2011 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin

Main Event
Day: 4
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

Robin Ylitalo Eliminated in 13th Place (€28,000)

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Robin Ylitalo
Robin Ylitalo

Vadzim Kursevich raised to 85,000, and Robin Ylitalo shoved for around 1.1 million. Call.

This was a very big pot.

Kursevich: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Ylitalo: {a-Spades}{10-Diamonds}

Board: {7-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{k-Spades}{4-Clubs}

Kursevich had 1.4 million at the start of the hand, meaning that Ylitalo is out in unlucky 13th place, and Kursevich is at a little over 2.5 million. Kristijonas Andrulis was moved over to the non-feature table to balance it out to six players per table, and we play on.

Tags: Robin YlitaloVadzim Kursevich

Kurse of the Big Blind

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

Vadzim Kursevich and Max Heinzelmann both have comfortable stacks and as neighbours are going to find themselve in blind-on-blind situations like this one for a while. It folded to Hinzelmann in the small blind who raised to 102,000 which was called by big blind Kursevich.

Both players checked the {7-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{J-Clubs} flop, but Heinzelmann led for 66,000 on the {J-Spades} turn. After a bit of a think, Kursevich called. The river was the {Q-Clubs} and Heinzelmann bet out 116,000. This too got a call but Kursevich mucked when Heinzelmann revealed his {Q-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} which had improved with the second queen on the river.

Tags: Max HeinzelmannVadzim Kursevich

Max Effect

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

The dealer has just shepherded more chips to across to Max Heinzelmann after the only pot of any notice in the last fifteen minutes.

Heizelmann had opened to 82,000 and Martin Jacobson flat-called from the big blind to see a wet-looking flop of {9-Hearts}{6-Hearts}{5-Hearts}. Jacobson check-called a bet of 76,000 before both checked the {6-Spades} turn.

The river was the {4-Diamonds} and Jacobson check-called a bet again, this time to the tune of 145,000 but he mucked when Heinzelmann turned over {10-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}.

Tags: Max HeinzelmannMartin Jacobson

Thomas Traboulsi Eliminated in 14th Place (€28,000)

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Thomas Traboulsi
Thomas Traboulsi

Cuello Jorge Mariano opened to 80,000 on the button and then snap-called the shove for around 350,000 from Thomas Traboulsi in the big blind.

Mariano: {9-Diamonds}{9-Spades}
Traboulsi: {a-Hearts}{8-Clubs}

Board: an extremely decisive {j-Clubs}{3-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

Traboulsi told everybody at both tables goodbye, and he was gone. We are down to 13 now - who is going to be the next unlucky casualty?

Tags: Thomas TraboulsiCuello Jorge Mariano

Soulier Shoves

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

Max Heinzelmann raised to 81,000 in the cutoff and Fabrice Soulier shoved from the small blind. Heinzelmann snap-folded, and Soulier took the pot.

Heinzelmann got some chips back next hand though, raising to 82,000 in the hijack and picking up the blinds and antes. He's at 2.25 million.

Tags: Fabrice SoulierMax Heinzelmann

Luis Jaikel Eliminated in 15th Place (€23,000)

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Luis Jaikel
Luis Jaikel

Having made several attempts to get it in preflop (one successful but an anticlimactic split) Luis Jaikel was called raising all in on the cutoff by small blind Martin Jacobson. Jaikel's 410,000 stack represented the majority of Jacobson's own chips, and it ended up being a race for a stack.

Jacobson{9-Hearts}{9-Spades}
Jaikel{A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}

The board ran out {4-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{K-Spades}{6-Hearts} and this is not to be the Day of the Jaikel.

Tags: Luis JaikelMartin Jacobson

Maxed Out of the Hand

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

Max Heinzelmann opened to 82,000 preflop from early position before Cuello Jorge Mariano reraised to 230,000 from the cutoff. Passed back to Heinzelmann and he now made it 505,000 in a big 4-bet.

Mariano quickly announced all-in and Heinzelmann sighed, "Count please."

The amount that came back to him was 1.775 million more and Heizelmann elected to fold.

Tags: Max HeinzelmannCuello Jorge Mariano

Jeffrey Hakim Eliminated in 16th Place (€23,000)

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Jeffrey Hakim
Jeffrey Hakim

A short-stacked Jeffrey Hakim moved all-in from the small blind with {q-Clubs}{j-Hearts} and Armin Mette snap-called from the big blind turning over a dominating {j-Diamonds}{j-Clubs}.

Hakim was the slightly shorter of the two and needed lady luck to appear on the board but instead it came {3-Hearts}{a-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{a-Hearts}{6-Clubs} and Mette's stack rose back over the 1 million mark.

15 players remain.

Tags: Jeffrey HakimArmin Mette

Andrulis Goes All In, Comes Back Out Again Unscathed

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante
Kristijonas Andrulis
Kristijonas Andrulis

Kristijonas Andrulis open-shoved from the button and got a call from Darren Kramer in the big blind.

Andrulis: {4-Spades}{4-Diamonds}
Kramer: {6-Diamonds}{6-Clubs}

"Standard," said Andrulis.

The board was pretty non-standard though, coming down {j-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{j-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} to chop it up. Andrulis therefore lives to see another few hands at least.

"Always call for the chop," noted tablemate Ben Wilinofsy, "Don't get greedy."

Tags: Kristijonas AndrulisDarren KramerBen Wilinofsky

TV Table Seat Draw

Level 25 : 20,000/40,000, 4,000 ante

Sorry, no chip counts for this one as we're not allowed up there, but they should be roughly the same as at the last break.

SeatName
1Armin Mette
2Jonas Gutteck
3Ben Wilinofsky
4Kristijonas Andrulis
5Joep van den Bijgaart
6Darren Kramer
7Daniel Pidun
8Jeffrey Hakim