealed on the river and Van Leest quickly shoved all in for 27,875. Chartier looked a bit uneasy and began to tank. He stared at the board, squirmed in his chair and even looked Van Leest up and down. Eventually, Chartier made the call.
Van Leest turned over the 
for a rivered pair of aces. Chartier showed the 
for a set of eights and won the pot. Van Leest was eliminated on the hand and passed his chips Chartier's way. Chartier is now over 100,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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101,000
38,000
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38,000 |
Shahram Rastegari has been eliminated from the EPT Berlin Main Event after he missed a plethora of outs in a hand against Stefan Huber.
Huber was under the gun whilst Rastegari was on the button and the chips went flying in on a 
flop. Huber held 
whilst his Dutch all-in opponent held 
. Rastegari needed to hit a five, ten or club to stave off elimination but none of them appeared as the turn and river were the 
and 
respectively and his tournament came to an abrupt end.
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Vladimir Geshkenbein has started his climb back towards his starting stack after a small but profitable clash with Arash Maragheh. The latter saw the action fold around to him on the button so he did what any poker player worth their salt would do and he opened the betting with a raise, a min-raise to 800.
Next to act was Geshkenbein in the small blind and he three-bet to 2,600. The big blind folded but Maragheh stuck along and the pair shared a flop reading 
. Geshkenbein took a swift glance at the board before betting 2,700. Maragheh sat staring at the flop for at least a minute before mucking his hand.
Geshkenbein now has 15,000
Action was six handed on the 
flop. Stefan Bormann had bet 500 and only Pierre Neuville made the call to see the 
land on the turn. Bormann bet 1,000 and Neuville called again.
The 
landed on the river and Bormann bet 3,000. Neuville raised to 8,000 and Bormann called.
Neuville tabled 
for the nut straight and Bormann mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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39,000
8,800
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8,800 |
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Scott Seiver was at one of the hardest tables early on until he was moved to Ignat Liviu. That didn't seem to suit the American too well either. He tweeted:
"And now a new table with Ignat at it. Keep getting moved to tables with the world's best NL players at them. Seems unfair."
He just busted in fact and it may well have been to the Romanian, who seems to be in every pot.
We witnessed him bet 1,650 on a 
flop, and 3,450 on the turn to get an opponent to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
The players are on their second break of the day.
