From the hijack seat, [Removed:284] raised to 110,000 with the . Andrew Chen flatted in the cutoff with the and then action fell on Davidi Kitai on the button. He held the and gave it a moment of thought before folding. Everyone else folded and the flop came down . [Removed:287] checked and Chen bet 165,000. [Removed:287] called.
The turn brought the and [Removed:287] checked. Chen opted to check behind and take a free card, which brought him the lead with the . [Removed:287] checked and Chen fired 270,000. [Removed:287] quickly folded and Chen won the pot.
Ladies and gentlemen we have our first elimination at the final table. That dubious honour has gone to Pratyush Buddiga.
The American former spelling bee champion opened to 100,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Bahadir Kilickeser on the button who paused briefly before three-betting to 260,000. This folded out the blinds but Buddiga moved all in for 1,165,000 in total. Kilickeser sat riffling some blue chips before announcing "call" and standing from his seat.
Kilickesr:
Buddiga:
Buddiga looked set to double up and this looked even more likely as the flop came down but the hand was turned completely around when the appeared on the turn. Buddiga needed a queen and only a queen to stay in the EPT Berlin Main Event but it was the and with that Buddiga was eliminated in eighth place.
Bahadir Kilickeser actually had a decent hand to take down the next pot he played.
He opened from early position and was only called by César García in position to head to a flop. Kilickeser continued for 125,000 and Garcia called to see a turn card. Kilickeser upped the pressure with a 500,000 bet and that did the job as Garcia folded . Kilickeser had for top pair.
From middle position, Mario Puccini looked down to see the and raised to 100,000. Davidi Kitai called from the small blind with the and Bahadir Kilickeser called from the big blind with the .
The flop was an action one with the hitting the felt. Kitai checked and Kilickeser bet 100,000. Puccini called. Kitai check-raised to 265,000 and Kilickeser got out of the way after a few moments of thought. Play moved back to Puccini and he reraised to 590,000. Kitai tanked for a bit, then folded.
Mark Wright has doubled up through the unpredictable Bahadir Kilickeser.
Kilickeser opened with to 100,000 and was three-bet to 215,000 by Wright who held . [Removed:284] had pocket nines but folded before Kilickeser called.
The flop fell and Kilickeser check-raised all-in after Wright continued for 255,000. Wright made a painful looking call for his remaining 1,265,000.
The board ran out to improve Wright's hand to a full house.
With this tournament being televised, there are quite a few hostesses working the camera on the tournament floor of EPT Berlin. Here's a few shots of them.
From under the gun Belgian Davidi Kitai opened to 100,000 with and the action folded all the way around to Cesar Garcia in the cutoff with . He paused for a couple of moments before three-betting to 255,000. Kitai looked like he was considering making a move but he ultimately let his hand go.