Main Event
Day 4 Started
2013 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Main Event
Day: 4
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
Day 4 Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Anaras Alekberovas | Lithuania | 805.000 |
| 1 | 2 | Sandra Naujoks | Germany | 202.000 |
| 1 | 3 | Philippe Barouk | France | 159.000 |
| 1 | 4 | Sebastian Trisch | Germany | 333.000 |
| 1 | 5 | Erik Scheidt | Germany | 246.000 |
| 1 | 6 | Max Lehmanski | Germany | 169.000 |
| 1 | 7 | Johannes Toebbe | Germany | 386.000 |
| 1 | 8 | Ramil Yusupov | Russia | 958.000 |
| 2 | 1 | Yakov Onuchin | Russia | 322.000 |
| 2 | 2 | Thomas Richter | Germany | 189.000 |
| 2 | 3 | Khiem Nguyen | Germany | 531.000 |
| 2 | 5 | Jose Maria Galindo Lopez | Spain | 496.000 |
| 2 | 6 | Arian Ghofrani Far | Germany | 328.000 |
| 2 | 7 | Freerk Post | Netherlands | 615.000 |
| 2 | 8 | Matias Juhani Kesanen | Finland | 938.000 |
| 3 | 1 | Roman Herold | Germany | 816.000 |
| 3 | 2 | Harri Koskenkorva | Finland | 690.000 |
| 3 | 3 | Bryn Kenney | USA | 220.000 |
| 3 | 4 | Robert Haigh | Germany | 617.000 |
| 3 | 5 | Dmitry Chop | Russia | 402.000 |
| 3 | 6 | Yngve Steen | Norway | 225.000 |
| 3 | 7 | Roman Korenev | Russia | 626.000 |
| 3 | 8 | Thomas Julian-Simon | Germany | 499.000 |
| 5 | 1 | Pratyush Buddiga | USA | 365.000 |
| 5 | 2 | Lasse Christiansen | Denmark | 761.000 |
| 5 | 3 | Alexander Helbig | Germany | 622.000 |
| 5 | 4 | Pascal Vos | Netherlands | 972.000 |
| 5 | 5 | Artur Rudziankov | Belarus | 358.000 |
| 5 | 6 | Oleksii Khoroshenin | Ukraine | 380.000 |
| 5 | 7 | Kai Uwe Lach | Germany | 262.000 |
| 5 | 8 | Thang Duc Nguyen | Germany | 779.000 |
| 6 | 1 | Aliev Dashgyn | Russia | 668.000 |
| 6 | 2 | Boris Becker | Germany | 116.000 |
| 6 | 3 | Emil Ohlsson | Sweden | 1.011.000 |
| 6 | 4 | Pal Koppegodt | Norway | 434.000 |
| 6 | 5 | Florian Schleps | Austria | 230.000 |
| 6 | 6 | Olivier Busquet | USA | 719.000 |
| 6 | 7 | Calvin Anderson | USA | 744.000 |
| 6 | 8 | Colin Moffatt | Canada | 568.000 |
| 7 | 1 | Lukasz Golczyk | Poland | 466.000 |
| 7 | 2 | Daniel-Gai Pidun | Germany | 401.000 |
| 7 | 3 | Mihai Manole | Romania | 236.000 |
| 7 | 4 | Liv Boeree | UK | 279.000 |
| 7 | 5 | Thomas Hall | UK | 449.000 |
| 7 | 6 | Marc Witt | Germany | 640.000 |
| 7 | 7 | David Cabrera | Spain | 341.000 |
| 7 | 8 | Theodoros Aidonopoulos | Greece | 336.000 |
| 8 | 1 | Aku Joentausta | Finland | 1.039.000 |
| 8 | 2 | Natalie Hof | Germany | 199.000 |
| 8 | 3 | Robert Auer | Germany | 781.000 |
| 8 | 4 | Ronny Voth | Germany | 332.000 |
| 8 | 5 | Yasar Guden | Germany | 721.000 |
| 8 | 6 | Kevin Stani | Norway | 681.000 |
| 8 | 7 | Daniel Reijmer | Netherlands | 505.000 |
| 8 | 8 | Jerome Kobina Evans | Germany | 123.000 |
Joentausta Leads Final 55
Yesterday saw the final 168 players return to the felt at Season 9 of the European Poker Tour Main Event. The players popped the money bubble and beyond as they bet, raised, and folded their way into one of the top 136 cashing positions. By the end of five levels only 55 runners remained with Aku Joentausta retaining his spot at the top of the chip counts.
Joentausta is the man to catch during Day 4 play with his stack of 1.039 million but there are others close on his heels. Rounding out the top three are Emil Ohlsson (1.011 million) and Pascal Vos (972,000).
While the top three may not be household names, there are still several notable players returning to the felt today. The likes of Calvin Anderson (744,000), Olivier Busquet (719,000), Kevin Stani (681,000), Day 1a chip leader Ronny Voth (332,000), Liv Boeree (279,000), Bryn Kenney (229,000), Max Lehmanski (169,000), and Boris Becker (116,000) all have a shot at taking home the EPT Main Event title.
Yesterday's play also saw a slew of notable names hit the rail with a min-cash or more to their name. Mickey Petersen, Davidi Kitai, Ville Mattila, Jan Heitmann, Todd Terry, Salvatore Bonavena, Dominik Nitsche, Kitty Kuo, Barny Boatman, and Theo Jorgensen were among those to make the money.
Play will resume today with the final 55 players taking their seats at the Grand Hyatt Berlin. We will play down until the final 16 is reached. Be sure to stay tuned to PokerNews for all of the latest from the tournament floor!
Shuffle Up and Deal!
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Cards are in the air here at the Grand Hyatt Berlin!
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
A Helbig First Pot
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Alexander Helbig opened with a raise to 24,000 only to be three bet to 53,000 by Oleksii Khoroshenin from the button. Action folded back around to Helbig who tanked for quite some time before moving out a four-bet to 115,000.
The action was back on Khoroshenin who tanked for even longer before finally deciding to ship all in. Helbig called and the cards were revealed to find that the two were racing for Khoroshenin's tournament life.
Khoroshenin: 
Helbig: 
Khoroshenin was slightly in the lead before the flop and stayed that way after the first three cards came 
. The turn spelled heartbreak for Khoroshenin, though, as it brought the 
and paired Helbig. Khoroshenin threw his hands on his head in utter agony as soon as he realized he was one card away from elimination.
The 
on the river prompted a fist pump from Helbig as he was able to knock out a player and bring his stack over one million chips. Khoroshenin, on the other hand, saw a supremely early exit here on the first hand of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,050,000 | 428,000 |
|
Busted |
A 0 on the Richter Scale
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
We arrived at the table to see Thomas Richter all in and at risk for his last 170,000 against Khiem Nguyen. Richter held 
and was dominated by Nguyen's 
.
The flop brought a super sweat, though, as it fell 
, pairing both players shared card but giving Richter four to a club flush. The 
hit the turn and Richter needed a seven or a club to stay alive.
Alas, the river was the 
and Richter was forced to ship the rest of his stack to Nguyen, who is now sitting on 750,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
750,000 | 219,000 |
|
Busted |
Naujoks Says Goodnight
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Sandra Naujoks was all in for her last 199,000 before the flop against Ramil Yusupov. Unfortunately for the Team Pro, she happened to be dominated.
Naujoks: 
Yusupov: 
A run out of 
ensured that Naujoks would see the rail and she quickly took an exit from the tournament area. By scooping this pot, Yusupov is now sitting on about 1.12 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,120,000 | 162,000 |
|
Busted |
Aidonobody Got Time for That
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Thomas Hall opened to 20,000 from under the gun, Theodoros Aidonopoulos three-bet to 46,000 in the cutoff, and the action folded back to Hall. He moved all in for effectively 300,000 or so, and Aidonopoulos made the call.
Hall: 
Aidonopoulos:
The flop was a very interesting one: 
. Aidonopoulos made a pair, but Hall was still drawing very live with his club flush draw. Unfortunately for him, both the turn and river were red, and neither the nor the were enough.
Aidonopoulos doubled to around 620,000 chips, while Hall was left with just 185,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
620,000 | 284,000 |
|
185,000 | -264,000 |
Evans Stevans
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
After a series of bets and raises, Jerome Kobina Evans was all in and at risk holding 
against the 
of Robert Auer. The board ran out 
, and Evans doubled to 240,000 chips.
Auer dropped down to around 665,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
665,000 | -116,000 |
|
|
240,000 | 117,000 |