Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,725,000
Entries
745
Level
33
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
30,000
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
The players are on another 15-minute break.
Vladimir Geshkenbein was up to over one million but is now back down to half that amount after losing seven of his last eight pots, according to his Twitter account.
We just saw him lose one of those seven when he saw Cesar Garcia Domínguez open from middle position and he decided to three-bet him, next to act, to 62,000. Domínguez called and then checked when the flop came down 
. Geshkenbein checked behind and it was off to the 
. Domínguez now lead into his Russian opponent with a 75,000 bet and the bet was quickly called but they were the last chips to enter the pot because both players checked the arrival of the 
on the river.
Domínguez showed 
prompting a smile from Geshkenbein who sarcastically acknowledged "nice hand."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,240,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
|
520,000
680,000
|
680,000 |
|
||
"It's always nice when you have the second nuts on the river and someone shoves into you!" said Lee Clayton from the TV crew.
He was referring to, now big chip leader, Marc Wright. He was up against Kenny Hicks and the board read 
.
Wright had checked to Hicks who shoved with 
. The Brit snap -called and tabled 
for a flush.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,000,000 | |
|
Busted |
Cesar Garcia Domínguez just busted Cengiz Ulusu. From under the gun, Ulusu shoved his last 156,000 in before Domínguez called from the next seat. Everyone else folded and the hands were tabled.
Domínguez: 
Ulusu: 
No help came on the 
board for Ulusu and he was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Cengiz Ulusu was all in preflop for his last 63,000 holding two black sevens. Marc Wright made the call with the . A board of 
ran out and Ulusu doubled.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
152,000
73,000
|
73,000 |
Jeff Hakim was all in preflop with the 
for 136,000. He was up against Thomas Cibak with the 
. The board ran out 
and Hakim doubled up with queens full of aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,300,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
|
285,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Level 21
: 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
From under the gun, Mario Puccini raised to 25,000. Davidi Kitai called from the next seat and Daniel-Gal Pidun called on the button. The three of them took an flop and action checked to Kitai. He bet 19,000 and Pidun called. Puccini folded.
The 
landed on the turn and Kitai bet 48,000. Pidun folded and Kitai won the pot.
In a blind-versus-blind battle, Marc Radgen and Daniel-Gal Pidun got all of the money in. Radgen held the and was up against the 
for Pidun. The flop, turn and river ran out 
to eliminate Radgen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
775,000
455,000
|
455,000 |
|
Busted |
From early position, Vladimir Geshkenbein raised to 25,000. Cengiz Ulusu called from the big blind and the flop came down . Geshkenbein fired 30,000 after Ulusu checked and got called before the dealer dealt the on the turn. Here, Ulusu check-called a bet of 155,000 from Geshkenbein.
The river completed the board with the and Ulusu checked again. Geshkenbein slid out a wide array of colorful chips that totaled 297,000. Ulusu called.
Geshkenbein tabled the 
and Ulusu mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
79,000
591,000
|
591,000 |
