On the anniversary of the death of Founding Father Benjamin Franklin, his famous 13 virtues are twisted, bent a little and forced into shape, making a natural fit for poker players, as detailed on the PokerStars Blog.
We'll be back in 15 minutes.
.....because they have all busted out.
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Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Kevin MacPhee is in a hot streak. He raise-called a short stacked shove whilst holding 
and was in very bad shape after a 
flop fell down.
That's because Johannes Hoffmann was holding 
for top set. Never fear MacPhee for the board ran out 
to make him an inside straight.
He apologised and after the German had left he looked up and said to us, "Feels good to be back in this room!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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82,000
27,600
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We have final player numbers for today but no officially-sanctioned prize pool yet. A total of 745 players from 51 countries entered EPT Berlin this season (502 today; 243 on Day 1a yesterday).
Prize pool info to follow later.
The UK's Ross Loggie was in the UTG+1 seat and he opened to 1,700. His raise looked as if it was going to win him the blinds and antes, that was until Gianluca Marcucci made the call from the big blind so it was heads up to the 
flop.
Marucci checked, Loggie continued with a 2,800 bet and Marucci made the call. The 
on the turn completed a potential club flush draw and Marucci decided to represent it by taking a stab at the pot with a 4,200 bet. Loggie took one look at his opponent and didn't like what he saw because his cards ended up in the muck.
Jake Cody sat very quietly in his seat as his opponent, Sascha Brombacher, banged his fist of fury on the table and went into a rant (in German) after his elimination.
Brombacher opened the pot to 1,800 from early position and was called in one spot before Cody squeezed to 6,000 from the cut-off. Ali Azabdaftar was in the big blind and cold-called. Brombacher and the other player in the hand called also.
The flop was spread as 
and Brombacher reclaimed the initiative with a lead for 10,000. There was a fold before Cody jammed. Azabdaftar folded but kept hold of his cards until Brombacher called all-in, and he revealed he had 
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"You folded Kings?" asked an astonished Brombacher as he revealed his holding of 
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Cody opened 
for a flush draw that got there as the board ran out 
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Brombacher's rant wasn't really aimed completely at Cody, he probably had a few words for Azabdaftar as if the Austrain had played it textbook style, Brombacher surely would've doubled-up.
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From middle position, Narendra Banwari opened with a raise to 2,000. Action then folded to Spencer "Tex" Hudson in the big blind and he three-bet to 5,500 after a minute of thought. Banwari came back with some more aggression and cranked things up to 15,000 even. After a little bit of thought, Hudson made the call to see a flop.
The flop came down 
and Hudson checked. Banwari wasted little time in moving all in. Hudson removed his earbuds and requested a count.
"31,100," said the dealer.
After a few more moments of thought, Hudson called.
Banwari tabled the 
and Hudson the 
. Banwari was ahead with his tournament life on the line, but the the 
on the turn quickly swung things in the other direction. Banwari slammed his fist on the table in disgust as the dealer placed the 
on the river to end his tournament run.
Banwari picked up his tournament ID card and threw it sort of at the dealer. The tournament director happened to be standing right there when this happened and stopped Banwari while he was exiting to reprimand him for his actions. While Banwari made his exit in disgust, Hudson collected the pot and moved to over 100,000 in chips.
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