On the flop, one player checked before action fell on Jordan Lewis. He bet 1,600 and Jeff Sarwer called behind. The other player also called.
The turn added the to the board and the first player checked. Lewis bet 3,400 and Sarwer called. The third player folded this time.
After the landed on the river, Lewis checked and Sarwer moved all in. Lewis tanked for several minutes and then announced a call. Sarwer tabled the nuts with the and Lewis mucked his hand. Sarwer was all in for 18,025 and doubled to around 50,000 in chips.
Elio Fox's hopes of adding a European Poker Tour title to his World Series of Poker Europe main event bracelet have been left in tatters as he has just been eliminated from this tournament by Steven Thomsen.
A preflop raising war broke out that resulted in Fox being all-in and at risk of elimination but he held the upper hand as in his hand was the and he was up against the of Thomsen. The dealer burned a card before putting the flop onto the board, the fact there were two diamonds drawing some oohs and aahs from those seated at the table.
The turn was the and Fox was on course for a much needed double up but the on the river completed the flush for Thomsen and Fox was sent to the rail.
The tournament staff has been so kind to accommodate everyone here at the European Poker Tour Berlin by putting the UEFA Champions League match on the big projector screen between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid. Now everyone is able to watch the match while they play poker, the best of both worlds.
Mickey Petersen might be regretting flat calling with pocket queens in a five-way pot as he's out of the door now. William Thorson took the stack and retold the story of the Team PokerStars Online's demise.
There was a raise to 1,000 and two flat calls (including Thorson on the button) before Albert Bernardo three-bet to 3,500 from the small blind. Petersen cold called from the big blind and all three other players still in the pot called.
The flop fell and Bernardo led for 13,000. Petersen called out of of a 30,000-chip stack and saw two folds before Thorson raised to 27,000. Bernardo folded but the Dane committed the rest of his chips. Call.
Petersen was in a world of trouble as Thorson had trips with . The board bricked out and the EPT Copenhagen champion won't be breaking any records here.
Peter Jepsen is into six figures after Johan van Til made a move against him not long after getting to the table.
There was a raise to 1,500 from the cut-off that the Dutchman three-bet up to 4,100 from the small blind. Jepsen was in the big blind and put in a small four-bet to 9,100. The original raiser folded but Van Til shoved for 51,000 effective. Snap call with from the Dane.
The Dutchman had the pretty looking but the board failed to help him.
Here's a look at some of the emerging big stacks in the room. Taylor Paur is the smallest stack of this group and just saw his stack climb over the century mark recently.
He doubled through Adam Hui in a big pot after the money went in on the turn of a rainbow board reading . The two raised back and forth on the turn with Hui holding top set of eights and Paur the . No repeat of the board on the river gave Paur the win.
A few weeks after winning EPT Madrid Frederik Jensen looks ahead to extending his run of form in the German capital, as reported on the PokerStars Blog.
flop, one player checked before action fell on Jordan Lewis. He bet 1,600 and Jeff Sarwer called behind. The other player also called.
to the board and the first player checked. Lewis bet 3,400 and Sarwer called. The third player folded this time.
landed on the river, Lewis checked and Sarwer moved all in. Lewis tanked for several minutes and then announced a call. Sarwer tabled the nuts with the 
and Lewis mucked his hand. Sarwer was all in for 18,025 and doubled to around 50,000 in chips.
and he was up against the 
of Thomsen. The dealer burned a card before putting the 
on the river completed the flush for Thomsen and Fox was sent to the rail.
and Bernardo led for 13,000. Petersen called out of of a 30,000-chip stack and saw two folds before Thorson raised to 27,000. Bernardo folded but the Dane committed the rest of his chips. Call.
but the 
board failed to help him.
. The two raised back and forth on the turn with Hui holding top set of eights and Paur the 
. No repeat of the board on the river gave Paur the win.
