Hand For Hand
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The remaining 137 players are currently playing hand-for-hand. We're one elimination away from the money!
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Main Event
Day: 3
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
Mattila Doubles On Bubble
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Over on the feature table, Ville Mattila was all in for his last roughly 70,000 against Boris Scepanovic. The hands were tabled and the media quickly surrounded the table.
Mattila: 
Scepanovic: 
Mattila was in great shape but it wouldn't be a proper bubble without a sick sweat. With that, the flop brought 
giving Scepanovic four to a heart flush. The 
hit the turn and Scepanovic would need to catch one of the remaining hearts in order to burst the money bubble.
The river did not oblige, however, as the 
dropped down, ensuring that Mattila's pocket aces held as the best hand. Mattila doubled to about 150,000 while Scepanovic has fallen to around 110,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | 53,100 |
|
110,000 | -32,000 |
Another All In Showdown, Another Double Up
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
One would expect Aku Joentausta, with his big stack, to be applying pressure on the bubble and he is doing just that. The Finn just got in a pot with Kyosti Isberg and ended up doubling up his fellow countryman.
The two had made it to the turn of an 
board and Isberg check-raised all in for 77,000 after Joentausta had bet 41,000. Call.
Joentausta had turned a straight with 
but was drawing dead to Isberg's flush wth 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
760,000 | -90,000 |
|
225,000 | 104,000 |
Ali Azabdaftar And The Five Big Blinds
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Short stack coming into the day was Austrian Ali Azabdaftar who, sense his pending doom, kept his coat on and the engine running on a taxi. But there’s always hope, as Azabdaftar found out. Read on at the PokerStars Blog.
The Ol' Quintuple Up
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Sven Krieger of Germany has been sitting with less than two blinds for the entire bubble. He started near the button, so he was able to enjoy a full round of blind-less poker, but he just found himself under the gun, one spot away from having to involuntarily move all in from the big blind.
After anteing 12.5% of his stack, Krieger moved all in for 3,500. Four players called, including Martin Hruby (cutoff), Theodoros Aidonopoulos (button), Tamer Kamel (small blind), and Sotirios Koutoupas (big bind). Action was suspended until all other hands were finished, and while the five players waited, a sea of media members swarmed around the table.
Krieger took the opportunity to have a bit of fun, pulling out his mobile and take pictures of the crowd. He then handed his phone to Kamel, who took a picture of him.
Finally, the dealer was given the green light, and the flop fell 
. All four players checked. The turn was the 
, the quartet checked again, and the 
completed the board.
You guessed it, all four players knuckled.
One at a time, the five players exposed the following:
Krieger: 
Hruby: 
Aidonopoulos: 
Kamel: 
Koutoupas: 
Although there's "no cheering in the press box," the crowd roared at the sight of Krieger's hand. The German happily raked in the pot, and now has more than five big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000 | 20,000 |
Helppi's Aces Cracked, Bubble Play Continues
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The board read 
when Juha Helppi checked to Marc Witt who bet 50,000. Helppi moved all in from the big blind and Witt snap-called. There was still an all in going on one table over and both players had to wait before exposing their cards. Witt though showed his and Helppi sighed.
After the player on the other table managed to survive both players turned their cards over.
Juha Helppi: 
Marc Witt:
The river brought the 
and Witt secured a huge double up. Khiem Nguyen was talking to Helppi after the hand and said he folded 
. The final nine kept Witt's tournament alive while Helppi was knocked down to the average stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
350,000 | 165,000 |
|
200,000 | -58,000 |
Break
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
The bubble has burst on the final hand before the break and we will bring that update shortly! Play resumes in 15 minutes.
Martin Hruby Bubbles EPT Berlin
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Yet again this season the bubble has burst long after most players had left the room for a break, and the unfortunate soul to go was Team Pro Martin Hruby.
Hruby took to a flop along with Theodoros Aidonopoulos where he check-called a 14,500 bet.
The turn fell as 
and Aidonopoulos set Hruby in for his last 100,000 when he was checked to again. Hruby thought long and hard before making the call.
Hruby: 
for a set.
Aidonopoulos: for a flush and gutshot straight draw.
The river came as to make Aidonopoulos' straight and the pot.
The remaining 136 players coming back from the break shortly will have a nice surprise!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
270,000 | |
|
Busted |
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Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
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Counts
Level 17
: 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
710,000 | 245,000 |
|
|
650,000 | -110,000 |
|
575,000 | 150,700 |
|
|
575,000 | 55,000 |
|
557,000 | 17,000 |
|
540,000 | 150,000 |
|
530,000 | 80,000 |
|
510,000 | -85,000 |
|
495,000 | 155,000 |
|
|
465,000 | 115,000 |
|
440,000 | -90,000 |
|
427,000 | 72,000 |
|
420,000 | 221,100 |
|
419,000 | 79,000 |
|
418,000 | 85,900 |
|
413,000 | 112,000 |
|
413,000 | 13,000 |
|
385,000 | 227,000 |
|
385,000 | 133,000 |
|
377,000 | 32,000 |
|
375,000 | 54,800 |
|
375,000 | 95,000 |
|
375,000 | -31,000 |
|
|
370,000 | 100,000 |
|
345,000 | 169,300 |