2008 PokerStars.net EPT4 German Open - Dortmund

€7,700 + 300 German Open Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.net EPT4 German Open - Dortmund

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€933,600
Event Info
Buy-in
€7,700
Prize Pool
€3,164,700
Entries
411
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
3,000

Timex on a Rush

Michael "Timex" McDonald has been on a rush during the first two levels of the day at PokerStars EPT German Open and is now far ahead of the other players with 745,000 in chips. He has now been moved to the TV table along with five other players, as there are now only 18 players left in the tournament. This is the seating on the TV table for level 18 where the blinds are 3,000/6,000 with a 1,000 ante:

Seat 1 Manfred Hammer (Germany) 77,000
Seat 2 Aniol Alcaraz (Spain) 139,500
Seat 3 -
Seat 4 Mike "Timex" McDonald (Canada) 745,000
Seat 5 Claudio Rinaldi (Switzerland) 201,000
Seat 6 Daniel Carter (UK) 287,000
Seat 7 Alexander Milanov (Bulgaria) 113,000

Tags: Claudio RinaldiDaniel CarterManfred HammerMichael McDonaldTimex

Marcel Luske is Out

The biggest name left in the tournament, PokerStars pro Marcel Luske, was eliminated a few minutes ago by Johannes Strassmann. Strassmann raised pre-flop from late position and Luske went all in from the big blind holding {K-Spades}{5-Spades}. Strassmann called with {A-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}. The flop came {A-Clubs}{9-Spades}{5-Hearts}, but no more kings or fives showed on the turn or river and we have now lost the Flying Dutchman to the rail.

Tags: Johannes StrassmannMarcel Luske

McDonald Knocks Out Istafan with Full House

Internet prodigy Michael ”Timex” McDonald eliminated Syikrai Istafan and put a dent in Aniol Alcaraz stack at the same time. Istafan went all-in holding {A-Spades}{K-Clubs} pre-flop and Alcaraz and McDonald called from the blinds. The flop came {2-Clubs}{4-Spades}{2-Hearts}, Alcaraz checked, McDonald bet 25k and got a call. The turn was the {3-Diamonds}, and was checked by Alcaraz; McDonald then bet 40k and got the call while the all-in Istafan was losing hope.

The river brought the {10-Spades}, and another check from Alcaraz was followed by a final 80k bet from McDonald, who had a big smile on his face after Alcaraz then made the call. McDonald showed {10-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} to rake the pot and eliminate Istafan at the same time.

Tags: AlcarazIstafanMichael McDonald

Felix Eliminated in 23rd Place

T6 Poker qualifier Hugo Felix was eliminated in 23rd place after a great performance for the EPT rookie.

”I was short-stacked and called from the small blind with {5-Clubs}{5-Spades} after a raise from the cut-off. The flop came {8-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}, I bet out, cut-off went all-in with {5-Hearts}{6-Hearts} and I called. Unfortunately, there was a {4-Hearts} on the turn and I was eliminated by my opponent’s straight. Still, I am very happy with everything since this was my first international tournament,” says Felix.

Tags: Hugo Felix

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 400

Extreme Suck-Out Saves Haase

Torsten Haase re-raised to 60k holding {K-Clubs}{K-Hearts} with 40k behind to Andreas Gülünay's pre-flop raise. Andreas went all-in holding {A-Hearts}{A-Diamonds} and Haase called. The flop came {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds}, eliminating one of Haase's two outs since the {K-Diamonds} would give Gülünay the nut flush. The turn came {2-Hearts}, making the {K-Diamonds} work again as that would give Haase a full house, but it wasn't necessary since the {K-Spades} came on the river, doubling Haase up to 200k.

Tags: Andreas GülünayTorsten Haase

24 Players Left

There have been eight eliminations already during the first hour on Day 3 and each of those players received €12,650 for their efforts in Dortmund. The next eight players to depart will receive €17,400 each.