2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin

Main Event
Day: 4
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

Wigg Lives To Fight Another Day

If Anton Wigg were a cat he would have used up at least of of his nine lives today after getting his chips in as a substantial underdog in a pot with Florian Dohnert.

It was Dohnert who opened the betting with a raise to 43,000 from the button and when the small blind got out of the way Wigg made it 94,000 to play. Dohnert ponder all of his options, taking a few brief moments to glance at Wigg. Then he made his move, an all-in four bet that Wigg instantly called.

Dohnert: {A-Clubs}{10-Spades}
Wigg: {A-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

Dohnert seemed shocked at Wigg's snap call but Wigg commented he did not have much to think about.

The dealer fanned out the {3-Spades}{q-Hearts}{3-Diamonds} flop which kept the ace-ten of Dohnert in front but the {3-Hearts} turn actually put Wigg in front equity-wise because he now had a flush draw whilst he could only lose if Dohnert hit a non-heart ten. The river was the {K-Diamonds} and Wigg earned a stay of execution.

Player Chips Progress
Florian Dohnert
Florian Dohnert
875,000 15,000
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
575,000 15,000

Tags: Anton WiggFlroian Dohnert

Jeff Hakim Eliminated in 22nd Place (€20,000)

Jeff Hakim was eliminated from the feature table. We couldn't get close so we're not sure who delivered the fatal blow. What we do know is that he three-bet all in for 85,000 with ace-ten. The raiser called with king-jack and made a straight to the jack.

Last year, Hakim placed 16th in this event for €23,000 and just missed beating that mark this year.

Player Chips Progress
Jeff Hakim lb
Jeff Hakim
Busted

Tags: Jeff Hakim

Did Kamutzki Fold Aces?

Poker players are renowned for trying to mislead their opponents and we wonder if Heinz Kamutzki was attempting to do that to his fellow countryman Bahadir Kilickeser just now.

Kamutzki opened to 40,000 from UTG+1 and the action folded all the way around to Kilickeser in the big blind. He doubled checked the raise amount; because Kamutzki had opened using blue 5,000 so the raise looked larger, before making the call.

The first three community cards read {10-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{j-Clubs}, Kilickeser checked to Kamutzki who then fired a bet of 50,000, a bet that was snap-called. The turn brought the {10-Clubs} into the equation and Kilickeser checked again but when Kamutzki fired a second salvo of 90,000 Kilickeser check-raised to 300,000 and Kamutzki quickly folded.

Kamutzki then claimed to have held pocket aces much to the surprise of Kilickeser who did not believe him. he showed the table his {k-}{q-} and Kamutzki shrugged his shoulders and went to speak to his friends on the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Bahadir Kilickeser
Bahadir Kilickeser
1,500,000 460,000
Heinz Kamutzki de
Heinz Kamutzki
780,000 120,000

Tags: Bahadir KilickeserHeinz Kamutzki

All About the King-Eight

The players on table one were happy to bluff with and show king-eight.

Marc Wright opened to 43,000 from the cut-off and bet 59,000 and 154,000 on the {10-Hearts}{q-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{7-Spades} cards that were laid out on front of him. Heinz Kamutzki and Florian Dohnert both called pre flop but only the latter stayed to the turn where he also folded. Wright smiled and tabled {k-Hearts}{8-Spades}.

A short while later Bahadir Kilickeser raised to 50,000 and called when [Removed:284] three-bet to 150,00 from the button. Kilickeser then went on to bet 75,000 on the flop and turn before betting 140,000 on the river. The board read {j-Spades}{j-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{5-Spades}{q-Clubs} and [Removed:287] folded on the river. Kilickeser smiled at his neighbour Wright and tabled {k-Spades}{8-Spades}.

Player Chips Progress
Marc Wright gb
Marc Wright
2,650,000 150,000
Bahadir Kilickeser
Bahadir Kilickeser
1,040,000 140,000

Buddiga Can Spell Chips

From under the gun, Andreas Vlachos raised to 43,000. His only customer was Pratyush Buddiga on the button and the two of them took a paired flop of {Q-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}. Vlachos fired a continuation bet of 43,000 and Buddiga made the call.

Fourth street was the {6-Spades} and Vlachos checked. Buddiga bet 94,000 and Vlachos quickly made the call. Then, the dealer completed the board with the {8-Diamonds}. Vlachos checked and Buddiga fired another bet. He slid out 133,000 and Vlachos quickly called.

Buddiga tabled the {K-Hearts}{Q-Hearts} for queens and fours with a king. Vlachos gave his cards one last look before tossing them into the muck and dropping back to an even one million in chips.

