David Couldn't Defeat Goliath
This tournament is turning into a Goliath of an event and there's one David that couldn't win the battle. Laurent David was the second player to bust today.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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Busted |
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,725,000
Entries
745
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
A Day 1b Visual
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Here's a quick recap of yesterday's survivors, leaders and just a few from today's mass field.
More Action from Stacked Table
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Guy Boscart raised from middle position to 325 and Team PokerStars Pro Viktor Blom called from the button. Friedrich Räz called from the small blind and Chris Moorman called from the big blind.
The flop came down 
and Räz checked. Moorman bet 800 and Boscart folded. Blom also mucked, then Räz tossed in the call.
When the 
landed on the turn, Räz immediately went to his stack and grabbed some chips. He fired out 2,500 and Moorman folded.
It's also of note that Andrey Zaichenko is seated at this stacked table as well.
Blom Picks One Up
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
From under the gun, Ben Wilinofsky raised to 450. Andrey Zaichenko called from middle position, the hijack seat called, Viktor Blom called in the cutoff seat and Friedrich Räz called from the button.
All five players saw the flop come down 
and action checked to the player in the hijack seat. He fired 1,200 and only Blom made the call.
The turn was the 
and action checked to Blom. He bet 1,650 and won the pot.
Casino Chips
As you are aware, there are a number of tables over in the casino rather than here in the Hyatt hotel. Here's a few of the chip counts from over the road.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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48,300 | |
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42,000 | |
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39,400 | |
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35,500 | |
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34,000 | |
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33,000 | |
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30,500 | |
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29,250 | |
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28,900 | |
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28,200 | |
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28,200 | |
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26,700 | |
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26,025 | |
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19,000 | |
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Defending Champ Wilinofsky Eliminated
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
It looks like we've lost our defending champion Ben Wilinofsky. According to Adam Levy, Wilinofsky got the last of his money in on a three-diamond board of 
holding the 
against an opponent holding the 
. Levy said on Twitter that the hand was "perplexing" as Wilinofsky's opponent, David Sonelin, bet 10,000 into 4,000 on the turn, then called Wilinofsky's shove of 17,000. The river was another diamond and Wilinofsky was eliminated.
Spinning the Wheeler
I caught up with this hand as both players revealed their hands for showdown.
Jason Wheeler was up against Rasmus Vogt and the flop had been dealt as 
. Wheeler had the bigger stack and flopped a straight with 
. The Dane had top and bottom pair with his 
. The board bricked out and Wheeler's on a roll.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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43,000 |
Yetis Dodges Bullets
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Ismail Yetis has just dodged bullets over on table 55 and as a result is still in this tournament. We missed the preflop action but were alerted to their table by the announcement of "all-in" from the dealer. We investigated to discover Yetis seated in the hijack with having bet to 3,500 and he was facing an all-in bet of 48,000 from Ramon Demon Cserei.
Yetis tanked for close to two minutes before letting his hand go, telling the table he had just folded queens. Cserei flipped over 
.
Elder Not In The Mood For Fox Hunting
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Rupert Elder, fresh from his fifth place finish in this weekend's Sunday Million, opened the betting from under the gun to 350 and after three players folded the reigning WSOPE Main Event champion Elio Fox and he three-bet to 1,200. Faraz Jaka shaped to at least call but he ultimately folded and after a brief pause Elder got out of the way also.
Break
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
The players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day.