Brandon Schaefer from Seattle has been struggling all day to stay in the tournament, but finally he caught a break. He raised on the button with the dream hand, , and T6 Poker pro Anders Henriksson reraised from the big blind with . Schaefer went all in, Henriksson insta-called, and as there were no queens on the table, Schaefer doubled up to 72,000. Henriksson felt gutted.
"I had no hands at all today and I thought 'finally' when Schaefer raised from the button and I saw my two queens. Now I am down again with a really short stack and it will be difficult to survive the day," said Henriksson.
Thor Hansen was having a good day, until he check-raised from the small blind holding on a flop, against a player who had only 20,000 left behind his 4,500 bet. Eventually the other player called, showing , which held up to give him the 65,000 pot. Hansen is now down to 33,000.
In the last pot before the break, chip leader Marco Liesy raised to 6,500 from UTG and a player in mid-position reraised to 16,500. Claudio Rinaldi re-reraised to 36,500. Both players mucked their hands and Rinaldi showed the .
"Some players think that they can steal the hand before the break, since a lot of players likes to fold to be able to run for the rest room or for a cigarette. This time it didn't work though. But I had an ace to back the little three up," says Rinaldi.
After six levels of play, we have reached the final 15-minute break of the night. The chip lead jumped from one player to another when former chip leader Diego Perez came back to win a pot against Thibaut Durand to go back over 200,000 in chips. That was not enough to re-take the chip lead however, since home player Marco Liesy has climbed up to a comfortable lead with 230,000.
New chip leader
Mats Iremark is seated at the same table as former chip leader Diego Perez. Since the Spaniard lost a big chunk of chips in a recent pot, Mats Iremark, with 175,000 in front of him, has taken over as chip leader in the PokerStars EPT German Open in Dortmund.
Perez in the tank
Tournament chip leader Diego Perez was involved in a big pot against Thibaut Durand on table 5. On a flop, Durand bet 4,500 into a 14,000 pot and Perez called. The turn was the , Durand check-called Perez's 11,000 bet. The came on river, Durand now popped out 17,000 and called the clock on Perez after four minutes. Perez then called, but mucked his hand when Durand showed his , which meant he had hit a gut-shot straight on the river. Durand is up to 108,000 and Perez fell back to 135,000.
19-year-old Andreas Sarling is playing his first international tournament and he is making quite an impression at the PokerStars EPT German Open. Yesterday he was among the chip leaders halfway through the day, before sliding back a little. After the 12th level today he was down to 16,000. He then doubled up twice and is now back at 61,000. First he doubled up with against , and then two minutes ago he doubled up again, getting all his chips in the pot holding against his opponent's .
Making it to the money in his first tourmanent would be a great achievment, but the youngster aims for even higher ground. "I can't slow down now. I am aiming for the final table," says Sarling.
We have reached Level 13, where the blinds are 1,000/2,000 with a 200 ante. There are now 52 players left in the tournament, spread across eight tables.
, and T6 Poker pro Anders Henriksson reraised from the big blind with 
. Schaefer went all in, Henriksson insta-called, and as there were no queens on the table, Schaefer doubled up to 72,000. Henriksson felt gutted.
on a 
flop, against a player who had only 20,000 left behind his 4,500 bet. Eventually the other player called, showing 
, which held up to give him the 65,000 pot. Hansen is now down to 33,000.
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flop, Durand bet 4,500 into a 14,000 pot and Perez called. The turn was the 
came on river, Durand now popped out 17,000 and called the clock on Perez after four minutes. Perez then called, but mucked his hand when Durand showed his 
, which meant he had hit a gut-shot straight on the river. Durand is up to 108,000 and Perez fell back to 135,000.
against 
, and then two minutes ago he doubled up again, getting all his chips in the pot holding 
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