2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin

2010 EPT Berlin Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.net EPT Berlin

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
43
Prize
€1,000,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,725,000
Entries
945
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0

Straussed Out

The board read {A-Spades} {3-Spades} {2-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} by the time we got there and Alexander Strauss had bet out 37,500 from the small blind position. Jesus Ramos Vazquez on the button made it 75,000 to go, and then relaxed back into his massage, nodding gently to whatever appropriate tunes were on his ipod.

Strauss spent a long time looking tortured and eventually re-popped to 137,500. He was rewarded by a speedy fold from Vazquez.

Vazquez - 210,000
Strauss - 480,000

Zguba Gets Respect

Vlad Zguba
Vlad Zguba
No one knew much about Vlad Zguba when he joined Team PokerStars Pro as a representative of Ukraine, but he continues to impress the skeptical with his deep run here. In a recent hand, he faced Mathias Kuerschner heads up. Zguba checked the {Q-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} flop, and Kuerschner bet 55,000. Zguba thought for a minute before sliding out two yellow stacks. He looks intimidating with his grim countenance and reflective sunglasses no matter what, but with a 200,000-chip bet to back him up, he's even scarier. Kuerschner tanked for three minutes. "Jacks," he said. "I think you have jacks." Eventually Kuerschner gave it up, leaving himself with 230,000. Vlad is up to 640,000.

Tags: Mathias KuerschnerVlad Zguba

Oliveira Picks One Up

Carlos Oliveira checked the flop of {8-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}{6-Clubs} to Christophe Gross. He fired 23,000 and Oliveira called.

The turn was the {10-Diamonds} and Oliveira checked again. Gross checked behind this time.

The river completed the board was the {6-Hearts} and Oliveira fired 37,000. Gross mucked his hand and Oliveira won the pot to move to 325,000 chips.

Tags: Carlos OliveiraChristophe Gross

Chartier Busts Prydryk

Sam Chartier
Sam Chartier
Sam Chartier opened the action with a raise to 18,000 from middle position. Action folded over to Ruslan Prydryk in the cutoff seat and he had just 30,500 chips. After some time in the tank, he moved all in. Action then moved to Lennart Holz in the small blind. He tanked for a couple minutes before finally making the call.

Action then went back to Chartier and he asked if he could reraise. The dealer informed him that he could. After a minute or so, Chartier announced that he was all in. Holz stared down at his cards for about half a minute and then folded them, leaving the other two heads up.

Prydryk: {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Chartier: {A-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}

The board ran out {K-Spades}{9-Spades}{4-Hearts}{7-Diamonds}{3-Spades} and Chartier eanred the elimination of Prydryk to move up to 290,000 chips. Holz claimed to have folded two queens and if that's true, he could have won the hand and sent Chartier packing.

Tags: Lennart HolzRuslan PrydrykSam Chartier

Luske Increases Thanks to Full House

Marcel Luske
Marcel Luske
Theo Jorgensen raised to 21,000 from early position and Marcel Luske called in position from the cutoff seat. The player in the big blind also called.

The three players took a flop of {J-Spades}{3-Clubs}{2-Hearts} and the big blind checked. Jorgensen fired 32,500 and Luske flat-called. The big blind folded.

The turn brought the {3-Spades} and Jorgensen checked. Luske checked behind.

The river was the {2-Diamonds} and Jorgensen checked. Luske fired 50,000 and after a minute, Jorgensen folded his hand.

Luske showed the table his packet jacks, for the top full house and raked in the pot. He's now up to 630,000 chips.

Tags: Marcel LuskeTheo Jorgensen

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 500