Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
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.
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Main Event
Day: 2
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 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Well not literally, but it must've felt like that for the former EPT London champion. On the turn the board read 
and Benny Spindler bet 13,200. Davidi Kitai, the defending Berlin champion, called in position and the player on the button folded.
The river brought the 
and Spindler bet 44,400. Kitai went into the tank and after about eight seconds he decided to move all in. Spindler sighed, leaned back and called about three seconds later.
Kitai turned over 
for quads and Spindler was gutted as he showed his 
. Kitai was all in for 103,200 and Spindler was left behind with just 8,000 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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265,000
102,000
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102,000 |
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8,000
84,000
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84,000 |
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Benny Spindler didn't last too much longer as he busted to Tim Ulrich.
The former EPT London champion moved all in for his last 6,700 and was given action by Ulrich.
Spindler: 
Ulrich: 
The board ran 
to offer a glimmer of hope to Spindler before it was snuffed out on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,000
14,000
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14,000 |
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Busted |
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
Olivier Busquet opened to 3,200 in late position, Denis Nojkin defended his big blind, and the flop fell 
. Nojkin checked, Busquet continued for 4,000, and Nojkin check-raised to 8,500. Busquet called.
The turn was the 
, both players checked, and the 
completed the board. Nojkin led out for 8,500, and Busquet moved all in for effectively 38,500. Nojkin tanked for quite some time, then eventually folded 
face up.
Without thinking, Busquet flicked his cards into the muck without showing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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180,000
114,000
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114,000 |
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30,500
54,200
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54,200 |
Level 12
: 800/1,600, 200 ante
The remaining 261 players are now on a 15-minute break. This will be the last break of the day as the last two levels will be played through before bagging and tagging for the evening.
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Just before the break, Michael Mizrachi, who finished as the Day 1b as the chip leader and came into today as fourth overall in chips, was eliminated from play.
We were not on hand for the elimination, but the following details were given to us.
Three players including Mizrachi and Khiem Nguyen saw a flop of 
. After action on the flop, Mizrachi and Nguyen were heads up to see the board pair on the turn with the . The river was the and Nguyen announced that he was all in.
Mizrachi called all in and tabled the ace-high flush. Unfortunately for the Grinder, Nguyen showed 
for eights full of jacks. Nguyen scooped up the massive pot and Mizrachi was forced to the rail right before the break.
Nguyen is now sitting pretty as the biggest stack in the room with 600,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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600,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
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Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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600,000 | |
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480,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
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400,000
80,000
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80,000 |
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360,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
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335,000
61,000
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61,000 |
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293,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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278,000
189,000
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189,000 |
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275,000
5,000
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5,000 |
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268,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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263,000
218,800
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218,800 |
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260,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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258,700
109,800
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109,800 |
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255,000
10,000
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10,000 |
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250,000
161,900
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161,900 |
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232,000
91,000
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91,000 |
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219,000
41,000
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41,000 |
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205,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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198,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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190,000
32,000
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32,000 |
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189,000
113,400
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113,400 |
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176,000
56,000
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56,000 |
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168,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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157,200
37,200
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37,200 |
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155,000
200
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200 |
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131,000
14,000
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14,000 |
Level 13
: 1,000/2,000, 300 ante
Guiseppe Pantaleo has a ton of chips and was kind enough t use some of those to double up Toni Judet.
Pantaleo opened from mid position and called when the Team Prp three-bet all in for 45,000 from the cut-off.
Judet:
Pantaleo: 
The board ran 
to make Judet trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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270,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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96,000
31,800
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31,800 |
