Daily Archives: April 19th, 2012

There was an all-in on every table and the clock was stopped with 45:41 left in Level 22 at Blinds 8,000-16,000 / Ante 2,000, but ultimately it was the confrontation between Thomas Cibak and Simon Persson that would finish the action on Day 3. Two premium hands clashed and it was the logical consequence, Perssson though won’t be happy about the outcome:

Cibak raised to 32k and Persson 3-bet to 76k, followed by the 4bet top 161k of Cibak and the 5-bet shove of the Swede for ~ 650,000 in Chips. Persson was in bad shape with 10♣ 10♠ and was behind against Q♥ :Q♣, the Board A♦ 9♥ 2♠ 4♠ 6♠ didn’t bring any movement either and Day 3 was officially done. We are still waiting for the final Chip Counts and the Chipleader will most likely be Marc wright:

We have 27 players left right now and level 21 at Blinds 6,000-12,000 / Ante 1,000 has been completed, soon we will switch to 8,000-16,000 / Ante 2,000 and we are getting closer to the end of Day 3. Jan Heitmann won’t be returning to the table again after the break, as he has been eliminated in level 21 after getting his last 150,000 Chips in with J♥ 9♥.

Jasper Wetemans opened the action with a min-raise to 24,000 before the German went all-in and he was called by an Ace Rag: A♣ 4♥. The Flop 4♣ 8♦ K♥ was no help, but the J♦ on the Turn brought some delight. It didn’t last for long though, because the A♠ appeared on the River and sent him on the rail for 17,500€ in 29th place.

The top 10 Chip Counts after level 21 can be found below:

After his previous double-up and the knock-out shortly after versus Paul Vas Nunes, Daniel Pidun added another step to his comeback story after he found a victim in Marc Radgen. After a preflop 3bet, the stacks went in the middle for the following showdown:

Pidun: J♠ J♦

Radgen: A♠ 10♦

The Board 6♠ Q♠ J♣ 5♦ 8♦ saw no Ace or funny straight and Pidun is from zero to hero and now up to 900k in Chips! Vladimir Geshkenbein crippled Cengiz Ulusu and the Chipleader from Day 2 was soon after sent to the straight as well. Geshkenbein raised to 25k preflop and Ulusu made the call in the Big Blind before the next barrel of beyne was check-called on the Flop 8♦ A♠ 6♥.

On the Turn 10♠ 155k get check-called once again and the River 2♠ does not scare away Ulusu, who for the third time check-calls 297k … Geshkenbein shows 10♣ 10♥ for the set and Ulusu was left with 50k, which he soon after trippled up. But that would not last for long … .

From Under The Gun, he went all-in for about 200k and was called by Cesar Garcia Domínguez:

Usulu: K♠ 9♠
Domínguez: 8♣ 8♦

The dealer spread out the following Board: 10♠ 6♣ 4♦ 5♣ 7♣ – 13,000€ for the Day 2 Chipleader and we are down to 30.

Level 21 has been completed and we have 36 players left for an average of 620,833 Chips, in a bit the Blinds will go up to 6,000-12,000 / Ante 1,000. In the last half an hour, Taylor Paur was sent to the rail and it is somewhat payback because in the last few hands on Day 2 he sucked out with A♦ 4♦ against the A♣ J♣ of Davidi Kitai and guess who he just lost to?

Paur was all-in for 117,000 and the Belgian looked him up with A♦ A♣. J♦ 9♥ does have some equity, but the Flop A♠ 4♠ 8♣ and the Turn 4♥ ensured that Kitai would not lose again with the better hand preflop. A meaningless Q♥ on the River completed the hand and a few minutes later all players were sent into the next 15 minute break at the end of level 20. Thomas Lamatsch also just announced that there will be no dinner break, instead we will continue until the last 24 are found.

Some Chip Counts:

- Heinz Kamutzki: 380,000

- Ismael Bojang: 280,000

- David Yan: 300,000

Why do we mention Yan? The young online qualifier made it all the way over to Berlin from New Zealand and had a 24 hour trip … now the time has come to make it really worthwhile.