2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin

2010 EPT Berlin Main Event
Day: 1a
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

Helppi's Stack Healthy

Juha Helppi has reversed his pre-dinner downward trend and is looking strong again. His opponent raised to 2,500 preflop, and Helppi called.

Flop: {10-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {4-Spades} - The raiser bet 6,000, and Helppi called.

Turn: {3-Clubs} - Same story. Helppi called a bet of 12,000.

River: {3-Diamonds} - This time, Helppi's opponent checked, and Juha bet 23,775. After a minute in the tank, the other player mucked, and Helppi scored the pot without a showdown. He's up to 87,000 now.

Tags: Juha Helppi

Boatman Bags One

Mr. Boatman
Mr. Boatman
Barney Boatman bet 3,300 on an {8-Spades} {3-Hearts} {2-Clubs} {7-Clubs} board. His opponent thought it over and made the call. The river was the {J-Spades}, and both players checked. Boatman tabled {10-Spades} {7-Spades}, which was good enough to take down the pot.

Tags: Barney Boatman

Chip Counts

Here's a few of the stacks from around the room.

Jeff Sarwer - 70,000
Leo Margets - 70,000
Mika Puumalainen - 65,000
Eric Kollmann - 59,600
Sam Chartier - 50,000
Katja Thater - 49,000
Michael Greco - 47,000
Sebastian Ruthenberg - 40,000
Alex Fitzgerald - 20,000
Barny Boatman - 19,000
Ludovic Lacay - 18,000
Dominik Nitsche - 8,500

Steindl Bust

Threee players made it to the {A-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} flop. The gentleman in the big blind checked and the player in mid position bet 2,100. Team PokerStars Pro Johannes Steindl called in the cutoff, and the action moved back to the big blind, who now check-raised to 7,000. The mid-position bettor folded, but Steindl paused for some time before reraising all in. The big blind thought for a much shorter time before calling.

Steindl: {A-Spades} {Q-Hearts} for top pair
Big Blind: {2-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} for the tiniest flush draw

Turn: {A-Hearts}

River: {9-Diamonds}

Tags: Johannes Steindl

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 75

Ace High No Good Against [Removed:198]

[Removed:197] opened from late-middle position to 1,400 before the hijack seat called. The flop came down {Q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{3-Hearts} and [Removed:198] fired 1,900. His opponent called.

The turn was the {6-Hearts} and [Removed:198] checked. His opponent checked behind.

The river was the {K-Clubs} and [Removed:198] checked again. His opponent checked behind once more and tabled the {A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds} for ace high. [Removed:198] showed {9-Spades}{6-Spades} and won the hand with a pair of sixes on the turn. He's up to 42,000.