€7,700 + 300 German Open Main Event | 2008 PokerStars.net EPT4 German Open - Dortmund

02-02-2008 21:18 UTC+2

Haase Picks up a Nice Pot

[user52009]

Perez raises from the button and Torsten Haase calls from the small blind. The flop comes {8-Spades}

, Haase checks, Perez bets 100k, Haase check-raises to 300k and Perez folds. Haase tells Perez, "If you would have pushed, I would call immediately."

Tags: Diego Perez Torsten Haase

02-02-2008 21:11 UTC+2

Rinaldi Eliminated in 5th Place

[user52009]

Andreas Gülünay raises to 80k, Claudio Rinaldi goes all-in for 480k, and Gülünay calls showing {7-Spades}

while Rinaldi shows {A-Diamonds}

. The board comes {4-Diamonds}

, giving Rinaldi a flush draw, but the {5-Clubs}

comes on river and Claudio Rinaldi is eliminated in fifth place earning 193,000 Euros. Andreas is our new chip leader on 1,289,000.

Tags: Andreas Gülünay Claudio Rinaldi

02-02-2008 21:01 UTC+2

After the one-hour dinner break, the five players have now returned to wrap up this final table. The blinds have gone up to 15,000/30,000 with a 3,000 ante. Chip counts, betting structure and payouts can be found on the right side of this page.

Level: 24

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 3,000

02-02-2008 19:53 UTC+2

Dinner Break

[user52009]

Diego Perez raises pre-flop to 60k, all the other players fold, and they are off to have dinner. We will be back at approximately 7:55 local time. This is the chip count for the five remaining players at the dinner break:

Michael "Timex" McDonald 1,179,000
Torsten Haase 998,000
Andreas Gülünay 804,000
Diego Perez 654,000
Claudio Rinaldi 480,000

Tags: Andreas Gülünay Claudio Rinaldi Diego Perez Michael McDonald Torsten Haase

02-02-2008 19:49 UTC+2

Timex Eliminates Strassmann

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McDonald raises pre-flop with {K-Clubs}

, Strassmann re-raises with {8-Hearts}

, McDonald goes all-in and Strassmann calls. The board comes {K-Diamonds}

and Michael "Timex" McDonald eliminates Johanes Strassmann, who finishes sixth in this year's PokerStars EPT German Open, receiving €152,000. Timex is back in the lead with 1,205,000 in chips.

Tags: Johannes Strassmann Michael McDonald

02-02-2008 19:39 UTC+2

Rinaldi Wakes Up

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After being very quiet for a while, Rinaldi moved all in on a Gülünay pre-flop raise. When Gülünay folded, Rinaldi showed his {Q-Hearts}

and climbed back to 466k.

In the following hand Gülünay raised again, Rinaldi again went all in and Gülünay was clearly stressed by Rinaldi's play. Was he bluffing again or did he have a hand? Someone called the clock on Gulünay, who finally folded in disgust, and this time Rinaldi doesn't reveal his hand. Gülünay is down to 764k and Rinaldi is up to 566k.

Tags: Andreas Gülünay Claudio Rinaldi

02-02-2008 19:33 UTC+2

Strassmann Folds to Perez's All-In

[user52009]

Perez raises to 50k pre-flop, Strassmann re-raises to 140k. After one minute in the tank, Perez goes all in for another 420k and Strassmann finally folds. After falling behind, Perez decided to make a stand. He is now back to 660k. Strassmann has now dropped down to 537k.

Tags: Diego Perez Johannes Strassmann

02-02-2008 19:27 UTC+2

Strassmann Comes Back

[user52009]

On a

board, Strassmann bets 130k into a 212k pot and Gülünay folds. Strassmann wins his first pot in in quite a while.

Tags: Andreas Gülünay Johannes Strassmann

02-02-2008 19:24 UTC+2

Gülünay Continues to Climb

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Perez raises from the button pre-flop, Gülünay re-raises to 120k and Perez calls from the button. The flop comes {A-Spades}

, Gülünay bets out 200k and Perez folds. Gülünay has been playing the best poker so far today and is now second in chips at 947k, not far behind chip leader Torsten Haase who is now at 962k.

Tags: Andreas Gülünay Diego Perez Torsten Haase