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Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,725,000
Total Entries
745
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 745
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Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Today's ten levels are just the beginning of an arduous six day poker slog, but it's a journey the likes of Scott Seiver, Barny Boatman and Olivier Busquet have taken before. Who will last the distance, who will crash and burn?
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Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Two levels down and the field are on their first break of the day.
The plan is to play ten levels today, with a 75-minute dinner break after level six. It's going to be a late one!
Dermot Blain has had mixed fortunes so far today, first finding himself drop to around 20,000 and now he has 42,000 thanks to him being able to fade a flush draw.
The action was three-way on a 
flop, the big blind checked, the hijack checked and Blain bet 1,400 which sparked off a whole load of action! The big blind raised to 3,125, the hijack made it 6,000 to play then Blain shoved for 18,675. The big blind tank-folded and later claimed to have held 
and the hijack.
Hijack: 
Blain: 
The turn was the 
and the river was the 
and Blain flew up the chip counts to 42,000.
*thanks to Christian Zetsche for relaying this information to us
From the hijack seat, Scott Seiver raised to 350. Play folded to Barny Boatman in the big blind and he three-bet to 1,125. Seiver tossed in the call and off to a flop they went.
The flop came down 
and Boatman bet 1,000. Seiver tossed out the chips to make the call and the dealer ran the 
on the turn. Seiver was faced with a bet of 2,000 from Boatman, but that didn't scare him off as he called again.
The 
landed a fourth club on the river and Boatman paused. He then moved all in for 8,925. Seiver tanked for a bit, asked the dealer to spread the pot, tanked a bit more, then tossed in the call.
Boatman pointed to him to signify that Seiver made the correct call and had it. Boatman showed the 
for just ace-king high. Seiver showed the 
for a queen-high flush and won the pot.
Boatman was eliminated, but sat in his chair for a little bit while Seiver collected the pot and stacked up his chips. He didn't seem to believe he was eliminated the way he was or that Seiver could make the call. Either way, he was out the door and Seiver climbed to 40,000 in chips.
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Germany's Ibrahim Ogur, from under the gun, opened the betting with three-time the big blind raise to 450 and after two players folded, including Team PokerStars Pro Pierre Neuville folded Marko Neumann three-bet to 1,125. The only person prepared to pay this amount was Ogur so it was heads-up to the 
flop.
Ogur checked to Neumann who had adopted a pose not too dissimilar to the one EPT Tallin champion Ronnie Kaiser adopts when he is in a hand, his head tilted and rested on his right hand. Anyway, enough of that what about the rest of the hand? Neumann made a continuation bet of 1,625 and Ogur quickly called.
The 
was greeted with a check from Ogur and an increased bet of 3,650 from Neumann. Ogur instantly reached for chips and we fully expected a raise but alas he did not. Instead he checked.
The river was another ten, the 
and Ogur checked again but this time when Neumann bet 7,275 he slammed his cards into the muck; one unhappy Ogur.
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Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
High stakes cash game pro Liviu Ignat opened the betting from early position to 250 and Markus Wolter, next to act, made the call. The rest of the table folded their hands but Leonard Bilokur put in the extra chips from the big blind.
After burning a card the dealer put out the 
flop. None of the trio seemed to happy with it as they all checked quickly in succession. The turn was a second seven, the 
and Bilokur tried his luck by betting 700 and it worked because both Ignat and Wolter mucked their hand.
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Will Molson is dodging the name players at his table as he makes his stack grow.
He was heads up with Roy Jany to a turn of a 
board. Jany was on the button and bet 4,500 out of turn. Molson raised this up to 4,500 before the floor was called to sort out what should happen. The bets stood and Jany went on to make the call.
The river fell and Molson led for 7,000. His German opponent quickly raised to 16,000 and this looked as if it shot a bolt of electricity through the Canadian’s body. He shrugged and called with 
for a small full house. Jony and his 
for a flush was well beaten.
