2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k7
Prize
€712,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,725,000
Entries
745
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 745
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MacPhee Smashes a Double Through Selbst

Kevin MacPhee
Kevin MacPhee

Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst and EPT Berlin Season 6 champion Kevin MacPhee just had a big preflop clash on the feature table that saw MacPhee double to 870,000.

According to Anton Wigg, Selbst raised to 17,000 and then MacPhee made it 37,000 from the button. Selbst made it 86,000 and MacPhee five-bet to 131,000 with 294,000 behind. Selbst jammed all in and MacPhee went into the tank. He thought for about 10 minutes before finally making the call.

"Do you have ace-jack?" asked Selbst.

"No, ace-nine," responded MacPhee.

The look on Selbst's face was along the lines of "what the heck is going on here" as she turned over the {4-Diamonds}{4-Spades}. MacPhee's hand was the {A-Clubs}{9-Hearts}.

The flop, turn and river ran out {A-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{6-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds}{A-Spades} and MacPhee's 425,000 turned into 870,000 with the double. Selbst dropped back to 525,000 or so and was left shaking her head a bit.

Player Chips Progress
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Kevin MacPhee
870,000
368,000
368,000
EPT 1X Winner
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Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
525,000
457,000
457,000
pokerstars

Tags: Kevin MacPheeAnton WiggVanessa Selbst

Martin Jacobson Eliminated

Martin Jacobson has been eliminated from the EPT Berlin main event at the hands of Vladimir Geshkenbein. At the last chip count Jacobson had 721,000 chips but something must have gone horribly wrong as we just saw him open-shove his last 70,000 from middle position and find a Geshkenbein shaped caller in the cutoff.

Jacobson: {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts}
Geshkenbein: {8-Diamonds}{8-Spades}

"Anyone fold a six?" asked Geshkenbein,

"Yeah," replied Florian Dohnert

"You're drawing to one out," informed Geshkenbein, "Good luck, you're going to need it!"

Jacobson half-joking stuck his middle finger up at his soon to be executioner, prompting a giggle from everyone seated at the table.

The board ran out {9-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and with that Jacobson's tournament has come to an end and we have less than 60 players remaining in the main event.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Vladimir Geshkenbein ch
Vladimir Geshkenbein
640,000
211,000
211,000
EPT 1X Winner
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Martin Jacobson
Busted

Tags: Martin JacobsonVladimir Geshkenbein

Aces vs. Aces

From under the gun plus one, William Thorson limped in. On the button, Bahadir Kilickeser limped and then Eric Vuissoz completed from the small blind.Søren Reffstrup was in the big blind and raised to 48,000. After a couple minutes of deep thought, Thorson called. The other two players folded.

The flop came down {K-Diamonds}{Q-Diamonds}{2-Hearts} and both players checked to see the {3-Spades} come out on the turn. Reffstrup checked and Thorson bet 42,000. Reffstrup check-raised all in for about 125,000 and Thorson called.

Both players tabled aces. Reffstrup held the {A-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} and Thorson the {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}. The river completed the board with the {J-Hearts} and the two of them chopped up the pot.

Player Chips Progress
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William Thorson
540,000
22,000
22,000
Profile photo of Søren Reffstrup dk
Søren Reffstrup
205,000
75,000
75,000

Tags: Søren ReffstrupBahadir KilickeserEric VuissozWilliam Thorson

Bad Math or Slowroll?

Zachary Korik opened from the hijack and saw Norbert Hölting three-bet all-in for 64,000 from the big blind. The American sat there for a minute or two before announcing call in a reluctant way.

He tabled {k-Clubs}{10-Clubs} and that prompted Sebastian Winkler to say, "What a slow-roller!"

"It's not, I don't know Math!" defended Korik.

By now Hölting had opened {2-Spades}{2-Hearts} and was happy to see the flop come {3-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} to make him a boat.

Heinz Kamutzki now piped in and said to Korik, "That's what you get for it".

The board ran out {9-Clubs}{q-Diamonds} and as we left Korik was still talking about how he can't count.

