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2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Davidi Kitai |
5,750,000
-270,000
|
-270,000 |
|
||
Andrew Chen |
3,735,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
Marc Wright |
3,595,000
530,000
|
530,000 |
Bahadir Kilickeser |
3,030,000
-665,000
|
-665,000 |
Mario Puccini |
2,735,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
[Removed:284]
|
1,740,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
César García
|
1,735,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
The €10,000 High Roller has been cut from 16 players down to 10. British superstar Chris Moormanhas taken the lead while Team PokerStars Pros Viktor “Isildur1” Blom and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier are thriving. The other seven players still in contention for the €231,000 first-place prize are David Peters, Marvin Rettenmaier, Joe Ebanks, Oleh Okhotskyi, Jonathan Karamalikis, Tobias Reinkemeier and Martin Jacobson. The top eight spots will be paid.
From the cutoff seat, Bahadir Kilickeser raised to 105,000 with the . Mario Puccini reraised from the big blind with the . Kilickeser fired back a four-bet to 605,000 and Puccini jammed all in for 2.115 million. Kilickeser quickly folded and Puccini won the pot.
The last two hands saw Mario Puccini raise with king-queen and both times [Removed:285] three-bet all-in. Both times the German shoved with . Puccini, also German made disciplined folds both times.
The action folded all the way around to Andrew Chen on the button and he decided that was good enough to open the betting with. He made the standard min-raise to 100,000 and his only customer was Davidi Kitai in the small blind holding .
The dealer put the flop out onto the felt and Kitai checked its arrival. Chen made a continuation bet of 130,000 and Kitai quickly got out of the way.
From under the gun Belgian Davidi Kitai opened to 100,000 with and the action folded all the way around to Cesar Garcia in the cutoff with . He paused for a couple of moments before three-betting to 255,000. Kitai looked like he was considering making a move but he ultimately let his hand go.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Davidi Kitai |
6,020,000
-565,000
|
-565,000 |
|
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Andrew Chen |
3,905,000
-55,000
|
-55,000 |
Bahadir Kilickeser |
3,695,000
-1,090,000
|
-1,090,000 |
Marc Wright |
3,065,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
Mario Puccini |
2,340,000
-100,000
|
-100,000 |
César García
|
1,855,000
-430,000
|
-430,000 |
[Removed:284]
|
1,440,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
With this tournament being televised, there are quite a few hostesses working the camera on the tournament floor of EPT Berlin. Here's a few shots of them.
Mark Wright has doubled up through the unpredictable Bahadir Kilickeser.
Kilickeser opened with to 100,000 and was three-bet to 215,000 by Wright who held . [Removed:284] had pocket nines but folded before Kilickeser called.
The flop fell and Kilickeser check-raised all-in after Wright continued for 255,000. Wright made a painful looking call for his remaining 1,265,000.
The board ran out to improve Wright's hand to a full house.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Marc Wright | 3,070,000 |