Alexander Kell opened to 450 in early position, Simon Lofberg called on his direct left, and Gereon Sowa defended in the big blind.
The flop fell , Sowa checked, and Kell continued for 700. Only Lofberg called.
The turn was the , Kell led out for 1,225, and Lofberg quickly called.
The completed the board, both players knuckled, and Lofberg showed for a flopped pair of aces. Kell sat silently with his cards face down for 10 seconds or so, then send them spiraling into the muck.
An early positioned player opened to 425 only to have Michael Mizrachi three-bet to 950 from two seats over. Action then folded all of the way around to Vanessa Selbst in the small blind who cut out a four-bet to 3,200.
Thomas Butzhammer looked down at his cards in the big blind and sat for a moment before moving out a five-bet to 5,625. The original raiser folded and Mizrachi followed suit. It came back to Selbst who thought for a moment before also deciding to release her hand.
"You can pick one," said Butzhammer with a chuckle.
Selbst flipped over the before Butzhammer's cards were mucked and he was pushed the pot.
Franz Ditz led out for 525 on a flop of . Chris Moorman made the call, and the turn brought the .
Ditz led again - this time for 1,200 - and again, Moorman called.
The completed the board, and Ditz fired a third and final bullet worth 2,800. Moorman tanked for a half of a minute or so, then called. Ditz quickly showed for trip jacks.
Moorman took one look at Ditz's hand, then tossed his into the muck.
We got to the table to see a completed board of and already about 8,500 in the middle. Victor Ramdin came out firing with a bet of 5,700 and Phillipe Barouk was in the tank. After a moment, Barouk dipped into his stack and came out with just a call.
Ramdin rolled over for the nut flush which caused Barouk to nod his head, tap the table, and fling away his cards. By scooping up that pot Ramdin has increased his stack to about 39,000 while Barouk has fallen to 44,500.
Olaf de Zeeuw left more than 6,000 chips in the middle in hand against David Peters to drop back to his starting stack.
The two were heads up to a flop and Peters had 2,525 out in front of him and the Dutchman had 6,000. Around 1,800 had ventured into the flop pre flop so it looked as if Peters had called a three-bet and then check-raised the flop.
Peters wasn't finished and re-opened the betting by raising t 10,050 after several minutes thought. De Zeeuw then thought for an equal amount of time before folding.
Sam Grafton raised preflop to 300 and Simon Lofberg three-bet to 750 from the cutoff. Tauras Narmontas put in a four-bet to 2,000 and the action was back on Grafton. The dealer was not aware of this four-bet and Grafton was about to call the 750 when he figured out it was actually a lot more. The Brit folded and Lofberg made the call.
The flop brought out and Narmontas bet 3,000, Lofberg called. On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river was the and Narmontas bet 7,500. Lofberg made the call again and saw his opponent table . Lofberg showed his and raked in the pot.
Maximos Pertsinidis opened with a raise to 525 from middle position. George Danzer called from the cutoff and Wilhelm Sascha stuck around from the small blind. The three players saw hit the felt and there were two checks over to Danzer. He fired 900 and both of his opponents called.
The board paired when the fell on fourth street and there were once again two checks to Danzer. He slid 3,200 into the middle and both of his opponents mucked their cards. Danzer picked up the pot and current has about 35,000 in chips.
Plenty of big names from Germany are playing the event today and at one table we've spotted two. Sebastian Ruthenberg, with just slightly less than $3.5 million in live tournament earnings, is matched up with Jan-Peter Jachtmann who eclipsed the million-dollar win mark when he won the $10,000 Pot Limit Omaha event at the WSOP last summer. Also at this table are Jeff Hakim and Ilya Gorodetskiy.
We've spotted Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi here in Day 1b of the EPT Berlin Main Event. Mizrachi has over $14 million in career tournament earnings, including two $50,000 Poker Players Championship victories at the 2010 and 2012 World Series of Poker, a fifth-place finish in the 2010 WSOP Main Event, and 17 other scores of six-figures or more.
Ironically, Mizrachi has never cashed in a European Poker Tour event. His largest cash on European soil came in 2011, when he won a €10,000 Mixed Hold'em tournament at the World Series of Poker Europe in Cannes, France, banking €336,008.
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, Sowa checked, and Kell continued for 700. Only Lofberg called.
, Kell led out for 1,225, and Lofberg quickly called.
completed the board, both players knuckled, and Lofberg showed 
for a flopped pair of aces. Kell sat silently with his cards face down for 10 seconds or so, then send them spiraling into the muck.
before Butzhammer's cards were mucked and he was pushed the pot.
. Chris Moorman made the call, and the turn brought the 
.
completed the board, and Ditz fired a third and final bullet worth 2,800. Moorman tanked for a half of a minute or so, then called. Ditz quickly showed 
for trip jacks.
and already about 8,500 in the middle. Victor Ramdin came out firing with a bet of 5,700 and Phillipe Barouk was in the tank. After a moment, Barouk dipped into his stack and came out with just a call.
for the nut flush which caused Barouk to nod his head, tap the table, and fling away his cards. By scooping up that pot Ramdin has increased his stack to about 39,000 while Barouk has fallen to 44,500.
hit and both players checked. The river was the 
and raked in the pot.
hit the felt and there were two checks over to Danzer. He fired 900 and both of his opponents called.
fell on fourth street and there were once again two checks to Danzer. He slid 3,200 into the middle and both of his opponents mucked their cards. Danzer picked up the pot and current has about 35,000 in chips.