Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Aki Votkin was the first player to be eliminated today.
He moved all in on the river of a 
board and was called by an opponent holding pocket deuces.
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2013 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,560,000
Entries
912
Level
34
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000
Players Left 1 / 912
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Three out of the top four players on the Czech live tournament all-time money leader board are named Martin. Two of those three are playing today and we've spotted them in the tournament room.
Martin Kabrhel, who's third on that list with $1.4 million in earnings, had his biggest result in January 2010 when he won the EPT Deauville High Roller for €250,000. The other Martin, Staszko to be precise, has the biggest cash in Czech poker history. Staszko finished second in the 2011 WSOP Main Event behind Pius Heinz who's seated just one table over. Staszko took home $5.4 million from Las Vegas and has been a regular on the tournament scene since.
Let's see what the Martin's can do in this event today!
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30,000
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30,000 |
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Martin Kabrhel recently took his seat at the Grand Hyatt Berlin and he has already been involved in some massive action.
Phillipe Barouk opened the action with a raise to 300 from the cutoff. Victor Ramdin flat-called from the button only to have Kabrhel cut out a three-bet to 1,350. Barouk called the raise while Ramdin folded his cards.
The flop fell 
and Kabrhel came out swinging for 1,175. Barouk made a raise to 2,500 and Kabrhel came right back over the top with a three-bet to 5,175. Barouk stayed the course.
The 
turned and Kabrhel sat for roughly one minute before moving 6,800 into the middle. Barouk called relatively quickly and the 
completed the board. Kabrhel announced a bet of 7,500 and Barouk wasted little time announcing that he was all in. This was a bet for Kabrhel's life and he sat pondering for some time before finally releasing his hand, leaving himself with 9,050 behind.
Barouk, on the other hand, is thriving early. By absorbing a good chunk of Kabrhel's stack he's now sitting on one of if not the biggest stack in the room with about 52,000.
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Level 1
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Sebastian Ruthenberg has virtually retired from playing poker but it's nice to see him back on tour. The Team Pro did lose a pot now though as he gets back into the swing of things.
He opened from mid position and was called by both blinds en route to a 
flop. Ruthenberg continued for 500 and was only called by the big blind. Ruthenberg went for a 1,100 bet on the 
turn and was called again. He decided to give up on the 
river and checked behind with 
, losing out to 
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Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Over at Table 17, Mohsin Charania and Hiren Patel are seated in seats seven and eight respectively. The two friends hail from the Windy City of Chicago, and it's ironic to see them seated next to each other here on a Day 1b in Berlin, Germany.
Charania is of course the defending EPT Grand Final champion. He defeated Lucille Cailly heads up, earning €1,350,000 and a big shiny trophy.
While Patel doesn't have the best results live, you don't want to come across him online - he's earned over $3 million playing online tournaments.
At an adjacent table is Faraz Jaka, a transplant Chicagoan. Jaka went to college at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Charania took a small hit to start the day. He and two opponents took a flop of 
, and Charania led out for 2,250 from the blinds. One player callled, and the turn brought the 
. Charania slowed down, checking to his opponent who fired 11,000. Charania tank-folded, and dipped down to around 26,000 chips.
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Level 1
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Picking up with the action on a board of 
, we found Olivier Busquet check on over to Kent Roed. Roed fired a bet of 5,000 into an already sizable pot and Busquet called.
The river brought the and Busquet checked again. Roed smacked the table, signifying a check, before flipping up for a pair of jacks. Busquet showed 
and took down the pot. Busquet is now sporting a 36,000-chip stack.
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36,000
6,000
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6,000 |
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Sam Grafton basically wrote this headline for the post after Chris Brammer did indeed have to fold after a very bad looking river card fell for him.
The action was four-way to a 
flop and Brammer's 800 bet from the cut-off was only called by Luigi Serricchio on the button. Brammer cut 1,800 off his stack to bet on the turn and once again he was called.
The river dropped as the 
and Brammer check-folded to a 2,750 bet.
The ever energetic Grafton jumped to his seat and said, "Bad river card for Brammer! That's what's going in the blog, mate."
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