Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,560,000
Entries
912
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Berlin Through a Lens
Break Time
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Players are now on a 20-minute break.
"Nits Everywhere"
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Five players, including Davin Georgi, checked to Ruben Visser on a flop of 
. Visser fired 1,400, and only Georgi called.
The turn was the 
, both players checked, and the river was another nine - the 
.
Georgi checked a third time, and Visser bet 2,300. Georgi immediately called.
Laughing, Visser showed 
, playing the board. Georgi turned over 
.
"No one squeezes here?" Georgi asked the table, apparently having limped in preflop. "Nits everywhere."
"I was just trying to get eight-high to fold," Visser chuckled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
72,000 | |
|
31,000
-7,000
|
-7,000 |
|
||
There's No Bluffing Sarwer
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
We arrived on the scene when Aaron Lim called a three-bet to 1,200. The player to his left was the presumable three-bettor as Jeff Sarwer had made the call from the big blind already.
The flop brought 
and all three players checked. On the turn the 
hit and Sarwer lead out for 1,300. Lim raised it up to 3,900 and the third player folded. Sarwer grabbed some more chips and four-bet to 7,000. Lim folded his cards and Sarwer bumped his stack up to around 44,600.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
|
24,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
Bonomo's Barrels
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Sebastian Pauli opened to 400 in the cutoff, Robert Auer quickly called on his direct left, and Justin Bonomo defended out of the big blind.
The dealer fanned 
, Bonomo checked, and Pauli fired 525. Auer folded, Bonomo check-raised to 1,600, and Pauli tank-called.
The turn was the 
, and Bonomo reached for a blue T5,000 chip.
"Twenty-five," he announced, tossing the chip forward.
Pauli sat silently for the better part of 90 seconds, then called.
The river was a repeat six - the 
- and Bonomo led out for 5,000. Pauli tanked for an equal amount of time, but unlike on the turn, he folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
23,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
Ravnsbaek Runs into Aces
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Henning Wendlandt just took all Simon Ravnsbaek's chips when he managed to get it all in with pocket aces. When we arrived on the scene there was 3,000 out in front of Wendlandt, the button had 1,000 in front of him but no card and the action was on Ravnsbaek who sat in the small blind. The Danish pro four-bet to 4,700 and Wendlandt moved all in. Ravnsbaek made the call and the showdown went as following.
Henning Wendlandt: 
Simon Ravnsbaek: 
The board ran out 
and Ravnsbaek was knocked out. Wendlandt is up to around 80,000 and one of the biggest stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Lodden Shown the Frank Truth
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Christopher Frank is seen as a starlet in his native Germany. Little known he managed to change all that at EPT London where he put in a storming performance to finish in sixth place.
Johnny Lodden now knows about him after losing a big pot against him to undo his recent good progress. The action was three-handed to the turn of a 
board. The Team Pro led for 1,400 from the small blind and called when Frank raised to 3,400. The third party folded in between and the dealer delivered a river card.
Lodden checked and quickly called a 5,150 bet only to be shown 
by Frank. He folded and dropped to 44,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000
52,000
|
52,000 |
|
44,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
Forsmo's Kings Cracked
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Timothy Adams, Azad Jabrayilov, and Inge Forsmo took in a flop together in a three-bet pot.
The flop was 
and all three players tapped the table to see the turn. Adams checked a second time and Jabrayilov fired 3,500. Forsmo called and Adams let it go. The river was the 
and Jabrayilov announced 6,500. Forsmo snap-called and showed 
.
Jabrayilov rolled over for top set and was able to scoop a nice-sized pot. He's now sitting on about 65,500 while Forsmo has fallen to 20,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
65,500
65,500
|
65,500 |
|
20,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
An Up-Hille Battle
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Elisabeth Hille qualified for EPT Berlin online, and is grinding away here on Day 1a.
The "part-time waitress" from Norway famously finished 11th in the 2012 World Series of Poker Main Event, bubbling the unofficial final table when she lost a race against Andras Koroknai.
Hille has registered three cashes since her deep run in the Main Event, including a final table appearance in a small event in Cork, Ireland.
She's off to a slow start, dipping down to around 16,600 chips, so it will be an uphill battle from here for the Norwegian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,600
3,600
|
3,600 |