We're not sure how good Buddiga is at math, but he's up to nearly 1.5 million in chips. We do know that he's one heck of a speller. In fact, Buddiga won the 2002 Scripps National Spelling Bee in the United States when he was just 13 years old. He beat out 249 other contestants and won $12,000 along with the title.

To win the event, Buddiga spelled the word "prospicience," which means "the act of looking forward." The way we see it, we're looking forward to seeing Buddiga at the final table to see if he can win himself a heck of a lot more cash than $12,000 and add major title to his trophy case.

Lynn Gilmartin spoke with Pratyush during the break:

Player Chips Progress
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
1,426,000 236,000
Andreas Vlachos gr
Andreas Vlachos
1,000,000 -350,000

Tags: Andreas VlachosPratyush Buddiga

Top Pair Wins for Cibak

Level 23 : 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante

On the {Q-Spades}{3-Hearts}{2-Spades} flop, Vladimir Geshkenbein checked and Tomas Cibak bet 53,000. Behind him, Praytush Buddiga called and then Geshkenbein called.

The {7-Hearts} landed on the turn and Geshkenbein checked again. Cibak bet 101,000 and Buddiga folded. Geshkenbein made the call.

The river card was the {J-Diamonds} and both remaining players checked. Cibak showed the {Q-Diamonds}{9-Clubs} for top pair of queens. Geshkenbein showed just the {5-Hearts} as to say that his kicker was worse. Cibak won the pot.

Tags: Vladimir GeshkenbeinTomas CibakPraytush Buddiga

Level: 23

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 3,000

Official Chip Counts at the Break (full)

Player Chips Progress
Marc Wright gb
Marc Wright
2,500,000 -200,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
2,330,000 503,000
Tomas Cibak cz
Tomas Cibak
2,248,000 48,000
[Removed:284]
[Removed:284]
2,060,000 410,000
Andreas Vlachos gr
Andreas Vlachos
1,350,000
César García
César García
1,200,000 101,000
Pratyush Buddiga us
Pratyush Buddiga
1,190,000 -90,000
Mario Puccini de
Mario Puccini
1,080,000 127,000
Jordi Riba Corrons
Jordi Riba Corrons
1,020,000 -245,000
Vladimir Geshkenbein ru
Vladimir Geshkenbein
EPT 1X Winner
985,000 -68,000
Bahadir Kilickeser
Bahadir Kilickeser
900,000 -105,000
Florian Dohnert
Florian Dohnert
860,000 -10,000
Davidi Kitai be
Davidi Kitai
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Winamax
847,000 -99,000
Heinz Kamutzki de
Heinz Kamutzki
660,000 -3,000
Anton Wigg se
Anton Wigg
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
560,000 35,000
Daniel Pidun de
Daniel Pidun
550,000 -356,000
David Kahan be
David Kahan
525,000 195,000
Jasper Wetemans nl
Jasper Wetemans
405,000 -85,000
Dmitry Grinenko ru
Dmitry Grinenko
350,000 -41,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
340,000 -90,000
Eric Vuissoz ch
Eric Vuissoz
238,000 -127,000
Jeff Hakim lb
Jeff Hakim
200,000 -72,000

Break

Level 22 : 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante

The players are on their first break of the day. Be back shortly.

Kamutzki Folds To Grinenko Shove

Heinz Kamutzki just had a tough decision to make after Dmitry Grinenko three-bet shoved over his opening raise.

Kamutzki opened to 32,000 from UTG+1 and the action passed around to the short-stacked Grinenko on the button. He peeked at his hole cards before entering a statuesque pose for the count of 20 before announcing he was all in. Both blinds folded and it was up to Kamutzki to make the call — or not as the case may be.

"This is really close I tell you," said Kamutzki to Grinenko before adding, "can I tell him my hand?"

Kamutzki was told he would face a penalty for revealing his hand so he opted against that. After 60-90 seconds he mucked his hand, possibly because Grinenko looked extremely comfortable despite being all-in.

Grinenko pushed his cards into the middle of the felt and told Kamutzki he could pick one card. Kamutzki chose the one that was furthest away from him and it turned out to the the {A-Hearts}. We wonder what the other one was because Kamutzki claimed to have had an ace of his own.

Player Chips Progress
Heinz Kamutzki de
Heinz Kamutzki
625,000 -38,000
Dmitry Grinenko ru
Dmitry Grinenko
435,000 44,000

Tags: Dmitry GrinenkoHeinz Kamutzki