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

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.

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 200

01-31-2008 22:15 UTC+2

52 Players Left

[user52009]

We have reached Level 13, where the blinds are 1,000/2,000 with a 200 ante. There are now 52 players left in the tournament, spread across eight tables.

01-31-2008 22:43 UTC+2

Sarling Doubles Up Twice

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19-year-old Andreas Sarling is playing his first international tournament and he is making quite an impression at the PokerStars EPT German Open. Yesterday he was among the chip leaders halfway through the day, before sliding back a little. After the 12th level today he was down to 16,000. He then doubled up twice and is now back at 61,000. First he doubled up with {A-Diamonds}

against

, and then two minutes ago he doubled up again, getting all his chips in the pot holding {A-Hearts}

against his opponent's {K-Clubs}

.

Making it to the money in his first tourmanent would be a great achievment, but the youngster aims for even higher ground. "I can't slow down now. I am aiming for the final table," says Sarling.

Tags: Andreas Sarling

01-31-2008 23:03 UTC+2

Perez Loses Big Pot

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Tournament chip leader Diego Perez was involved in a big pot against Thibaut Durand on table 5. On a {Q-Hearts}

flop, Durand bet 4,500 into a 14,000 pot and Perez called. The turn was the {J-Hearts}

, Durand check-called Perez's 11,000 bet. The {10-Spades}

came on river, Durand now popped out 17,000 and called the clock on Perez after four minutes. Perez then called, but mucked his hand when Durand showed his {8-Diamonds}

, which meant he had hit a gut-shot straight on the river. Durand is up to 108,000 and Perez fell back to 135,000.

Tags: Diego Perez Thibaut Durand

01-31-2008 23:07 UTC+2

Iremark New Chip Leader

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Mats Iremark is seated at the same table as former chip leader Diego Perez. Since the Spaniard lost a big chunk of chips in a recent pot, Mats Iremark, with 175,000 in front of him, has taken over as chip leader in the PokerStars EPT German Open in Dortmund.

Tags: Mats Iremark

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 300

01-31-2008 23:46 UTC+2

Marco Liesy Jumps Into the Lead

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After six levels of play, we have reached the final 15-minute break of the night. The chip lead jumped from one player to another when former chip leader Diego Perez came back to win a pot against Thibaut Durand to go back over 200,000 in chips. That was not enough to re-take the chip lead however, since home player Marco Liesy has climbed up to a comfortable lead with 230,000.

Tags: Diego Perez Marco Liesy Thibaut Durand

01-31-2008 23:51 UTC+2

Rinaldi Shows Some Guts

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In the last pot before the break, chip leader Marco Liesy raised to 6,500 from UTG and a player in mid-position reraised to 16,500. Claudio Rinaldi re-reraised to 36,500. Both players mucked their hands and Rinaldi showed the {3-Hearts}

.

"Some players think that they can steal the hand before the break, since a lot of players likes to fold to be able to run for the rest room or for a cigarette. This time it didn't work though. But I had an ace to back the little three up," says Rinaldi.

Tags: Claudio Rinaldi Marco Liesy

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 300