2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin

Main Event
Day: 1a
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

Snippets From the Floor

  • Ilan Boujenah tried the old donk-bet maneuver but it failed to work. He peeled a 1,100 button raise to see a {10-Spades}{5-Hearts}{3-Hearts} flop where he bet out for 1,700. The dealer raised to 4,600 and Boujenah snap-folded.
  • Shaun Deeb is still going along nicely. He opened to 1,100 from early position and was called by Leonard Bilokur on the button and the small blind. He continued for 2,050 on the {10-Spades}{5-Hearts}{3-Hearts} flop and only Bilokur called. The Russian wasn't interested in continuing any further than that and folded to Deeb's 4,500 bet on the {j-Diamonds} turn.
  • Yury Gulyy is back to his starting stack after he three-bet from the big blind and led on a {q-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{k-Hearts} flop. The flop bet did the job as his opponent ran to the hills.
Player Chips Progress
Alex Bilokur ru
Alex Bilokur
80,000
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
72,000
12,000
12,000
$25K Fantasy
Team Lucky
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
55,000
-1,000
-1,000
Yury Gulyy ru
Yury Gulyy
30,000

Tags: Ilan BoujenahLeonard BilokurShaun DeebYury Gulyy

Winning Flips Is Half Of The Blattler

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Henrique Pinho is back above his starting stack after doubling up through Walter Blattler. The chips of both players went in preflop, Blattler covering the Portuguese pro by 12,325 chips, Pinho holding {A-Clubs}{J-Clubs} and Blattler {9-Spades}{9-Diamonds}.

Pinho took the lead on the {4-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{J-Hearts} flop and he stayed in front as the turn and river were the {K-Diamonds} and {5-Clubs} respectively.

Tags: Henrique PinhoWalter Blattler

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

The Forgotten

Molson Cruising
Molson Cruising

The TV table has been in operation from level three meaning it's been very difficult to get anywhere near. We were frustrated by the lack of access so we asked the TV crew to bring us regular chip counts. You''ll have to catch the TV shows to see how the following selected names got their chips:

Player Chips Progress
Will Molson ca
Will Molson
121,925
45,925
45,925
Jan Heitmann
Jan Heitmann
52,725
22,725
22,725
Barry Greenstein us
Barry Greenstein
35,550
5,550
5,550
Martin Staszko cz
Martin Staszko
33,575
3,575
3,575
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
6,550

Fish And Chips

A selection of chip counts from around the room.

Player Chips Progress
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
106,900
54,900
54,900
Sam Chartier ca
Sam Chartier
106,200
3,200
3,200
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
74,000
2,000
2,000
$25K Fantasy
Team Lucky
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
72,000
17,000
17,000
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
68,600
16,600
16,600
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Mustapha Kanit it
Mustapha Kanit
64,800
39,800
39,800
Winamax
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
62,000
-6,000
-6,000
Vladimir Geshkenbein ru
Vladimir Geshkenbein
59,500
-40,500
-40,500
EPT 1X Winner
Scott Baumstein us
Scott Baumstein
59,400
45,400
45,400
Jaka Coaching
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
59,300
21,300
21,300
Mario Nagel
Mario Nagel
54,800
Ignat Liviu ro
Ignat Liviu
51,150
-2,850
-2,850
Olivier Busquet us
Olivier Busquet
41,000
13,000
13,000
Bill Chen us
Bill Chen
38,250
10,750
10,750
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
37,100
4,100
4,100
EPT 1X Winner
Theo Jorgensen dk
Theo Jorgensen
30,300
7,900
7,900
Jeremy Nock gb
Jeremy Nock
28,200
Henrique Pinho pt
Henrique Pinho
28,000
Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
21,100
5,600
5,600
Pierre Neuville be
Pierre Neuville
15,350
-20,650
-20,650

Manabe Ends Up Emptying the Clip on Himself

Tsubasa Manabe is out after going for the jugular versus Igor Kurganov and coming unstuck.

Kurganov opened to 1,400 from under-the-gun and was called by Manabe two seats along and one other player. From there on it was all about Munabe who bet 2,500, 7,500 and all-in for 34,575 on the river. The final board read {6-Spades}{4-Hearts}{k-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{9-Clubs} and Kurganov check-called all the way with {k-Hearts}{9-Hearts} for a rivered two-pair.

Munabe could only muster {8-Diamonds}{8-Hearts}. The two German's embraced and Munavbe heaged off saying, "Sick hand."

Player Chips Progress
Igor Kurganov ru
Igor Kurganov
101,500
79,500
79,500
Tsubasa Manabe
Tsubasa Manabe
Busted

Tags: Tsubasa ManabeIgor Kurganov

Nadal Serves Up An Ace

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

Santiago Nadal has just helped himself to a huge pot after an ace on the river coolered [Removed:464].

We joined the action on the {3-Spades}{A-Hearts}{9-Hearts} flop, a flop that Semaska bet 3,300 on from the hijack. This put the action on Nadal in the cutoff and he paused for 90 seconds before raising it up to 7,700. Shaun Deeb folded on the button but Semaska made the call.

The turn was the {5-Hearts} and Semaska checked to Nadal who waited for a full minute before checking behind. Our river card was the {A-Diamonds} and Semaska checked again. Nadal waited even longer than he did on the turn, waiting two minutes this time before betting 16,800 but Semaska's result was immediate; he called.

Semaska: {K-Hearts}{J-Hearts} - for a flush
Nadal: {A-Clubs}{9-Clubs} for a winning full house.

Semaska shook his head and went a nice shade of red whilst Nadal got busy stacking up his chips.

Tags: Santiago NadalShaun Deeb