Kevin MacPhee is up to 500,000 chips after sending Dmitry Bayramov to the rail in a hand just now.
Andreas Vlachos opened the betting with a raise to 13,500 from the cutoff only to hear Bayramov announce "I am all-in," whilst moving his stack forward. The small blind got out of the way but MacPhee asked how much the all-in bet was for. 113,000 came the reply from the dealer.
"I'm all in as well," said MacPhee, "360" referring to his stack size. Vlachos played up a little for the cameras but after a quick squeeze of his stress-ball he let his hand go.
Bayramov:
MacPhee:
MacPhee sat looking away from the pot, almost as if he was gauging where he was in the hand based on the reaction of Bayramov. He must have been pleased to see Bayramov exhale deeply when the flop came down . The was the turn card followed by the on the river and with that Bayramov was busted out, MacPhee shook his hand and Bayramov headed to the cashier's desk to pick up his winnings.
From middle position, Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst raised to 13,000. Andreas Vlachos reraised to 31,000 from the next seat in the hijack and Selbst made the call to take the flop. After Selbst checked, Vlachos bet 50,500. Selbst deliberated and then check-raised to 120,500. Vlachos snap-folded and Selbst won the pot. She's now over 600,000 in chips.
News has reached us that Davidi Kitai is the on the comeback trail. He was down to around a 100,000 at the break but now has 390,000.
He busted a two players to get back up there. First he found aces when another player found queens. Then his ace-jack found a jack to best an opponent's ace-king.
The EPT berlin is being given the full production treatment and that means whenever there is an all in and call the TV crew is summonsed to the table to record the action.
Ishak Noyan's tables must have been quite active because he just entered a huge rant, part of which saying, "We're playing here for €800,000 and it's too much to wait for the TV cameras all the time. We have only played 10 hands in the last 30 minutes."
Ironically this took place with a TV camera in his face, so keep an eye out for it in a PokerStars production on a screen near you soon!
Jeff Hakim has a few cashes on the European Poker Tour including a 16th-place finish in this event last year for €23,000. He just picked up two hands to move up to 285,000 in chips. Here's the action.
On the first hand of the two, Hakim raised to 12,500 from the cutoff seat and found callers in Will Molson from the small blind and Javier Etayo from the big blind. All three players checked the flop before seeing the pair the board on the turn. Action checked over to Hakim and he bet 20,500. Both his opponents folded and Hakim won the pot.
Shortly thereafter, Hakim was all in preflop with a short-stacked August Schlegl. Hakim held the to Schlegl's . The flop produced a king and Hakim held from there to knock Schlegl out of the tournament.
From middle position, JP Kelly raised to 12,000. Andrey Zaichenko three-bet out of the big blind to 33,000 and Kelly called to take a flop.
The dealer produced the and Zaichenko continued with a bet of 51,000. Kelly called.
Fourth street was the and Zaichenko fired all in for over 240,000. Kelly had 204,000 behind and went into the tank. After a couple of minutes, Kelly made the call and put his tournament life on the line. He held the for a pair of nines and was up against the for Zaichenko.
The river delivered a flush for Zaichenko with the hitting and he won the pot. Kelly passed over his chips and headed towards the payout desk.
Will Molson raised to 12,000 from the cutoff seat and Michiel Brummelhuis reraised to 28,000 from the small blind. Molson called and the flop came down . Brummelhuis bet 24,000 and Molson raised to 65,000. Brummelhuis moved all in for 190,000 and Molson snapped.
Brummelhuis:
Molson:
The turn was the and kept Molson in front. The landed on the river and made Brummelhuis a club flush. He won the pot and doubled up. Molson was left with just over 200,000.
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 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 . "I have three outs" declared Baumstein and revealed his .
Those three outs failed to materialise as the river was the and Thorson won the pot.
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 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 and Wigg counted out his chips before making it 142,000 to play. Selbst snap-called and Wigg knew he was beaten, reluctantly showing . Selbst had hit a straight on th eriver with her and now has 835,000 chips.
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was the turn card followed by the 
on the river and with that Bayramov was busted out, MacPhee shook his hand and Bayramov headed to the cashier's desk to pick up his winnings.
flop. After Selbst checked, Vlachos bet 50,500. Selbst deliberated and then check-raised to 120,500. Vlachos snap-folded and Selbst won the pot. She's now over 600,000 in chips.
flop before seeing the 
pair the board on the turn. Action checked over to Hakim and he bet 20,500. Both his opponents folded and Hakim won the pot.
to Schlegl's 
. The flop produced a king and Hakim held from there to knock Schlegl out of the tournament.
and Zaichenko continued with a bet of 51,000. Kelly called.
and Zaichenko fired all in for over 240,000. Kelly had 204,000 behind and went into the tank. After a couple of minutes, Kelly made the call and put his tournament life on the line. He held the 
for a pair of nines and was up against the 
. Brummelhuis bet 24,000 and Molson raised to 65,000. Brummelhuis moved all in for 190,000 and Molson snapped.
landed on the river and made Brummelhuis a club flush. He won the pot and doubled up. Molson was left with just over 200,000.
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.
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. Selbst had hit a straight on th eriver with her 
and now has 835,000 chips.