Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Main Event
Day: 3
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
Break Time
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
We all need a bit of time here. Let's all reconvene in 15.
Welcome to the Feature Table, Kilickeser
Level 19
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Kevin MacPhee raised to 16,000 and new-to-the-feature-table Bahadir Kilickeser reraised to 48,000. On the button, Anton Wigg four-bet to 77,000. Action folded back to Kilickeser and he five-bet to 148,000. After a couple minutes of thought, Wigg folded and Kilickeser won the pot.
Selbst Eliminated
Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst fired 80,000 on the 
flop into opponent Andrew Chen. Chen made the call and the turn brought the 
. Selbst fired again for 150,000. Chen called.
The river was the 
bringing in a backdoor flush. Selbst moved all in for what looked like 280,000. Chen snap-called and showed the nut flush, although his exact holding was unknown. After her exit, Selbst was overheard mentioning she had flopped a set, but we'll have to wait until the hand airs on TV to see if that's true or not.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
The Wright Stuff
We are in danger of Marc Wright running away with this tournament as he is now up to 1,400,000 chips. He got his stack in with 
against the Slovakian electricity company owner Jan Bendik's 
and by the river the board read 
, gifting Wright a flush and eliminating Bendik.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,400,000 | 150,000 |
|
Busted |
Korik Kicked Out By Kamutzki
Zachary Koric's tournament had been brought to an earlier than expected finish after a cruel, cruel hand.
Heinz Katumzki open-limped from the button, Korik put in the extra chips from the small blind and Ilya Gorodetskiy checked in the big blind. The dealer put the 
flop onto the felt and the blinds checked to Kamutzki how bet 12,000. Only Korik called and it was heads-up to the 
turn. Korik initially checked, Kamutzki bet again, making it 32,000 to play only to see Korik check-raise to 72,000. Kamutzki asked to see all of Korik's stack and when he saw it he moved all in and was snapped off.
Korik: 
Kamutzki: 
Korik had flopped a straight but Kamutzki still had outs. One of those outs landed on the turn, the 
and the entire table was stunned. Kamutzki looked embarrassed, the rest of the table didn't know where to look, a few "wow's" were said and the dealer got busy counting out the stacks.
To rub even more salt into an already sore wound, Kamutzki only covered Korik by a solitary red 1,000 chips, the smallest denomination in play.
With that Kamutzki climbs to 545,000 whilst his now busted American opponent heads to the cashier's cage.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
545,000 | 285,000 |
|
Busted |
Back-to-Back Dream Over for De Visscher
Koen De Visscher's dreams of back-to-back EPT final tables is over.
He opened to 16,000 from early position and was called by Cengiz Ulusu on the button before Vladimir Geshkenbein three-bet to 50,000 from the big blind. De Visscher responded by moving all-in for 260,000 and Geshkenbein called after Ulusu folded (deuces, he later said).
Geshkenbein: 
De Visscher:
The board ran 
.
De Visscher headed off and Geshkenbein went about enjoying rubbing salt into Ulusu results orientated regretful wounds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
685,000 | 45,000 |
|
Busted |
Wright Still Leading
Marc Wright just busted Russia's Maksim Semisoshenko to move to 1.25 million in chips. He is still the chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,250,000 | 40,000 |
Nice Spot to Find Kings
It's always nice to look down and see kings when an opponent shoves on you. Welcome to Jordi Riba Corrons' world.
The action had folded to Søren Reffstrup in the small blind and he open shipped for 180,000,. Snap call.
Reffstrup: 
Corrons: 
The board ran out 
to end it for the Danish player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
435,000 | 157,000 |
|
Busted |
[Removed:287] Takes Down Pot With An Unlikely Hand
[Removed:284] has just picked up a nice little pot after making a call from the big blind with the monster that is 
.
Philipp Gruissem opened to 16,000 from under the gun and the action folded to Jan Heitmann in the hijack. he peeled back his cards, took a peak and made the call. The action then found its way to [Removed:287] in the big blind and he put in the extra 8,000 chips.
Flop: 
- The draw heavy board was checked by all three players.
Turn: 
- [Removed:287] checked with what can be described a s a karate chop action, and both of his opponents checked behind.
River: 
- Guess what they did here? That's correct. They all checked.
Gruissem turned over , [Removed:287] and Heitmann mucked. [Removed:287] took down the pot with his pair of five, nine-kicker.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
630,000 | 70,000 |
|
460,000 | 150,000 |
|
130,000 | 20,000 |