Watching From The Sidelines as Hagrid Saunters Forth
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Is that Tomas Cibak, or that giant from the Harry Potter films? PokerStars Blog investigates.
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Main Event
Day: 4
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
Cibak Splashing Chips Around
Tomas Cibak is splashing chips around, as one would expect from the table chip leader, and second overall coming in to today.
Very early on he opened from under-the-gun and shove when Jasper Wetemans three-bet from the next seat. Wetemans called and both showed ace-king, chopped the pot.
Cibak three bet Andreas Vlachos a while later but had to concede defeat when faced with a four-bet.
It was a similar story just now when he battled with Pratyush Buddiga. Cibak opened to 32,000 from first position and faced a three-bet from Buddiga two seats along. He responded by putting in four-bet to 166,000. Buddiga wasn't to be shifted though and clicked it back to 250,000. Cibak had seen enough and folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,200,000
-111,000
|
-111,000 |
|
1,280,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Ismael Bojang Eliminated in 24th Place (€20,000)
The first elimination of the day has just occurred. Ismael Bojang has fallen in 24th place at the hands of Andreas Vlachos and here's how it happened.
Pratyush Buddiga raised to 33,000 from early position and action folded to Vlachos in the cutoff seat. He three-bet to 74,000. On the button was Bojang. He moved all in for 197,000. Action folded back to the bettor, Vlachos, and he made the call.
Vlachos: 
Bojang: 
The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Bojang was eliminated. He collected €20,000 for his finish in 24th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,350,000 | |
|
Busted |
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: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
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[Removed:287] Cracks Wigg's Kings
Anton Wigg raised to 33,000 from middle position and [Removed:284] reraised all in for 479,000 from the big blind. Wigg called and showed the 
. [Removed:287] held the 
.
The flop was 
and Wigg's kings stayed in front. The turn delivered the 
and that put [Removed:287] in the lead before the river completed the board with the 
. [Removed:287] clapped his hands together in celebration as the dealer broke down his stack to verify the numbers. Wigg sent over the chips and was left with 525,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
982,000
657,000
|
657,000 |
|
||
|
525,000
-415,000
|
-415,000 |
|
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Andrey Zaichenko Eliminated in 23rd Place (€20,000)
Andrey Zaichenko's tournament has come to an end after he was eliminated in 23rd place.
Bahadir Kilickeser opened the betting with a raise to 33,000 and to his direct left was Marc Wright and he three-bet to 77,000. To his left was Zaichenko and he went into the tank for a minute, as he had done on previous hands, and moved all in. Heinz Kamutzki folded but [Removed:284] re-shoved over the top! Kilickeser and Wright quickly folded and the cards were revealed.
[Removed:287]: 
Zaichenko: 
Zaichenko was in a whole world of trouble, his timing slightly off. The 
board was void of deuces and unlikely straights and he became the 23rd place finisher.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,650,000
668,000
|
668,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
|
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Bahadir Kilickeser Losing His Composure
Bahadir Kilickeser is looking a little flustered out there after being repeatedly three and four-bet by his opponents, particularly Marc Wright to his direct left.
Just now he opened from under the gun to an overly large 51,000 and Wright three-bet to 126,000. The action folded back around to Kilickeser and he huffed and puffed like the wolf in the Three Little Pigs story before looking at his cards one at a time, finding the on one of them and showing it to the table as he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,700,000
-20,000
|
-20,000 |
|
1,005,000
-45,000
|
-45,000 |
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 . We wonder what the other one was because Kamutzki claimed to have had an ace of his own.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
625,000
-38,000
|
-38,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
435,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
Break
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
The players are on their first break of the day. Be back shortly.
Official Chip Counts at the Break (full)
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
2,330,000
503,000
|
503,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
2,248,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
|
2,060,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,350,000 | |
|
|
1,200,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,190,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
1,080,000
127,000
|
127,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,020,000
-245,000
|
-245,000 |
|
|
||
|
985,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
900,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
|
860,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
|
847,000
-99,000
|
-99,000 |
|
||
|
|
660,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
560,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
||
|
550,000
-356,000
|
-356,000 |
|
525,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
405,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
|
|
350,000
-41,000
|
-41,000 |
|
340,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
|
|
||
|
238,000
-127,000
|
-127,000 |
|
|
||
|
200,000
-72,000
|
-72,000 |