What Neil Stoddart Has Seen Today
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
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
We’re Not in Campione Anymore
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
From the banks of Lake Lugano to the streets of Berlin, read about this stark difference (and a few similarities) of the two events on the PokerStars Blog
Behbehani Defends His Big Blind
Action folded around to the small blind and he raised to 500. Salman Behbehani was in the big blind and made the call to see a flop. After the dealer ran out the 
, the small blind bet 500 and Behbehani called.
The 
was added on the turn and the small blind bet 1,500. Behbehani slid out the call and watched the 
pair the board on the river. After the small blind slowed down with a check, Behbehani bet 1,600. His opponent gave it up and Behbehani moved to 45,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000
15,000
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15,000 |
Kollmann Killed Off By Ramdin
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
We have just been told that Team PokerStars Pro Victor Ramdin has just sent Austria's Erich Kollmann to the rail in an aces versus kings scenario.
Ramdin had initially flat-called an opening raise and two more players called behind. The action was then on Kollmann and he pumped up the ante to 3,000 which folded out the original raiser but Ramdin pounced and moved all in for 38,000. The other active players folded to Kollmann who tanked for five minutes before making the call with pocket kings, only to be shown a pair of aces.
In an interview with the German press shortly after his elimination, Kollmann said he was very disappointed because he felt it was an easy fold because Ramdin is never getting too out of line in that spot.
Busted
The players below have lost their chips and are no longer in the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Brits in Action
Chris Moorman and David Vamplew's tables are very near each other, and both played hands at the same tome with differing fortunes.
Vamplew bet 2,050 on the turn of a 
board but tank-folded to a check-raise from Ivan Todorovic, who showed him 
. Vamplew said he would have called if he'd seen the hand.
Moorman three-bet Friedrich Räz and barreled flop and turn. Moorman's turn bet was enough to put Räz all-in. The board read 
and the Swiss folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
37,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
25,125
-4,875
|
-4,875 |
|
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Moorman Chipping Up
Chris Moorman raised to 525 from middle position and David Sonelin called from the next seat. The hijack seat then reraised to 1,650. Play folded back to Moorman and he called. Sonelin folded, leaving heads-up action to the flop.
The 
was spread in the middle of the felt and Moorman checked. His opponent bet 1,400 and Moorman made the call to see the 
peel off on fourth street. Moorman checked and his opponent checked behind.
The river card was the 
and Moorman bet 3,100. His opponent tanked for a minute while Moorman sat motionless. Eventually the player gave it up and Moorman took the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
38,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
A Few More Names
We've recently spotted the following players in the field.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | |
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30,000 | |
Nobody Wants To Mess With Katchalov
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
Marco Rederer opened the betting from middle position with a raise to 550 and this sparked off a chain of callers. First the player in the next seat, Raoul Refos, called then after one player had folded Guido Kempkes called. Bahadir Kilickeser, in the small blind also called but Eugene Katchalov spoiled the party by raised to just 2,200 and we fully expected him to be called in at least one or two spots but each of the players folded in turn leaving the Team PokerStars Pro to pick up the pot.