Eurasia Conference Final
Day 1 Completed
2016 Global Poker League Finals
Eurasia Conference Final
Day: 1
Day 2 of the GPL Playoffs is in the books and the Berlin Bears have earned the chance to face the top overall seed, the Montreal Nationals in the first-ever GPL Championship.
The first match of the day saw the Moscow Wolverines beat the London Royals in five games, one of which only lasted four hands. The Wolverines were the top seed in the Eurasia conference this year.
The Hong Kong Stars were the number two seed and met the Berlin Bears in the second playoff match of the day. The Stars got out to a 2-1 lead, but the Bears won three matches in a row to send themselves through to face the Wolverines.
In the Eurasia Conference Championship, it was the Wolverines who won two of the first three games. The Bears came back to tie it up at 2-2 before Sorel Mizzi hit quads on the river to eliminate Igor Yaroshevsky and put his team up 3-2. That left Bill Perkins against Anatoly Filatov. Perkins was once again in position to close out a best of seven.
It took 20 hands for Filatov to beat Perkins and send the series to game seven. In game seven, both Rast and Filatov played great, but it was a river card that made the ultimate difference when Rast called a Filatov all in with queen-high and hit a queen on the river to win the match and send the Berlin Bears to the GPL Final.
The Berlin Bears will take on the Montreal Nationals in a best-of-eleven series with a $100,000 first prize on the line. The action starts tomorrow at 2 p.m.
After a great heads up match between Anatoly Filatov and Brian Rast. Both players played well and it was the river again that made the difference for Rast.
Filatov shoved ace-three and Rast called with queen-ten suited. Rast hit a queen on the river to come from behind and take the lead, eliminating the top-seeded Moscow Wolverines. Rast and his Berlin Bears will now move on to face the Montreal Nationals tomorrow in the first GPL Final.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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500,000
310,000
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310,000 |
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Busted | |
Anatoly Filatov is now ahead of Brian Rast after doubling up with 
. Filatov now has the chip lead after a match where Rast seemed to be running away with the victory.
A hand earlier, Filatov bet the river when the 
hit. Rast had flopped a pair and Filatov missed a flush draw before taking one last stab at the pot. Rast called the 14,690 bet and one the hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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272,000
64,000
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64,000 |
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190,000
-54,000
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-54,000 |
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Brian Rast is beginning to put some space between himself and Anatoly Filatov. They are on hand 30, so the action should ramp up as play continues.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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244,000
4,000
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4,000 |
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208,000
-52,000
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-52,000 |
Anatoly Filatov just beat Bill Perkins to push the series to game seven. He then went back into the cube to play against Brian Rast, who is undefeated on the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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260,000
-240,000
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-240,000 |
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240,000
-260,000
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-260,000 |
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Anatoly Filatov moves to 3-0 on the day and put his team into game seven against the Berlin Bears. He eliminated Bill Perkins on hand 20 of game six.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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500,000
232,000
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232,000 |
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Busted |
Bill Perkins raised to 7,680 preflop with pocket eights and Anatoly Filatov called with 
.
The flop came 
and Perkins bet 7,920. Filatov called. The turn was the 
and Perkins bet again, making it 15,840. Filatov called again.
Perkins be 31,680 when the 
came on the river and Filatov called again.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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268,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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200,000
-40,000
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-40,000 |
Bill Perkins has a chance to close out another best of seven with a win against Moscow Wolverine manager Anatoly Filatov. Filatov is looking to push the series to another game.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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260,000
-240,000
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-240,000 |
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240,000
240,000
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240,000 |
Sorel Mizzi opened with pocket sixes and Igor Yaroshevsky defended from the big blind with 
.
Mizzi flopped top set on the 
board. Yaroshevsky shoved all in and Mizzi asked two times to make sure, he called and the turn immediately gave Yaroshevsky a straight.
"Pair the board!" Mizzi called out as the board did pair, bringing another six and giving Mizzi quad sixes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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500,000
235,000
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235,000 |
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Busted |