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.
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.
Kathrine Weir completed a foreign national 1,2,3 to freeze out the Germans from a podium finish at EPT Berlin. Weir picked up €4,200 for her win. Read more here.
Home grown, scarf wearing, George Danzer is having a good start to the day and is up to around 45,000.
The Team Pro bet 2,500, 4,400 and 7,500 on each street of a board. The action was three-way to the flop but only Wilhelm Sascha stayed around to the river where he too folded.
"I just hope to be in this tournament longer than my flights are," Team Pro David Williams said with a smile. The American pro flew from Las Vegas to Atlanta and via Stuttgart he ended up in Berlin.
"I flew to Australia once and played one hour in the Aussie Millions before busting out. It took me 16 hours to get there, so I thought I'm never going back there," Williams laughed as he went back to focussing on the tournament.
We just caught the end of a huge hand between Abdel Kader and Frederik Jensen. The latter, last year's EPT Madrid winner, did not fare well as he lost almost all his chips.
Where most players would be put in a bad mood instantly, Jensen wasn't and he explained to us what happened. After a limper Kader raised to 625 and Jensen three-bet to 1,650. The action was folded back to Kader who four-bet to 3,800. Jensen wasn't done with putting money in preflop as he five-bet to 7,350 and Kader made the call.
The flop brought and Kader check-called 5,200. On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river brought the and Kader fired out 5,575. Jensen moved all in after which had Kader to decide for his final final 6,000 chips. He called immediately and Jensen shook his head as he turned over . Kader turned over his and took down this huge pot.
"Too bad," we tried to console Jensen who was still all smiles.
"I guess you could really say I'm 'too bad'," The Dane laughed as he was left behind with just 3,300 chips.
before Butzhammer's cards were mucked and he was pushed the pot.
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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.
board. The action was three-way to the flop but only Wilhelm Sascha stayed around to the river where he too folded.
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and Kader check-called 5,200. On the turn the 
hit and both players checked. The river brought the 
and Kader fired out 5,575. Jensen moved all in after which had Kader to decide for his final final 6,000 chips. He called immediately and Jensen shook his head as he turned over 
and took down this huge pot.
