2008 PokerStars.net EPT4 German Open - Dortmund

€7,700 + 300 German Open Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.net EPT4 German Open - Dortmund

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€933,600
Event Info
Buy-in
€7,700
Prize Pool
€3,164,700
Entries
411
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
3,000

Hansen's Kicker is Too Weak

Thor Hansen was having a good day, until he check-raised from the small blind holding {10-Clubs}{6-Clubs} on a {6-Spades}{5-Spades}{2-Clubs} flop, against a player who had only 20,000 left behind his 4,500 bet. Eventually the other player called, showing {J-Hearts}{6-Diamonds}, which held up to give him the 65,000 pot. Hansen is now down to 33,000.

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Schaefer Doubles Up at Henriksson's Expense

Brandon Schaefer from Seattle has been struggling all day to stay in the tournament, but finally he caught a break. He raised on the button with the dream hand, {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}, and T6 Poker pro Anders Henriksson reraised from the big blind with {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts}. Schaefer went all in, Henriksson insta-called, and as there were no queens on the table, Schaefer doubled up to 72,000. Henriksson felt gutted.

"I had no hands at all today and I thought 'finally' when Schaefer raised from the button and I saw my two queens. Now I am down again with a really short stack and it will be difficult to survive the day," said Henriksson.

Tags: Anders HenrikssonBrandon Schaefer

Timex Wins 310k Pot

Michael McDonald, also known as "Timex" online, won the biggest pot of the tournament as he eliminated Mats Iremark just before the bubble. With 45 players left in the tournament, and 40 prizes, Timex raised preflop with {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts}, and Mats Iremark reraised to 28,000 holding {J-Spades}{J-Clubs}. Timex thought for a while before announcing: "All in." Iremark called without delay, well aware of Timex' aggressive style, and it was a coin flip. The board came {Q-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{2-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{3-Hearts} and McDonald scooped the 310,000 pot with trip queens to increase his stack to 345,000. He is now the new chip leader and Iremark has left the building.

Tags: Mats IremarkMichael McDonaldTimex

Bubble Time

With 41 players left in the tournament, we have now come to hand-for-hand play as next player out will be the bubble boy.

Mean Suck-Out on the Bubble

Rarely have we seen a more unfortunate bubble boy in the history of poker. Stephan Wrenger raised preflop to 8,500 from UTG holding {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}, and Brandon Schaefer called from the button with {Q-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}. The flop brought {Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}{5-Clubs}, Wrenger went all in for around 50,000 and Schaefer called, commenting that he put his opponent on a pair of kings or a pair of aces. Schaefer had to find a queen, and right away on turn came the {Q-Spades}. Wrenger was eliminated, leaving the table in disgust. As Wrenger was leaving the table, another player at the table told Schaefer that he had folded the {Q-Hearts}, which means that Schaefer managed to find a one-outer to win the pot. Poor Wrenger.

Tags: Brandon SchaeferStephan Wrenger

A-A vs. A-K vs. K-K

Diego Perez was the chip leader a few hours ago, then lost it, but is now back in pole position after eliminating two opponents in the same hand. One of his opponents had {A-Clubs}{K-Clubs}, the other opponent showed {K-Spades}{K-Hearts}, but Perez was way ahead with his {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}. The flop came {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}, the turn was the {2-Diamonds} and the river was the {Q-Diamonds}, giving Perez the nut flush to scoop a giant pot. He is now back as number one with 380,000.

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Another Double Elimination

Johannes Strassmann
Johannes Strassmann
In a crazy three-way all-in, Russell Carson had {4-Clubs}{4-Spades}, Johannes Strassmann had {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}, and Ramzi Jelassi had {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}. The flop was {9-Clubs}{5-Spades}{2-Diamonds}, but the turn brought the {4-Hearts}, giving Carson the lead. Jelassi was disgusted, but would survive since he had 20,000 more than Carson. But none of that mattered, since the biggest stack at the table, Strassmann, found a two-outer on the river with the {10-Spades}; he scooped the pot and is now at a comfortable 275,000.

Tags: Johannes StrassmannRamzi JelassiRussell Carson

Pettersson Misses Chance to Triple Up

Thomas Pettersson made it into the money with a very short stack and got a pretty nice chance to triple up when he got two callers on his all-in move with only 15,000 left. His {10-Clubs}{7-Spades} found a very good flop, {K-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}{J-Hearts}, giving him an open-ended straight draw. But the {10-Hearts} on the turn wasn't the best card in the deck, since both of the other players had an ace and they chopped the pot. Pettersson was eliminated in 35th place and received 9,500 euros.

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Felix Makes a Great Recovery

T6 Poker qualifier Hugo Felix from Portugal is in Dortmund playing his first international poker tournament. After being down to 9,500 a few hours ago, he has now fought his way back up and is in better shape with 70,000.
“I was very happy to reach the money, and now when I have made it this far with a lot of luck and some skills, I will go for the final table,” says Felix.

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Day 2 is Over as Hansen is Eliminated

Thor Hansen
Thor Hansen
With 33 players left in the tournament, short-stacked poker legend Thor Hansen became the last player to leave the tournament on Day 2. Tomorrow, 32 players will return to continue their run towards the main prize of 933,600 euros here at Casino Hohensyburg. Chip counts will be posted shortly. See you all tomorrow on Day 3 of the PokerStars EPT German Open.

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