He leads the POY leader board by some distance, making him a lock for the Season 9 title. The PokerStars Blog asked him what he thought about all this and decided that he must be delighted.
We picked up the action with the board reading 
and both blinds checked to Bryn Kenney bet 4,000 from the button. Sebastian Trisch was seated in the small blind and he raised it up to 11,200 and Theo Jorgensen folded from the big blind. Kenney tanked from a bit and called.
On the river the 
hit and Trisch decided to check again, Kenney bet 17,700 and Trisch snap-called. Kenney sighed and mucked his cards while Trisch showed his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
122,000 | -3,000 |
|
120,000 | 44,000 |
|
90,000 | -37,000 |
Flop: 
Action was on Tomasz Cybulski and he decided to check on over to Ivan Demidov. Demidov cut out a bet of 4,500 and Cybulski called.
Fourth street was the 
and once again Cybulski tapped the table. Demidov moved out 10,500 and Cybulski went into the tank for about a minute before decided to flat call.
Fifth street brought the 
and Cybulski checked his option for a third time. Demidov sat still for about thirty seconds before announcing that he was all in. This was a bet for Cybulski's tournament life and his last roughly 58,000. Eventually, Cybulski decided to let it go and Demidov scooped up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000 | 10,000 |
|
58,000 | -27,900 |
Ami Barer opened to 3,500 in early position, Martin Knorr called in the small blind, and Jean-Philippe Rohr called out of the big blind. The flop fell 
, Knorr led out for 6,600, Rohr folded, and Barer made the call.
The turn was the 
, Knorr led out again - this time for 14,000 - and Barer moved all in for 50,300. Knorr instantly called.
Knorr: 
Barer: 
The spiked on the river, giving Barer a straight and doubling him to 125,000. Knorr is left with just 8,200.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000 | 104,000 |
|
|
8,200 | -51,800 |
Aku Joentausta opened for a raise in early position, a player in middle position called, and Jake Cody moved all in for his last few thousand. Joentausta re-shoved, and the player in middle position folded.
Joentausta: 
Cody:
Joentausta made two pair when the flop came 
, and it was all over when the 
turned.
"Good luck," Cody said as the 
completed the board, and he exited the room.
Joentausta now sits with 380,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
380,000 | 170,000 |
|
Busted |
Artur Rudziankov raised to 3,500 and Yngve Steen three-bet to 8,200 from late position. The action came back to Rudziankov and he made the call.
The flop brought out 
and both players checked. On the turn the hit and Rudziankov bet 8,500 and Steen called. The river brought the 
and Rudziankov fired out 18,100 this time. Steen tanked for a bit and called, only to see that his opponent had him beat with 
.
Steen still has a healthy stack while Rudziankov has one of the biggest stacks in the room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000 | 40,000 |
|
110,000 | 40,700 |
Marcin Horecki ran queens into kings to leave himself with two big blinds, and then he busted the very next hand.
The Team Pro raised from under the gun and was three-bet by an opponent before Yasar Guden entered the action with a massive four-bet to 45,000. The three-bettor folded after Horecki shoved for 125,000 and Guden procrastinated for a while before calling with kings!
The board bricked and Horecki was almost almost all in with 
the next hand and busted.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000 | 180,000 |
|
Busted |
David Kahan opened to 3,500 from under the gun +1. Michael Mizrachi called the bet and action was over to Sebastian Pauli. Pauli dipped into his stack and came out with a three-bet to 8,200. Action then folded back around to Kahan who moved all in for 24,500 total. Mizrachi got out of the way and Pauli called.
Pauli:
Kahan: 
The two were racing for Kahan's tournament life. The board came down 
and Pauli's pocket tens were able to hold, securing him a knockout that boosted his stack up to 110,000. Kahan, on the other hand, had nothing left but his walk toward the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000 | 84,500 |
|
Busted |
Myro Garcia was all in for just 5,000 against Aliev Dashgyn and Denis Kashirin. We picked up the action when the board showed 
Dashgyn had called a 10,000-chip bet from Kashirin and they went heads up to the turn with Garcia all in.
On the turn the hit and both players checked. The river brought the and again both players checked. Kashirin showed to win the side pot but Garcia took the main pot with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
295,000 | -40,000 |
|
|
85,000 | -90,000 |
|
16,000 | 16,000 |
It's all getting a little frantic for supporters of British, American and German poker this year as none of those heavyweights has had a champion during season nine of the EPT. Germany, however, have a massive amount of players still in the hunt here in Berlin - more even than they had on day one. PokerStars Blog investigates.