Player Chips Progress
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Zachary Korik
218,000
257,000
257,000
Profile photo of Norbert Hölting de
Norbert Hölting
135,000
48,000
48,000

Tags: Zachary Korik

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Official Chip Counts at the Break

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Marc Wright gb
Marc Wright
1,210,000
375,000
375,000
Profile photo of César García
César García
1,020,000
262,000
262,000
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Profile photo of Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
982,000
147,000
147,000
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Profile photo of Tomas Cibak cz
Tomas Cibak
930,000
365,000
365,000
Profile photo of Simon Persson se
Simon Persson
870,000
423,000
423,000
Profile photo of Bahadir Kilickeser
Bahadir Kilickeser
819,000
69,000
69,000
Profile photo of Andreas Vlachos gr
Andreas Vlachos
745,000
95,000
95,000
Profile photo of Florian Dohnert
Florian Dohnert
630,000
434,000
434,000
Profile photo of Mario Puccini de
Mario Puccini
580,000
10,000
10,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of William Thorson se
William Thorson
570,000
52,000
52,000
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[Removed:284]
560,000
254,000
254,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Andrey Zaichenko ru
Andrey Zaichenko
540,000
80,000
80,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Vladimir Geshkenbein ch
Vladimir Geshkenbein
538,000
313,000
313,000
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Michiel Brummelhuis nl
Michiel Brummelhuis
527,000
81,500
81,500
Profile photo of Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
502,000
2,000
2,000
EPT 1X Winner
pokerstars
Profile photo of Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
449,000
119,000
119,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Profile photo of Daniel Pidun de
Daniel Pidun
420,000
130,000
130,000
Profile photo of Tim Bettingen
Tim Bettingen
411,000
53,000
53,000
Profile photo of Marc Radgen de
Marc Radgen
408,000
37,000
37,000
Profile photo of Heinz Kamutzki de
Heinz Kamutzki
397,000
193,000
193,000
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Profile photo of Jens Kaiser
Jens Kaiser
356,000
159,000
159,000
Profile photo of Kalle Niemi fi
Kalle Niemi
342,000
62,000
62,000
Profile photo of Eric Vuissoz ch
Eric Vuissoz
317,000
3,000
3,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Jan Heitmann
Jan Heitmann
310,000
205,000
205,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Jan Bendik sk
Jan Bendik
305,000
4,000
4,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

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Wigg Helps Selbst To Approach One Million Chips

Vanessa Selbst
Vanessa Selbst

Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst is approaching one million chips over on the secondary feature table and her cause was helped by Anton Wigg.

We joined the action on a board reading {9-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{A-Clubs} where Wigg had checked from the big blind. Selbst was to his immediate left and he had fired a bet of 18,000. The button, a Mr Tim Bettingen made the call then Wigg check-raised to 72,000. Selbst asked for confirmation of the amount before making the call and after seeing that action Bettingen was done with the hand.

The river was the {10-Spades} and Wigg counted out his chips before making it 142,000 to play. Selbst snap-called and Wigg knew he was beaten, reluctantly showing {K-Clubs}{6-Clubs}. Selbst had hit a straight on th eriver with her {Q-Hearts}{J-Spades} and now has 835,000 chips.

Player Chips Progress
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Vanessa Selbst
835,000
230,000
230,000
pokerstars
Profile photo of Tim Bettingen
Tim Bettingen
358,000
54,000
54,000
Profile photo of Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
330,000
250,000
250,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Anton WiggTim BettingenVanessa Selbst

Baumstein Busto

Scott Baumstein's tournament has come to an abrupt end and he will have to wait until the Grand Final if he is to win an EPT this season.

William Thorson raised to 12,000 from the cutoff and Baumstein moved all in for a total of 82,000 from the small blind. He must have known he was not in very good shape when Bahadir Kilickeser called in the big blind and Thorson made the call too!

Kilickeser checked the arrival of the {8-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} flop and Thorson follow suit and checked behind. The turn saw some aggression though because when Kilickeser checked Thorson bet 63,000. The bet was made up of blue, then red then purple chips and they leant to the left almost like the famous tower in Pisa. They were soon cut down though because Kilickeser asked for a count. He wasn't prepared to pay 63,000 and he folded.

"Am I drawing dead?" asked Baumstein to which Thorson simply shook his head and turned over {10-Spades}{10-Diamonds}. "I have three outs" declared Baumstein and revealed his {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}.

Those three outs failed to materialise as the river was the {K-Clubs} and Thorson won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Bahadir Kilickeser
Bahadir Kilickeser
750,000
60,000
60,000
Profile photo of William Thorson se
William Thorson
518,000
186,000
186,000
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Scott Baumstein
Busted
Jaka Coaching

Tags: William ThorsonScott BaumsteinBahadir Kilickeser

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