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Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin
2010 EPT Berlin Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,725,000
Total Entries
945
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Players Left 1 / 945
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and there was an 8,000 bet or raise in front of Benny "Emo" Spindler's opponent. Spindler considered his actions for a long time, and eventually decided to make the call. He pushed his 8,000 across the line, but when his opponent turned over
for trips, he quietly mucked his hand and was left with 10,000 - just a third of his starting stack, and it's only level 1.Furthermore his opponent demanded to see Spindler's mucked cards. The floor had to be called over to explain to the gentleman that SPindler was entitled to muck. Yikes.
There was 14,150 chips in the pot and the flop came down
. McDonald checked and Guiglini checked behind.The turn was the
and McDonald fired 8,525. Guiglini moved all in for about 20,000 more. McDonald tanked for about a half of a minute and then made the call with the 
. Guiglini turned a flush with the 
.The river was the
and Guiglini was shipped the pot. McDonald was left with just 4,600 after the hand. It is still early though and McDonald still has 46 big blinds in his stack.
"Alternates over number 50, we are not going to be able to seat you. We have never lost 50 players in the first two levels of an EPT. Sorry."
Those unhappy late alternates are going to be kicking themselves that they didn't turn up yesterday when we had room to spare. It's just not like the EPT to turn people away; they're usually so welcoming to anyone who's got the buy-in. This must be serious.
One table looks more like a Team PokerStars Pro sit-n-go than an open tournament. With Johannes Strassmann, Johnny Lodden, and Noah Boeken, a third of the table is sporting Team Pro patches. Another Team Pro, Marcel Luske is one table over.
The last table to be set up was playing four-handed when we last checked. Bruno Fitoussi, Sandra Naujoks, and Melanie Weisner were playing with one unknown tablemate. Weisner just arrived from LA this morning after deciding to play less than 24 hours ago. "It'll be a great story if I win," she said.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
With Day 1a in the books and 196 players from the 388 that began moving on, it's onto Day 1b here at the 2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin.
The ballroom at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Berlin was packed full of players from Germany to the United States and elsewhere. Team PokerStars Pro was in full effect, but you can expect to see even more of them out on the floor today. Some of those planning to play today are Noah Boeken, Lex Veldhuis, Marcel Luske and Chad Brown. Boris Becker will also be on hand as will last year's EPT Dortmund champion Sandra Naujoks.
With even more runners expected in the field today, you can bet that this event will become the largest poker tournament ever held in Germany by a landslide. And with €1 million guaranteed for first place, everyone involved will be on the edge of their seats.
Play wil begin at 12:00 p.m. CET and PokerNews will have all the live coverage from the floor. In the mean time, check out the video from the PokerStars opening party on Monday night. This is just one of the reasons why you need to start making your way to the EPT!
