Daniel Pidun, the best EPT Berlin player in history with a ninth, a seventeenth and a victory in back-to-back-to-back years, has just lost a fair bit of his stack after folding to Demetrio Barreca's bluff.
Pidun raised it up to 600 from early position and four players called, including Andrew Lichtenberger and Steven van Zadelhoff.
The flop brought out and Pidun bet 1,600 and Lichtenberger called, after which Demetrio Barreca called as well. The turn brought the and now Pidun bet 3,450 and Lichtenberger folded right away.
Barreca raised it up to 7,050 and after tanking for a bit, Pidun folded. Barreca showed his , and he raked in the pot with a big smile.
Erwann Pecheux raised from under the gun to 525 and picked up three callers including Mike Watson on the button. In the big blind, Ognyan Dimov made it 3,000 to go and was called by Pecheux and Watson. On the flop, Dimov continued for 2,700 and just Watson tossed in the extra chips.
The dealer burned and turned the as next community card and Dimov's bet of 7,000 did the trick to enforce a fold.
A raising war broke out and it took little time to understand why the two Germans Felix Schlott and Daniel Pidun clashed, as both best possible pocket pairs in No Limit Hold'em were involved.
Pidun:
Schlott:
The former EPT Berlin champion was at the wrong end of a cooler and covered, exiting the tournament area after a blank board .
The flop just showed when Thomas Muehloecker bet 850 after the player in the big blind had checked. A player in position raised to 2,150 and both the big blind and Muehloecker called.
The turn brought the and now all three players checked. On the river the hit and Muehloecker bet 5,500 to which both his opponents quickly folded.
We caught the action right before Justin Bonomo announced that he was "all in", with the following chips already on the felt.
The player to Bonomo's right had 11,000 out in front of him, and Bonomo had 4,200 invested from the big blind. Bonomo moved all in, and his opponent folded right away, putting American pro on 71,000 chips.
Vlado Banicevic's vacated seat is now occupied by November Niner Zvi Stern and big stack Francisco Rodrigues is still pretty much where he was an hour ago. Andrey Andreev, who was the chip leader after Day 1a of the FPS Main Event a few days ago, has taken over the biggest stack now though and one table over Guy Goossens is doing well also.
When reading a tough table draw, people mostly feel excitement for potential clashes or perhaps a little bad for the pros. But how do you think the less experienced players feel having to deal with a murderers row of Charlie Carrel, Martin Jacobson and Team PokerStars Pro Jake Cody.
Carrel, in Seat 1, had a breakout performance on the EPT last year when he took down the €25,000 High Roller for €1.1 million, and last February in Dublin he took down the €10,000 High Roller for €164,500 and finished third in the €25,000 High Roller for €234,100.
Jacobson, in Seat 2, needs no introduction, as he won the World Series of Poker Main Event in 2014 for a cool $10 million. On top of that Jacobson has two runner-up finishes in EPT events (EPT Vilamoura and EPT Deauville Season 7), and a third and a fourth as well.
The only EPT winner of this bunch is Cody, who took down EPT Deauville in Season 6 for €857,00, which was only his third career live tournament result. Cody quickly added a World Poker Tour title to it as well, taking down the event in London for £273,783 in 2010. Cody completed the Triple Crown in 2011 when he won the $10,000 Heads-Up Championship at the WSOP for $851,192.
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and Pidun bet 1,600 and Lichtenberger called, after which Demetrio Barreca called as well. The turn brought the 
and now Pidun bet 3,450 and Lichtenberger folded right away.
, and he raked in the pot with a big smile.
flop, Dimov continued for 2,700 and just Watson tossed in the extra chips.
as next community card and Dimov's bet of 7,000 did the trick to enforce a fold.
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when Thomas Muehloecker bet 850 after the player in the big blind had checked. A player in position raised to 2,150 and both the big blind and Muehloecker called.
and now all three players checked. On the river the 
