From under the gun, Marco Rederer raised to 800. Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis called from middle position and everyone else folded.
The flop produced the and both players checked to see the fall on the turn. Rederer bet 1,500 and Veldhuis called.
The turn was the and Rederer fired 2,500. Veldhuis took a few moments to think and then called holding the . Rederer had a worse {5s{ and lost the pot.
From early position Athanasios Polychronopoulos started the betting with a raise to 700. The action folded around to Team PokerStars Pro Viktor Blom and he made the call in the cutoff. Blom was the only caller so it was heads-up to the flop.
Polychronopoulos checked to Blom, Blom bet 1,000 and Polychronopoulos quickly called. The turn was the and Polychronopoulos checked for a second time but Blom did not slow down, instead he set the price to play at 5,325 and this time Polychronopoulos got out of the way.
Yesterday all the PokerStars Team Pros apart from Martin Staszko made it through to day 2. The Team are finding that task much harder today, especially if they are based over in the casino.
We already lost Sebastian Ruthenberg, Max Lykov, Johnny Lodden and Jude Ainsworth; now Andre Akkari can be added to that list. He was short and slipped out quietly after losing his remaining stack.
Ed Kim has doubled up to 11,000 after his prevailed against his opponent's when the board ran out . Kim had three-bet all in for 5,325 over the top of his opponent's open to 700.
Jude Ainsworth has busted from over in the Spielbank Berlin. He lost a really big pot to the German Julian Herold, and then lost the rest over the course of two hands.
The Team PokerStars Pro opened and four-bet (in position) to 2,600 when Herold three-bet out of the blinds. The German called to see a flop where he check-called a 3,500 bet from Ainsworth.
The turn came and Herold check-called a 6,700 bet. The river was the and Herold check-called all-in when the Irishman shoved when checked to for a third time. Ainsworth mucked and Herold took the pot with for the nut flush.
A while after he dropped down to 5,200 after losing a pot to Christophe De Meulder in a battle of the blinds. Those 5,200 didn't last long after that.
Team PokerStars Pro Rino Mathis just found himself all-in and at risk of elimination from the EPT Berlin Main Event but the hand ended in a split pot.
Mathis, who is in the middle of having his head massaged, raised to 775 from late position when the action folded to him. To his immediate left was Roman Romanovskyi and he three-bet to 2,050 whcih forced out the remaining players but Mathis was going nowhere. He placed his glasses back on and moved all-in for around 15,000 in total and Romanovskyi quickly called.
Mathis:
Romanovskyi:
A sigh of relief for both players though and unlikely win for either of them was still possible. That possibility was reduced to zero as the flop came down followed by the turn and river and the pot is split.
Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin is doing extremely well here on Day 1b and he's already up over four times the starting stack. Here's a recent hand with him where he added a nice chunk of chips to his field-leading stack.
Serbian Ivan Todorovic limped in from middle position and action folded to Ramdin in the small blind. He raised to 1,150 and only Todorovic made the call. The flop, turn and river were run out with Ramdin betting the entire way. He bet 1,500 on the flop, 2,000 on the turn and 3,000 on the river. Todorovic called all three streets post flop. At the showdown, Ramdin tabled the to beat Todorovic's and win the pot.
Koen De Visscher fired a hefty bet of 13,400 on the final board of . HIs opponent made the call and then De Visscher rolled over the for top full house. His opponent mucked and De Visscher won the pot to move to 66,000 in chips.
We missed the action on the hand, but we did see the remnants of how Spencer "Tex" Hudson doubled back up to near the starting stack. He held the and his opponent the . We're going to assume the money got in preflop, but we're not certain. We can tell you that Hudson flopped a king and from there held up to win the pot.
and both players checked to see the 
fall on the turn. Rederer bet 1,500 and Veldhuis called.
and Rederer fired 2,500. Veldhuis took a few moments to think and then called holding the 
. Rederer had a worse {5s{
and lost the pot.
and Polychronopoulos checked for a second time but Blom did not slow down, instead he set the price to play at 5,325 and this time Polychronopoulos got out of the way.
prevailed against his opponent's 
when the board ran out 
. Kim had three-bet all in for 5,325 over the top of his opponent's open to 700.
flop where he check-called a 3,500 bet from Ainsworth.
and Herold check-called a 6,700 bet. The river was the 
for the nut flush.
followed by the 
turn and 
river and the pot is split.
. HIs opponent made the call and then De Visscher rolled over the 
and his opponent the 
