High Roller
Day 1 Started
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
High Roller
Day: 1
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Buy-in
€10,000
Entries
140
Level
26
Blinds
30,000 / 60,000
Ante
10,000
EPT Berlin High Roller Day 1
As Day 4 of the Main Event rolls along to the few final tables, the High Roller emerges to compete for your attention. It kicks off at 1:00PM CET and promises to be a star-studded affair.
Last season's event certainly was and climaxed with an epic heads-up battle between Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier and Chris Moorman. Team Pro ElkY finally got the better of Moorman and took home €231,000. It was some achievement seeing as he had to get past Martin Jacobson, Viktor Blom, Tobias Reinkemeier, David Peters and Marvin Rettenmaier at the final table as well.
Everyone is hoping for a repeat this season. Join the PokerNews reporting team back here soon.
Level: 1
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 1
: 100/200, 25 ante
The cards are in the air for an exciting day of high-stakes poker!
The Plan for Today
Depending on the number of runners the tournament attracts today the players will play 9, 10, or 11 one-hour levels. That'll take them through to a 00:30, 01.30 or 02:30AM finish. There will be a one-hour dinner break after level 6.
This tournament is a one re-entry tournament and players can register all the way up until play begins on day 2.
Cards in the air very shortly.
They're Here
Level 1
: 100/200, 25 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
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50,000 | |
Provisional Seat Draw
Level 1
: 100/200, 25 ante
Registration for this event is open all the way up until the start of Day 2 and it's very likely to see plenty of player enter this event late.
| Seat | Name | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hannu Pel Tola | Finland |
| 2 | Artem Litvinov | Russia |
| 4 | Jeffrey Rossiter | Australia |
| 1 | Steve O'Dwyer | United States |
| 2 | Berthold Winz | Germany |
| 4 | Dominik Nitsche | Germany |
| 5 | Todd Terry | USA |
| 6 | Abi Khaitan | UK |
| 1 | Alex Phahurat | USA |
| 2 | Paul Klann | Canada |
| 4 | Kai Vater | Germany |
| 5 | Griffin Benger | Canada |
| 6 | Pavel Binar | Czech Republic |
| 1 | Ronny Voth | Germany |
| 2 | Vladimir Troyanovskiy | Russia |
| 4 | Jason Lavallee | Canada |
| 5 | Timothy Adams | USA |
| 6 | Jan Heitmann | Germany |
| 1 | Alexander Isenberg | Germany |
| 2 | [Removed:119] | France |
| 4 | Andreas Goeller | Germany |
| 5 | Imed Mahmoud | Tunisia |
AP Early Leader
Level 1
: 100/200, 25 ante
Such was Griffin Benger's desperation to appear in the blog that he recounted a hand that saw AP Phahurat take an early lead.
Kai Vater opened with a raise and Phahurat called to see a jack-seven-nine (two hearts) flop appear. Vater c-bet and called when Phahurat raised. The turn fell as the 
and Phahurat led for 5,100. Call.
Phahurat went for an 11,000 bet on the 
river and was called again. He opened 
for a flush, beating out his German opponent's pocket jacks for flopped top set!
Benger just needs to play a hand now to appear for real.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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80,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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20,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
The Face (and Smell) of a Winner
Level 1
: 100/200, 25 ante
In horse racing picking a winner can be all about how a horse looks prior to the start. Can the same theory be applied to the EPT Berlin main event? The PokerStars Blog finds out.
Aces For Isenberg
Level 1
: 100/200, 25 ante
The flop showed 
when Alexander Isenberg bet 1,700 from the small blind and Imed Mahmoud raised to 4,000 from the cutoff. Isenberg tanked for a bit and called.
On the turn the 
hit and Isenberg checked to Mahmoud who bet 8,000. Isenberg put together the correct amount and proceeded to make the call.
The river brought the 
and both players quickly checked. Mahmoud, winner of a WSOPE bracelet last summer, tabled his 
with confidence but he did not win. Isenberg turned over 
and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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64,000 | |
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27,000
-23,000
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-23,000 |