Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
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
Top Pair Wins for Cibak
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
On the 
flop, Vladimir Geshkenbein checked and Tomas Cibak bet 53,000. Behind him, Praytush Buddiga called and then Geshkenbein called.
The 
landed on the turn and Geshkenbein checked again. Cibak bet 101,000 and Buddiga folded. Geshkenbein made the call.
The river card was the 
and both remaining players checked. Cibak showed the 
for top pair of queens. Geshkenbein showed just the 
as to say that his kicker was worse. Cibak won the pot.
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 
. Vlachos fired a continuation bet of 43,000 and Buddiga made the call.
Fourth street was the 
and Vlachos checked. Buddiga bet 94,000 and Vlachos quickly made the call. Then, the dealer completed the board with the 
. Vlachos checked and Buddiga fired another bet. He slid out 133,000 and Vlachos quickly called.
Buddiga tabled the 
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
1,426,000
236,000
|
236,000 |
|
1,000,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
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 
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 
.
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 
and [Removed:287] folded on the river. Kilickeser smiled at his neighbour Wright and tabled 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,650,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
1,040,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
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 
, Kilickeser checked to Kamutzki who then fired a bet of 50,000, a bet that was snap-called. The turn brought the 
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 
and Kamutzki shrugged his shoulders and went to speak to his friends on the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000
460,000
|
460,000 |
|
780,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
||
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
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: 
Wigg: 
Dohnert seemed shocked at Wigg's snap call but Wigg commented he did not have much to think about.
The dealer fanned out the 
flop which kept the ace-ten of Dohnert in front but the 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 
and Wigg earned a stay of execution.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
875,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
575,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
New Chip Leader!
A massive pot went down on table one that saw Marc Wright hand over the chip lead to Bahadir Kilickeser.
Heinz Kamutzki opened to 40,000 and was called in the small blind before Wright three-bet to 136,000 from the big blind. Kamutzki folded but Kilickeser called to the 
flop.
Wright bet 206,000 when checked to him and Kilickeser made a huge check-raise all-in for 1,320,000. Wright said he had to call and tabled 
for top pair. He was way behind though as Kilickeser opened for bottom set.
The turn came 
to offer Wright some hope, but that all vanished after the river was revealed.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,840,000
1,340,000
|
1,340,000 |
|
|
1,450,000
-1,200,000
|
-1,200,000 |
David Kahan Eliminated in 21st Place (€20,000)
While that big hand was occurring Vladimir Geshkenbein was quietly eliminating David Kahan on the neighbouring table.
Kahan got his last 351,000 chips in with but was in bad shape against the Russian's . The board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000 | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Andreas Vlachos Eliminated in 20th Place (€20,000)
We are down to 19 players in the main event after Andreas Vlachos ran foul of a strangely played pair of aces.
Our friends over on the PokerStars blog informed us that Jasper Wetemans opened to 40,000 from under the gun and Davidi Kitai smooth-called. Andreas Vlachos then squeezed to 113,000. Wetemans folded but Kitai made the call. The flop came down 
, Kitai checked, Vlachos shoved for 750,000 and Kitai snapped him off.
Kitai: 
Vlachos: 
The turn and river were the and and Vlachos was sent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,900,000
1,053,000
|
1,053,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |