2014 PokerStars.net EPT Vienna
Level: 16
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
Berglund Races for His Tournament Life
After Jonas Kronwitter opened under the gun, Lukas Berglund shoved from the button for about 71,000. After the blinds folded, Kronwitter called and it was off to the races.
Kronwitter:
Berglund:
The flop was no help to Berglund, and neither was the turn. Berglund needed either an ace or king on the river to survive, but it wasn't in the cards as the blanked.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jonas Kronwitter | 450,000 | 194,500 |
Lukas Berglund | Busted |
Heinzelmann on Beer and Late Entries
Two-time EPT runner-up Max Heinzelman likes beer and he like late entries. At the heady age of 23 Heinzelmann’s a no-nonsense poker player (and possibly a future brewery magnate to boot). Find out more at PokerStars Blog.
"I Misplayed That Very Badly"
A huge pot just went down that left one player uttering the quote you see above.
The exact preflop action escaped us, but it appeared Johannes Strassmann five-bet shoved his massive stack and Jose Carlos Garcia, who had a sizable stack himself, called off for 305,000 total.
Garcia:
Strassmann:
Strassmann's body language indicated that he immediately regretted the move, and he paid the price after the board ran out .
"I misplayed that very badly," Strassmann lamented, clearly upset with the move he had made.
Not longer after, Garcia opened for 10,000 and then called when three-bet shoved for 71,000.
Strassmann:
Garcia:
Strassmann was in need of an ace, but he received no help as the board ran out . A frustrated Strassmann shoved his chips forward causing them to roll all about the table. He then made a beeline toward the exit while Garcia collected the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jose Carlos Garcia | 700,000 | 395,000 |
Johannes Strassmann | Busted |
Quads for Kimashin
Mustapha Kanit opened for 10,000 from middle position only to have Alex Kimashin three-bet all in for 80,500 from the hijack. Action folded back to Kanit, and he got an exact count before making the call.
Kanit:
Kimashin:
Kanit just shook his head upon discovering that he was crushed, but he seemed pleased the flop, which gave Kimashin a set, provided him with a sweat to an open-ended straight draw. However, that sweat was quickly taken away when the turn delivered Kimashin quads.
The meaningless was run out on the river for good measure, and then Kimashin was shipped the double.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Mustapha Kanit
|
505,000 | -90,000 |
Alex Kimashin
|
165,000 | 84,500 |
Erkenov Doubles
Theo Jorgensen opened from under the gun and when Ismail Erkenov shoved his short stack and it folded back to Jorgensen he was priced in to make the call with . Erkenov turned over the .
The cards ran out The aces held and Erkenov survived.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Theo Jorgensen | 210,000 | -49,000 |
Ismail Erkenov | 160,000 | 75,000 |
Timex Clocks Out
Mike McDonald raised preflop and Jose Carlos Garcia called from the big blind. The flop was and Garcia check called a bet from McDonald and they saw a turn .
Check call again from Garcia and the river card was the . Garcia checked one more time and when McDonald shoved he called with and McDonald turned over the .
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Jose Carlos Garcia | 305,000 | 168,000 |
Mike McDonald
|
Busted |
Benger Nines Nein
Griffin Benger got all his chips in the middle before the flop and got called by Johannes Strassmann. Benger had a pocket pair but had run into the bigger pair of Strassmann.
No miracle on the flop, turn or river and Benger’s tournament was over.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Griffin Benger | Busted |
Kamar Doubles
There was an all-in confrontation at the feature table when Theo Jorgensen with called the preflop shove from Fady Kamar with .
The board ran out and the sixes held up to double up Kamar.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Theo Jorgensen | 259,000 | -75,000 |
Fady Kamar | 158,000 | 48,000 |