€7,700 + 300 German Open Main Event Day 3 | 2008 PokerStars.net EPT4 German Open - Dortmund

02-01-2008 21:26 UTC+2

Aniol Alcaraz Eliminated in 15th Place

[user52009]

There was some action on table two as we first saw Thibaut Durand double up to 240k against chip leader Diego Perez, and then an elimination, as Aniol Alcaraz departed after going all in with {10-Spades}

and Christian Harder called with {A-Clubs}

. The board came {J-Spades}

and there are now 14 players left in the PokerStars EPT German Open.

Tags: Aniol Alcaraz Christian Harder Diego Perez Thibaut Durand

02-01-2008 21:09 UTC+2

Players Back from Dinner Break

[user52009]

After an hour-long dinner break, the players are now back in their seats. The back-and-forth fight for the chip lead has turned again as Diego Perez has gone up to 730k to Mike McDonald’s 698k. The blinds are now at 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante.

Tags: Diego Perez Michael McDonald

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

02-01-2008 20:39 UTC+2

Dinner Break Chip Counts

[user52009]

Table 1:
1: Johannes Strassmann 461,000
2: Mike McDonald 698,000
3: Daniel Ryan 157,500
4: Dan Carter 247,000
5: Manfred Hammer 100,000
6: -
7: Andreas Gülünay 267,500
8: Alexander Milanov 181,000

Table 2:
1. Claudio Rinaldi 291,00
2: Tyler Friederich 142,500
3: Diego Perez 730,000
4: Aniol Alcaraz 118,500
5: Torsten Haase 385,500
6: Christian Harder 143,000
7: Thibaut Durand 102,500
8: Jirí Kulhánek 92,000

Tags: Andreas Gülünay Claudio Rinaldi Daniel Carter Diego Perez Jiri Kulhanek Johannes Strassmann Manfred Hammer Michael McDonald Thibaut Durand Timex Torsten Haase

02-01-2008 20:01 UTC+2

Creative Play by Timex

[user52009]

Michael "Timex" McDonald showed some creative play when he won a medium-sized pot against Johannes Strassmann. Strassmann raised pre-flop and McDonald called. It was checked down to river with a board of {Q-Hearts}

where McDonald bet out 110k and Strassmann called with {7-Spades}

. McDonald then raked the pot with his {Q-Spades}

for top pair. Right after that hand, all the players began an hour-long dinner break. We will be back at around 8:00 PM local time in Dortmund.

Tags: Johannes Strassmann Michael McDonald

02-01-2008 19:55 UTC+2

Big Money Jump

[user52009]

After a frantic tempo during the first two hours of the day, it has now slowed down as we are down to 15 players. There is quite a big jump in the prize list, from 16th place (€22,150) to 15th place (€31,700). In three minutes we will go on a dinner break.

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

02-01-2008 19:39 UTC+2

Strassmann Shows Guts

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Andreas Gülünay raises to 18k pre-flop, Johannes Strassmann re-raises another 49k and Gülünay calls after three minutes in the tank. The flop comes {K-Spades}

, Strassmann bets out 70k and Gülünay folds his {A-Diamonds}

. Strassmann shows {7-Hearts}

as he rakes the pot.

Tags: Andreas Gülünay Johannes Strassmann

02-01-2008 19:29 UTC+2

Table 2

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1. Claudio Rinaldi 280,000
2: Tyler Friederich 250,000
3: Diego Perez 525,000
4: Aniol Alcaraz 144,500
5: Torsten Haase 375,000
6: Christian Harder 100,500
7: Thibaut Durand 216,000
8: Jioí Kulhánek 109,000

02-01-2008 19:29 UTC+2

New TV Table

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1: Johannes Strassman 464,500
2: Mike McDonald 678,000
3: Daniel Ryan 191,500
4: Dan Carter 268,000
5: Manfred Hammer 85,000
6: -
7: Andreas Gülünay 370,000
8: Alexander Milanov 97,000