2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k7
Prize
€712,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,725,000
Entries
745
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

Selbst Shows Habib Who's Boss

Walid Bou-Habib peeled back his cards and decided they were worth a raise to 4,200 from early position. Nobody wanted to play with him until the action got around to Selbst on the button and she made the call. The blinds folded and it was one-on-one action on the {j-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} flop.

Bou-Habib checked, Selbst bet 2,000 and her sole opponent called. The turn brought the {8-Clubs} into play and when Bou-Habib checked Selbst checked behind. The fifth and final card was the {6-Diamonds} and Bou-Habib checked again. Selbst then moved all in for effective stacks of 45,000 and Bou-Habib's participation in the hand ended immediately.

Player Chips Progress
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
201,000
94,000
94,000
PokerStars
Walid Bou-Habib
Walid Bou-Habib
45,000
-16,000
-16,000

Tags: Vanessa SelbstWalid Bou-Habib

Reffstrup Chips Up

Martin Vallo has just doubled up in a hand against Søren Reffstrup. We were alerted to the fact by the dealer crying out "All-in and a call on Table 8" so that the camera crews could come and see if it was worthy of recording, They deemed it was so when the EPT Berlin show finally airs you should see the {k-Clubs}{j-Hearts} of Vallo race ahead of Reffstrup's {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} when the board runs out {2-Spades}{4-Hearts}{k-Spades}{5-Clubs}{a-Clubs}.

Player Chips Progress
Martin Vallo dk
Martin Vallo
59,600
-10,400
-10,400
Søren Reffstrup dk
Søren Reffstrup
52,400
12,300
12,300

Tags: Søren ReffstrupMartin Vallo

No Bet from Guillen

From under the gun, Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen looked at his hand and then raised to 4,000. Only the small blind called and the flop came down {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{2-Hearts}. The small blind checked and Guillen checked behind.

The turn was the {3-Clubs} and both players checked again. They also checked the {Q-Diamonds} that paired the board on the river.

Guillen tabled the {A-Clubs}{10-Clubs}, but lost to his opponent's {5-Diamonds}{5-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
92,000
-6,000
-6,000
PokerStars

Tags: Angel Guillen

Paur Cold Four-Bets Hudson

From the cutoff seat, Artem Litvinov raised to 4,600. In the next seat, Spencer "Tex" Hudson reraised to 11,600. Taylor Paur was in the small blind and asked Hudson how much he started the hand with. He paused for a little bit after he got a look at Hudson's stack and then cold four-bet to 20,000. Action folded back to Litvinov and he tank-folded after a few minutes. Hudson also folded and Paur won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Taylor Paur us
Taylor Paur
270,000
185,300
185,300
Artem Litvinov ru
Artem Litvinov
125,000
31,200
31,200
Spencer Hudson us
Spencer Hudson
82,000
-76,000
-76,000

Tags: Taylor PaurSpencer HudsonArtem Litvinov

Guillen Still Trending Downward

Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen's stack still seems to be going the opposite way than he'd like it to be and he's down to 85,000.

After Oleksii Kovalchuk raised to 4,000 from middle position, Guillen called on the button and took a flop of {J-Clubs}{9-Spades}{4-Spades} before both players checked. After the {A-Hearts} landed on the turn, Guillen folded to a 7,200-chip bet from Kovalchuk and gave up the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Angel Guillen mx
Angel Guillen
85,000
-7,000
-7,000
PokerStars
Oleksii Kovalchuk ua
Oleksii Kovalchuk
67,000
8,000
8,000

Tags: Angel GuillenOleksii Kovalchuk

Bryan "theczar19" Piccioli Ruling His table

Bryan Piccioli is better-known to many as "theczar19," the alias he uses when he is crushing online poker tournaments, where he is currently ranked 15th in the world and has over $4,500,000 in winnings.

He started today with a healthy stack of 125,900 but he is now armed with 260,000 after more than doubling his chips in the first two levels of play. We'll keep an eye on him as it seems he is in top form right now.

Player Chips Progress
Bryan Piccioli us
Bryan Piccioli
260,000
124,100
124,100

Tags: Bryan Piccioli

Big Stacks Battle in the Corner

Cengiz Ulusu is using his big stack to splash chips around and apply some pressure. He picked on the second largest stack at his table, but it didn't work out too well for him.

Paul Vas Nunes opened to 4,500 from second position and called when Ulusu three-bet to 13,500 from two seats along. The flop fell {7-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{2-Diamonds} and Nunes check-called a 16,000 continuation bet from the Turk.

Both players checked the {6-Diamonds} turn to see the {j-Spades} river. Nunes check-called a 16,000 bet and took the pot as his {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts} bettered Ulusu's {j-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Cengiz Ulusu
Cengiz Ulusu
415,000
-5,000
-5,000
Paul Vas Nunes gb
Paul Vas Nunes
280,000
125,000
125,000

Tags: Paul Vas NunesCengiz Ulusu