The remaining 137 players are currently playing hand-for-hand. We're one elimination away from the money!
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
"All in and a call!" a dealer yelled.
We sprinted over to the table to see that Florian Dohnert was all in and at risk against Thomas Hall. Hall, the big blind, held ![]()
. Dohnert, the small blind, had ![]()
.
"I didn't want to call," Hall lamented.
The dealer rapped the table, then spread a flop of ![]()
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. The players at the table gasped at the sight of the jack. Dohnert started to gather his things as the
rolled off on the turn, and turned to leave once the
completed the board.
"Sorry," Hall offered.
With that elimination, we are now two players away from the money.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
270,000
170,200
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170,200 |
|
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Busted |
Team Pro Theo Jorgensen led out for a bet on a flop of ![]()
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. Dominik Nitsche raised to 55,000, Jorgensen re-raised to 110,000, and Nitsche moved all in for effectively 245,000.
"Call," Jorgensen said immediately.
Nitsche: ![]()
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Jorgensen: ![]()
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"Wow," Nitsche said at the sight of the Dane's hand.
The Team Pro held as the turn and river came
,
respectively, and Jorgensen doubled to 540,000 chips. Nitsche slipped to 195,000, and looked non too happy about it.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
540,000
470,000
|
470,000 |
|
|
195,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
A very short-stacked Daniel Dr Wichmann moved all in preflop holding ![]()
and was called by Dutchman Daniel Reijmer, who held ![]()
.
The sixes held as the board ran out ![]()
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, and Wichmann was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
345,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Alex Kravchenko was timed out in one hand where an opponent put him to the test for all his stack; there was no hanging around from the Russian a few minutes later though.
He opened to 9,500 and then snap-shoved for 82,500 when Manig Loeser three-bet from the small blind. Loeser was just as quick in calling.
Krachenko: ![]()
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Loeser: ![]()
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The board ran ![]()
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to make Kravchenko a set on the river. He was walking away from the table as the final card dropped and walked back with a rare smile across his face as his nearby supporters cheered.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
170,000
75,800
|
75,800 |
|
|
90,000
88,600
|
88,600 |
|
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Christoph Ritz was just knocked out a few spots shy of the money. Ali Azabdaftar moved all in for 15,500 and Ritz called all in for 8,000. Walid Bou Habib was seated in the big blind and he tossed in the extra chips to put both players at risk.
Christoph Ritz: ![]()
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Ali Azabdaftar: ![]()
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Walid Bou Habib: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Ritz was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
115,000
44,700
|
44,700 |
|
|
45,000
29,500
|
29,500 |
|
|
Busted |
Khiem Nguyen had the button and made it 8,000 to go. The small blind folded and Juha Helppi called out of the big blind.
The duo took in a flop that read ![]()
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and Helppi checked. Nguyen continued for 9,000 and Helppi stuck around. The
turned and Helppi knocked the table once again. Nguyen bet 13,500 and Helppi called.
The river was the
and Helppi checked for a third time. Nguyen checked back and rolled over ![]()
for a rivered pair of fives. Helppi mucked his hand and Nguyen was pushed the pot.
Nguyen is now up to about 530,000 while Helppi has fallen to 258,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
530,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
|
258,000
82,000
|
82,000 |
We are down to just 139 players and three spots away from the money. The average stack is 196,835 or 49 big blinds.
We just got our hands on a list with some of the top stacks during the recent break.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
850,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
595,000
68,900
|
68,900 |
|
|
520,000
133,300
|
133,300 |
|
|
467,000
23,800
|
23,800 |
|
|
465,000
182,500
|
182,500 |
|
|
460,000
69,800
|
69,800 |
|
|
450,000
1,800
|
1,800 |
|
|
423,000
87,000
|
87,000 |
|
|
406,000
249,900
|
249,900 |
|
|
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|
|
400,000
133,000
|
133,000 |
|
|
400,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
390,000
92,000
|
92,000 |
|
|
355,000
7,100
|
7,100 |
|
|
340,000
26,200
|
26,200 |
|
|
340,000
199,700
|
199,700 |
|
|
301,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
301,000
29,900
|
29,900 |
|
|
280,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
|
|
270,000
28,700
|
28,700 |
|
|
252,000
64,300
|
64,300 |