€7,700 + 300 German Open Main Event Day 2 | 2008 PokerStars.net EPT4 German Open - Dortmund

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

01-31-2008 22:09 UTC+2

The Winner Takes Home €933,600

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The prize structure has now been released and there will be 40 players who cash in this year's PokerStars EPT German Open. The winner will receive a prize check of 933,600 Euros and the runner-up will get 528,500 Euros. Check all the payouts under "Prizepool and Payouts" on the right-hand side of this page.

01-31-2008 21:59 UTC+2

Thater Eliminated

[user52009]

The German spectators had high hopes for the queen of German poker, Katja Thater, but unfortunately she was just eliminated. She put all her chips into the pot holding {A-Hearts}

against her opponent's {4-Clubs}

. The

flop looked great, but the {4-Diamonds}

on turn silenced the audience and we are now short another great poker profile in this year's PokerStars EPT German Open.

Tags: Katja Thater

01-31-2008 21:24 UTC+2

64 Players Remaining

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There are now 64 players remaining and Marco Diego Perez from Spain leads the tournament in front of Michael "Timex" McDonald, Claudio Rinaldi and Tyler Friederich.

These are the top 20 players at the dinner break on day 2:

Marco Diego Perez Spain 179,600
Michael McDonald Canada 175,000
Claudio Rinaldi Switzerland 168,000
Tyler Friederich USA 153,000
Michael Kwiek Unknown 120,000
Marcel Luske Netherlands 120,000
Jan Heitmann Germany 114,000
Cyrille Chabot France 112,000
Aniol Alcaraz Spain 109,700
Daniel Ryan USA 97,000
Bernhard Damnik Germany 96,800
Manfred Bass Germany 95,000
Stefan Rotach Switzerland 94,800
Alexandar Milanov Russia 88,800
Mats Erik Iremark Sweden 82,000
Daniel Carter UK 76,000
Peyman Mohammadzadeh Germany 74,400
Stefan Wrenger Germany 74,200
Andreas Gülünay Germany 74,200
Thibaut Durand France 74,100

01-31-2008 21:17 UTC+2

Full House in the Dining Hall

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All the tables are empty in the poker room right now as the hungry players flock to the delicious buffet in the dining hall. The big-name poker stars relax as they dig into roasted pork and potatoes with corn on the cob and other wonderful things to eat. Soon we will see the 64 remaining players full on food but hungry for more poker action.

01-31-2008 20:43 UTC+2

Annette is Out

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After playing perhaps too many hands, the tournament is over for Annette Obrestad, four hours into Day 2.

“It is difficult to slow down, but maybe I was a little bit too aggressive this time. I had been folding for three orbits and got an opportunity when an opponent raised from mid-position and the button just called. I had {9-Clubs}

and thought it was a decent chance that my opponents would lay down their hands, but I was wrong about the player on the button who called with {A-Diamonds}

, that held up,” says the talented 19-year-old.

Next time we see Annette is in the next EPT tournament in Copenhagen.

Tags: Annette Obrestad

01-31-2008 20:41 UTC+2

Heitmann Doubles Up

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Jan Heitmann and an opponent got all their money into the center of the table on a flop of {A-Diamonds}

. Heitmann held {A-Spades}

, and after the {Q-Clubs}

turn, the other player was drawing dead with his {A-Hearts}

. The PokerStars-sponsored Heitmann is now up to 130,000 and is closing in on the chip leaders.

Tags: Jan Heitmann

01-31-2008 20:20 UTC+2

Sonesson Eliminated

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Christoffer Sonesson was very unlucky in a big pot where he got his opponent all-in with {K-Hearts}

against

pre-flop. The flop was {8-Diamonds}

, the turn was {Q-Spades}

and the river was the case {4-Clubs}

, the quads beating Sonesson's kings. Shortly after that he went all-in with {7-Clubs}

from late position with his last 20K, and was called by two opponents holding {A-Diamonds}

and

. No luck on the board and the Swede has left the tournament.

Tags: Christoffer Sonesson

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

01-31-2008 20:13 UTC+2

Negreanu Eliminated

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PokerStars pro Daniel Negreanu never gained momentum on Day 2 and has now been eliminated. He raised and got one caller to see the flop of {Q-Diamonds}