The action folded around the British poker veteran Barny Boatman in the hijack and he tossed in two black 100 chips and limped into the pot. The remaining active players got out of the way and Stanislav Labutkin tapped the table and checked the big blind.
The dealer fanned out the flop and when Labutkin checked Boatman checked behind. The turn brought the into play and Labutkin inexplicably mucked his hand.
Boatman waited for the chips to be passed to him before he threw his hand into the muck.
With a bad internet connection and strange plays, it makes one think we’re at another country on the tour that the EPT stops at (mentioning no names).
Savas Ergün opened to 250 from under the gun and was three-bet to 1,000 by Marco Komen on the button. Ergün called to the flop where he led for 3,000 only to be min raised to 6,000 by his fellow German. Call.
The turn came as and Ergün snap-shoved for a little more than 19,000 chips. Komen had around 20,000 and made the call with . Ergün slammed on the table as if it was the nuts. It wasn’t and he he was forced to leave the room after the river bricked.
Can't quite remember much from last season's EPT Berlin? Laura Cornelius rounds up the highlights and sob stories in the following four and a half minutes:
Combing through the tournament room, there are a couple of tables that stick out to us as they have more than their fair share of notables seated at them. We mentioned the table with Olivier Busquet, Scott Seiver and Barny Boatman before, but it now has Will Molson to make it even tough. Another table that we've spotted contains Phillip Gruissem, Martin Staszko and Barry Greenstein. Both are certainly difficult tables and we'll be keeping an eye on them all day.
Kasper Kjeldsen opened the betting with a raise to 250 from middle position and he was called in three spots. The first was the player to his direct left Jakob Tostesen, the next was Mustapha Kanit on the button and the third was Thomas Schmidt in the big blind.
Flop: – Schmidt checked, Kjelsen continued with a 700 bet, which was enough to get rid of Tostesen but Kanit stuck in a raise and made it 1,925 to play. Schmidt looked like he was going to at least call but after he re-checked his cards he gave them back to the dealer and the original aggressor in the hand, Kjeldsen, insta-mucked.
Andrew Chen is one of the early big stacks after he made the nuts and got paid.
We reached the action on the river where the board read . Chen bet 10,000 (about pot) from the small blind and Bernd Gleissner made the call from the big blind. Chen opened for the nut straight, and scooped the pot and his German opponent mucked
Poker players often mislead their opponents and the media about the strength of their hands but Konstantin Puchkov has just been caught completely red handed.
We joined the action on a board that read and Puchkov had checked from early position to the Team PokerStars Pro, who was seated on the button. She sat figuring out how much to bet into the 11,000 pot before settling on 6,200. Puchkov pondered his options for close to a minute before sending his cards back to the dealer.
The table then entered a discussion about how the hand played out and Puchkov was adamant he had folded a set of threes but Selbst refused to believe him.
“I had a three in my hand,” she claimed before another player said he folded that would have made a flush.
“That would have been the winning hand,” informed Selbst before asking Puchkov if he had a set of threes. The Russian WSOP bracelet winner then went a shade of scarlet before revealing he actually held !
“That makes more sense,” said Selbst, “Seeing how I had a set of threes!”
We won't be asking Puchkov about his hand strength any time soon!
Luca Vivaldi, one of the floor men here, brought us news of a big and classic cooler on the second hand of play. Martin Hauswald had pocket kings and Petar Kapuran had those aces. All the chips went in pre flop and the former was lucky to spike a king on the board. The latter was left with just 1,000 chips (out of the 30,000 starting stack).
Felix Bleiker has fared even worse. He’s the first player to be eliminated today.
Olivier Busquet, fresh from his runner-up finish at EPT Campione just a few weeks ago, has helped himself to an early pot here in Berlin.
Joining the action on a board reading , Busquet checked to his sole opponent, who was seated on the button, and he checked behind. The dealer burned a card and put the out on the river. Busquet did not seem too bothered about its arrival and he tapped the table and checked again. The button instantly checked behind and Busquet, as the last aggressor, was told to show his hand.
“King,” he said as he turned over and a pair of kings was enough to take down the pot because his opponent mucked his hand.
flop and when Labutkin checked Boatman checked behind. The turn brought the 
into play and Labutkin inexplicably mucked his hand.
flop where he led for 3,000 only to be min raised to 6,000 by his fellow German. Call.
and Ergün snap-shoved for a little more than 19,000 chips. Komen had around 20,000 and made the call with 
. Ergün slammed 
on the table as if it was the nuts. It wasn’t and he he was forced to leave the room after the river bricked.
– Schmidt checked, Kjelsen continued with a 700 bet, which was enough to get rid of Tostesen but Kanit stuck in a raise and made it 1,925 to play. Schmidt looked like he was going to at least call but after he re-checked his cards he gave them back to the dealer and the original aggressor in the hand, Kjeldsen, insta-mucked.
. Chen bet 10,000 (about pot) from the small blind and Bernd Gleissner made the call from the big blind. Chen opened 
and Puchkov had checked from early position to the Team PokerStars Pro, who was seated on the button. She sat figuring out how much to bet into the 11,000 pot before settling on 6,200. Puchkov pondered his options for close to a minute before sending his cards back to the dealer.
that would have made a flush.
!
, Busquet checked to his sole opponent, who was seated on the button, and he checked behind. The dealer burned a card and put the 
out on the river. Busquet did not seem too bothered about its arrival and he tapped the table and checked again. The button instantly checked behind and Busquet, as the last aggressor, was told to show his hand.
and a pair of kings was enough to take down the pot because his opponent mucked his hand.