We don't know the circumstances, but we are assuming that Sam Chartier is busto. Evidence - Mr. Chartier spotted heading for the payout desk, accompanied by a floorman.
2011 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin
EPT Barcelona winner Kent Lundmark is down to 320,000 after doubling up Luis Jaikel. Lundmark's pocket were ahead of Jaikel's the whole way until Jaikel rivered a straight on the board. He doubled to 115,000.
Sometimes a decision is a genuinely big one, and by and large the players here in Berlin sit quietly and patiently. In fact, we've only heard the clock called a couple of times during the whole tournament so far.
It looked like there would be on-their-backs fireworks when Kent Lundmark raised preflop to 11,000 and Jose De La Guardia re-raised (28k out of a 170k stack). Lundmark queried his opponent's stack size and then made it 100k to go (setting him in). Now began a full five-minute soul-search from De La Guardia while Lundmark stared impassively at a spot on the table.
The clock ticked towards the break, and finally De La Guardia folded.
Kristijonas Andrulis opened to 10,500 and got called by the cutoff Thorsten Schafer, button Per Linde and big blind Sebastian Ruthenberg. The flop was checked to Schafer who bet 18,400 but only Ruthenberg made the call. The turn and were checked down and Schafer won with
Joep van den Bijgaart opened to 10,500 from early position and got flat-called by the button before Alexis Morlet moved all-in from the small blind covering both players. Van den Bijgaart quickly pushed all-in and the button folded. Time for a showdown guys...
Van den Bijgaart:
Morlet:
"Did you fold an ace?" the Dutchman anxiously asked the button, but he got a negative reply.
The board came but Van den Bijgaart relaxed back into his seat when the came on the turn, the completing his full house on the river.
Vladimir Geshkenbein has been knocked out, he was all-in on the turn of a with against Cornel Cimpan's but the river was the and the Snowfest victor was eliminated.