Roman Korenev raised to 240,000 under the gun after which the action was folded to Daniel-Gai Pidun. Pidun three-bet from the button to 775,000 and Roman Herold gave up his small blind quickly. Julian Thomas went into the tank for a while from the big blind but eventually he folded. Korenev snap-folded and Pidun picked up the pot.
On the very next hand Thomas moved all in from the button and both blinds folded.
The ICM expert at the table wasted no time in finding and taking a good spot to shove.
Julian Thomas three-bet all in for 1,715,000 after Daniel-Gai Pidun opened to 240,000 from under the gun. Pidun didn't have the goods to call but he did get a walk the very next hand.
Thomas works as a poker coach and mainly competes in Sit & Go and multi-table tournaments. He’s currently writing a Sit & Go strategy book called “Advanced Concepts in SNG Play” to be published in May next year. He won a live satellite here in Berlin for his seat in the Main Event.
Korenev hails from Krasnoyarsk in Russia. He’s been a professional player for the last three years playing multi-table tournaments. His best live result before making the EPT Berlin final was at EPT Deauville in February where he finished third in the €2,700 France Poker Series High Roller for €53,200. He also min-cashed the Main Events of both EPT Deauville (€8,000) and EPT Prague (€10,000).
Haight comes from Germany but lives in Brighton on the UK south coast. He’s an EPT regular whose biggest win to date was taking down a €1,100 NLHE side event at EPT Barcelona at the start of the season for €70,970. He was also runner-up in the Eureka Poker Tour High Roller at EPT Prague in December for €59,200 and won a €1k NL Bounty event at EPT Deauville in February. His total live tournament winnings already total more than $260,000.
Helbig is playing his third EPT here in Berlin and it’s already proving an amazing week for the young Economics student. At the start of the Festival, Helbig took part in the inaugural €1,100 Berlin Cup and finished 11th for a €10,500 pay day. That was his best live result at the time but now he’s guaranteed at least €77,000 for making the EPT Berlin final table. Other results include winning a €250 NL turbo at the recent Masters Finale tourney in Dortmund, presented by the EPT.
Frost has been playing poker for seven years - but mainly just for fun. However last August, he decided to take a year off from his job in economics to play poker full time. However he says that even if he wins EPT Berlin, he will still go back to work after the summer. Even though Frost has been playing live poker for quite some time, this is his first ever EPT.
It’s an impressive run and is also his biggest live cash to date. Frost considers himself both a cash game and tournament player. He lives in his native Denmark with his girlfriend.
Vos says he hasn’t had much experience playing poker live but he is certainly thriving here at EPT Berlin, the third time he’s competed in an EPT. He’s been playing for a couple of years and is now a full-time professional. He made the final of the WCOOP this year.
