2011 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
76
Prize
€825,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,865,000
Entries
773
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000

Wilinofsky Made of Sterner Stuff

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

Ben Wilinofsky has been a real pain in Anton Morgenstern's side today. The young Canadian had won several pots against his opponent before administering a final coupe de grace in a coinflip situation.

It was Wilinofsky's {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} against Morgenstern's {a-Clubs}{j-Spades} for what was a 1.2 million pot.

The flop was {4-Spades}{5-Spades}{6-Hearts} and while the {7-Spades} teased a lot of outs for the Russian, the river was the {q-Hearts} and Wilinofsky moves amongst the chip leaders once more.

Tags: Anton MorgensternBen Wilinofsky

Schafe Cracker

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Thorsten Schafer
Thorsten Schafer

We just lost Thorsten Schafer from the TV table, sadly getting the details is nigh on impossible since the area is mostly sealed off from the media.

All we can safely ascertain is that by the river someone else had a better hand than his own as he is now walking to the cash desk.

Tags: Thorsten Schafer

No Flops Here

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante
Kristijonas Andrulis
Kristijonas Andrulis

More four-bet-followed-by-a-snap-fo ld-to-a-five-bet action over at the next table, as Kristijonas Andrulis opened to 41,000 and Robin Ylitalo made it 97,000 to go. Andrulis four-bet to 165,000, which prompted a serious tank from Ylitalo. Eventually he five-bet to around 400,000, and no sooner were the chips across the line than Andrulis' hand was in the muck.

"So you had something then," Andrulis said, but Ylitalo declined to answer. They're at around a million apiece after that, but moving in completely opposite directions.

Tags: Kristijonas AndrulisRobin Ylitalo

Danzer Stumbles

Level 22 : 10,000/20,000, 2,000 ante

George Danzer made it what we think was 46,000 from the small blind, but Mikhail Lakhitov in the big blind reraised to 100,000. Danzer now made it 286,000 - but Lakhitov now five-bet to cover Danzer, who snap-folded.

Danzer is pretty short now on 370,000, Lakhitov towering above him on 1.5 million.

Tags: George DanzerPhilipp Salewski

New Names Climbing to the Top (full)

Player Chips Progress
Maximilian Heinzelmann
Maximilian Heinzelmann
2,085,000 185,000
Daniel-Gai Pidun
Daniel-Gai Pidun
1,620,000 215,000
Mikhail Lakhitov ru
Mikhail Lakhitov
1,480,000 558,000
Ben Wilinofsky ca
Ben Wilinofsky
1,480,000
Armin Mette at
Armin Mette
1,203,000 59,000
Joep van den Bijgaart nl
Joep van den Bijgaart
1,192,000 47,000
Cuello Jorge Mariano
Cuello Jorge Mariano
1,182,000 82,000
Kristijonas Andrulis lt
Kristijonas Andrulis
1,090,000 300,000
Henrique Pinho pt
Henrique Pinho
950,000 -104,000
Gerardo Muro
Gerardo Muro
899,000 509,000
Anton Thotatinsson
Anton Thotatinsson
850,000 410,000
Markus Grewe
Markus Grewe
845,000 2,000
Robin Ylitalo se
Robin Ylitalo
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
840,000 210,000
Vadzim Kursevich by
Vadzim Kursevich
827,000 -163,000
Alessandro Laubinger de
Alessandro Laubinger
824,000 -114,000
Luis Jaikel
Luis Jaikel
741,000 189,000
Martin Jacobson se
Martin Jacobson
700,000 -153,000
Darren Kramer za
Darren Kramer
666,000 -54,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
647,000 -345,000
Anton Morgenstern de
Anton Morgenstern
625,000 75,000
Mario Adinolfi it
Mario Adinolfi
460,000 -140,000
Jeffrey Hakim lb
Jeffrey Hakim
425,000 8,000
George Danzer de
George Danzer
420,000 -90,000
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
404,000 157,000
Jonas Gutteck de
Jonas Gutteck
260,000 -110,000

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Level: 22

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 2,000

Break!

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The final few tables stretch their legs and talk to their rapidly expanding rail. Back in 15 minutes.

Mariano Survives the Cuell

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

Cuello Jorge Mariano won a 1.1 million chip pot after getting all-in preflop with {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds} against Anton Morgenstern {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs} after the Russian ended up 5-betting all-in preflop. The Spaniard snap-called and the board came {9-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{j-Spades}{5-Diamonds}{7-Hearts} to cap a major comeback for Mariano who was one of our shorter stacks earlier. Former chip monster Morgenstern drops to around 550,000.

Tags: Cuello Jorge MarianoAnton Morgenstern

Level of the Day Award: Joep van den Bijgaart

Level 21 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Joep van den Bijgaart
Joep van den Bijgaart

Personable chip leader Ben Wilinofsky now has Dutch favourite and online cash-gamer Joep van den Bijgaart on his right. They instantly struck up an amusing conversation which ended with van den Bijgaart turning a blankly puzzled expression to Wilinofsky when he made a reference to 'winning' and 'Charlie Sheen.'

"Who is Charlie Sheen?"
"Seriously? You don't know Charlie Sheen? You don't spend a lot of time on the internet," marveled Wilinofsky
"Oh I spend a lot. Too much. But who is he?"
"Maybe he's not such a phenomenon in Scandinavia," countered Wilinofsky.
"I am not from Scandinavia."
"Where are you from?"
"I am from Holland."

Wilinofsky turned to a fellow Dutchman asking, "Do you know Charlie Sheen?"

He was answered in the affirmative. He went on to attempt to explain the pop culture meme that Charlie Sheen is to people who spend most of their lives on the internet. Not one crack in van den Bijgaart to be seen. No wonder he's tough to play against.

Tags: Joep van den BijgaartBen WilinofskyCharlie Sheen