2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin

Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k7
Prize
€712,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,725,000
Entries
745
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000

[Removed:284] Eliminated in 3rd Place (€290,000)

[Removed:284] - 3rd Place
[Removed:284] - 3rd Place

Andrew Chen raised on the button to 240,000 with the {A-Diamonds}{J-Clubs}. [Removed:284] reraised all in for 2.445 million from the big blind with the {A-Hearts}{3-Hearts}. Chen made the call and held a dominating position to knock [Removed:287] out in third place.

The flop came down {K-Spades}{J-Hearts}{10-Spades} and Chen increased his lead with a pair of jacks. The turn was the {6-Hearts} and gave [Removed:287] a flush draw, but the {9-Diamonds} on the river wasn't the red card he was looking for.

[Removed:287] finished in third place and earned €290,000 for his finish. Davidi Kitai and Chen are now heads up.

Player Chips Progress
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
12,035,000 -110,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
10,285,000 3,105,000
[Removed:284]
[Removed:284]
Busted

Tags: Andrew ChenDavidi Kitai

[Removed:287] Getting Shorter

Level 31 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

Davidi Kitai completed from the small blind with the {J-Hearts}{5-Hearts} and [Removed:284] checked from the big blind with the {9-Spades}{4-Spades}. The dealer revealed the {10-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{3-Hearts} flop and Kitai bet 150,000. [Removed:287] called.

The turn was the {6-Spades} and Kitai bet 275,000. [Removed:287] gave it up and Kitai won the pot.

Tags: Davidi Kitai

Chen Feeling Flush

[Removed:284] folds his button, Andrew Chen opened from the small blind with the lowly {7-Spades}{3-Spades} and Davidi Kitai made the call with {9-Hearts}{8-Hearts}. The pair shared a flop reading {8-Spades}{q-Spades}{6-Diamonds} and Chen made a continuation bet of 125,000, a bet that Kitai called.

The turn was the {3-Clubs} and when Chen checked and Kitai checked behind. The {10-Spades} river completed Chen's flush and he lead out again for 235,000 and after more than two minutes thinking time Kitai made the call; but mucked when he was shown the flush.

Player Chips Progress
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
12,145,000 240,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
7,180,000 380,000
[Removed:284]
[Removed:284]
2,995,000 -5,000

Tags: Davidi KitaiAndrew Chen

[Removed:287] Leaking Chips

Andrew Chen raised from the button with {j-Hearts}{10-Spades} and [Removed:285] made a very loose call in the big blind with {q-Hearts}{6-Spades}.

He had a plan though as he led for 400,000 on the {2-Spades}{a-Clubs}{8-Clubs} flop. Chen had a plan for that plan though and raised to 1,000,000. [Removed:287] took the hint and folded.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
6,800,000 385,000
[Removed:284]
[Removed:284]
3,000,000 -1,000,000

Tags: Andrew Chen

€10,000 High Roller Update

Level 31 : 60,000/120,000, 20,000 ante

The EPT Berlin €10,000 High Roller is now on dinner break with five players remaining. Finishing in sixth place for €33,000 was Ukraine's Oleh Okhotskyi. The remaining five players are guaranteed €46,200 and Chris Moorman is still out in front. Below are the seating assignments, dinner-break chip counts and results for the final table.

SeatPlayerCountryChips
1Oleh OkhotskyiUkraine6th - €33,000
2Chris MoormanUK634,000
3David PetersUSA285,000
4Bertrand "ElkY" GrospellierFrance235,000
5Martin JacobsonSweden8th - €26,400
6Viktor “Isildur1” BlomSweden7th - €29,700
7Marvin RettenmaierGermany255,000
8Tobias ReinkemeierGermany244,000

Tags: High Roller

Level: 31

Blinds: 60,000/120,000

Ante: 20,000

Mario Puccini Eliminated in 4th Place (€220,000)

Mario Puccini - 4th Place
Mario Puccini - 4th Place

In a blind-versus-blind battle, Mario Puccini and Davidi Kitai got all of the money in preflop. Kitai raised from the small blind with the {Q-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} and Puccini jammed from the big blind with the {J-Spades}{10-Hearts} for 2.315 million. Kitai quickly called.

The board ran out {K-Hearts}{9-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{2-Spades} and Puccini was eliminated. Kitai won the pot to further increase his lead as play moved to three-handed.

Player Chips Progress
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
11,905,000 3,555,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
6,415,000 -280,000
[Removed:284]
[Removed:284]
4,000,000 -250,000
Mario Puccini de
Mario Puccini
Busted

Tags: Davidi KitaiMario Puccini

[Removed:287] Doubles Up, Leaves Puccini Short

[Removed:284] has just doubled through Mario Puccini to leave the latter with 23 big blind.

Puccini opened to 225,000 first in from the small blind and [Removed:287] called from the big blind. The dealer put out the {4-Hearts}{a-Spades}{2-Spades} flop and Puccini fired a continuation bet of 200,000 only to see [Removed:287] raise all in for 1,800,000! Puccini made the call but he stood up from his seat and winced when he saw his opponent's holding.

Puccini: {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}
[Removed:287]: {5-Spades}{4-Spades}

[Removed:287]'s pair and flush draw meant it was a 50/50 situation but it was soon 100/0 in favour of [Removed:287] because the turn was the {9-Spades}. The meaningless {5-Clubs} landed on the river and [Removed:287] flew up the chip counts.

Player Chips Progress
[Removed:284]
[Removed:284]
4,250,000 1,935,000
Mario Puccini de
Mario Puccini
2,345,000 -2,615,000

Tags: Mario Puccini