2011 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 PokerStars.net European Poker Tour Berlin

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
76
Prize
€825,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,865,000
Entries
773
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
100,000 / 200,000
Ante
20,000

De La Guardia Supertanker

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Kent Lundmark
Kent Lundmark

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.

Tags: Jose De La GuardiaKent Lundmark

Schafe as Houses

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Kristijonas Andrulis opened to 10,500 and got called by the cutoff Thorsten Schafer, button Per Linde and big blind Sebastian Ruthenberg. The {8-Hearts}{4-Clubs}{j-Clubs} flop was checked to Schafer who bet 18,400 but only Ruthenberg made the call. The {7-Spades} turn and {2-Spades} were checked down and Schafer won with {a-Spades}{8-Clubs}

Tags: Thorsten SchaferSebastian Ruthenberg

Joep Up, Joep Up and Get Down

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Joep van den Bijgaart
Joep van den Bijgaart

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: {k-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}
Morlet: {a-Spades}{j-Hearts}

"Did you fold an ace?" the Dutchman anxiously asked the button, but he got a negative reply.

The board came {2-Clubs}{7-Spades}{9-Diamonds} but Van den Bijgaart relaxed back into his seat when the {k-Clubs} came on the turn, the {9-Hearts} completing his full house on the river.

Tags: Joep van den Bijgaart