2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin

2010 EPT Berlin Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
43
Prize
€1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,725,000
Entries
945
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0

MacPhee Represents

Kevin Macphee
Kevin Macphee
From under the gun, Kevin MacPhee raised to 270,000. Artur Wasek called from the button and the two saw a flop of {J-Spades}{9-Spades}{2-Spades}. Both players checked and then the turn added the {10-Spades} to the board. With four spades on board, MacPhee fired 420,000 and Wasek folded his hand.

Tags: Artur WasekKevin MacPhee

Artur Wasek Eliminated in 4th Place (€280,000)

Wasek - 4th place
Wasek - 4th place
Artur Wasek limped under the gun and Ilari Tahkokallio limped too on the button. Small blind arc Inizan raised and Kevin MacPhee gave up his big blind - but Wasek suddenly pushed for 1,655,000. Tahkokallio folded, but Inizan made the call.

Two monstrous hands!

Inizan: {K-Clubs} {K-Spades}
Wasek: at risk and in trouble with {Q-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}

Flop: {9-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {10-Diamonds}

A cheer erupted from the Polish end of the rail, as Wasek flopped an up-and-down straight draw

Turn: {2-Spades}

River: {4-Clubs}

No dreadful outdraws for Inizan as his kings held up to put him on 5,960,000. Wasek however was busto in fourth place - the deepest a Pole has ever gone in an EPT main event.

Tags: Artur Wasek

High Roller Update

Kabrhel checks out the camera at High Roller final table.
Kabrhel checks out the camera at High Roller final table.
The €10,000 High Roller side event has reached the final table. No matter what the fate of the prize pool that may or may not have been absconded with yesterday, six players will be getting paid today, so they're three eliminations away from the money.

Amazingly, Martin Kabrhel has the chip lead at the moment. Kabrhel hasn't made much of an impact on EPT main events, but he's consistently crushing the side events this season. He won the €2,000 event at back-to-back stops in Vilamoura and Prague. And last month in Deauville, he took down the €25,000 High Roller tournament. A win here would put him in first place for EPT player of the year, a remarkable feat considering his only Main Event cash was a 60th place in Deauville.

Jeff Sarwer is currently third in chips, and just behind him is Team PokerStars Pro Arnaud Mattern. Andrew Feldman just busted in 9th place. Here are the latest chip counts, courtesy of our friends at PokerNews.nl:

Martin Kabrhel - 240,000
Andreas Bauer - 200,000
Jeff Sarwer - 125,000
Arnaud Mattern - 110,000
Dominykas Karmazinas - 100,000
[Removed:39] - 60,000
Jyri Merivirta - 55,000
Bijan Zahmat - 52,000

And here's what the top six will be getting paid, armed robberies notwithstanding:

1. € 188,000
2. € 110,000
3. € 67,000
4. € 53,000
5. € 38,000
6. € 24,000

Back from Dinner

The remaining three players are back from dinner and the cards are in the air. Marc Inizan has some work to do being the shortest stack to return while Kevin MacPhee and Ilari Tahkokallio are almost even in chips at the top. One double up for Inizan though would surely change everything.

The average stack is 83 big blinds and the smallest stack has 47 big blinds, so we could be in for a long night. Grab the popcorn, sit back and enjoy the coverage.

Tags: Ilari TahkokallioKevin MacPheeMarc Inizan

Inizan Rivers Two Pair

Marc Inizan climbing out of the gutter with that one
Marc Inizan climbing out of the gutter with that one
Ilari Tahkokallio completed from the small blind and Marc Inizan checked in the big blind. The flop came down {Q-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{4-Clubs} and Tahkokallio fired 150,000. Inizan called.

The turn brought the {K-Hearts} to the party and Tahkokallio fired 320,000. Inizan made the call. The river completed the board with the {J-Diamonds} and Tahkokallio fired 760,000. Inizan made the call.

Tahkokallio tabled the {K-Spades}{6-Hearts} for a pair of kings, but Inizan tabled the {J-Hearts}{7-Clubs} for a rivered two pair and won the pot, giving him the first significant pot after the dinner break.

Tags: Ilari TahkokallioMarc Inizan