2013 EPT Berlin Side Events: Marcel Luske's Heater Continues with Two More Titles

Pamela Maldonado

Apr 29, 2013 3 min read

The European Poker Tour��s Season 9 visit to Berlin wrapped up Saturday with Daniel Pidun and Griffin Benger winning the Main Event and High Roller, respectively. But the festival included more than just those two major events. With 45 events scheduled, several notables landed in the winner's circle during the two-week series. Among the winners were Rupert Elder, Micah Raskin, Jason Wheeler, Joe Kuether, Jeff Rossiter, and Team PokerStars Pro Marcel Luske, who continued his hot run in 2013 by winning two side events in Berlin.

Here's a look at some highlights from a few of the bigger side events, followed by a complete look at the winners:

Event #7: No-Limit Hold��em Turbo

Buy-in	Entries	Prize Pool
�1,100	174	�168,780

Rupert Elder��s victory in Event # 7 was all too familiar when he defeated Max Heinzelmann heads-up to collect the title and �49,800. Two years ago at the EPT San Remo Main Event, Elder beat Heinzelmann to claim the �930,000 first-place prize, leaving Heinzelmann collecting �600,000 for second. Heinzelmann is also accustomed to finishing second in Berlin; he lost heads-up to Ben Wilinofsky at the 2011 EPT Berlin Main Event.

Pierre Neuville also ran deep in Event #7, finishing third for �16,450. He too has struggled to snag a win after coming close when he finished second at EPT Vilamoura in 2009 and second at EPT Copenhagen in 2012.

2013 EPT Berlin Side Events: Marcel Luske's Heater Continues with Two More Titles 101 — Heinzelmann (left) and Elder (right)

Place	Player	Prize
1	Rupert Elder	�49,800
2	Max Heinzelmann	�28,270
3	Pierre Neuville	�16,450
4	Theodoros Aidonopoulos	�12,320
5	Omar Lakhdari	�10,100
6	Armin Eckl	�7,930
7	Milan Tomasz Rabsz	�6,250
8	[Removed:2]	�4,560
9	Christian Wilhelm Polkow	�3,550

Event #19: No-Limit Hold��em Turbo

Buy-in	Entries	Prize Pool
�2,100	138	�267,720

Online poker superstar Jason Wheeler took down the �2,100 Turbo following a heads-up chop with Patrick Renkers. After falling short in several EPT events in the past, including an 18th-place finish in the PokerStars and Monte-Carlo? Casino EPT Grand Final last year, this victory marked Wheeler's best finish on the tour. Also reaching the final table were high-stakes regulars Martin Kabrhel and Keven Stammen.

2013 EPT Berlin Side Events: Marcel Luske's Heater Continues with Two More Titles 102

Place	Player	Prize
1	Jason Wheeler	�69,500*
2	Patrick Renkers	�61,300*
3	Martin Kabrhel	�28,100
4	Fredrik Andersson	�20,000
5	Gerald Karlic	�16,020
6	Andrei Konopelko	�13,400
7	Keven Stammen	�10,700
8	Alex Mos	�8,000
9	Konstantin Puchkov	�5,900

_{*Denotes heads-up chop}

Event #21 Pot-Limit Omaha

Buy-in	Entries	Prize Pool
�1,100	119	�115,430

Marcel Luske is on a heater of a lifetime. Last week, just days before winning the 7-Card Stud Deep Stack, Luske defeated a pool of 119 players to claim the top prize of �32,000 for taking down the �1,100 Pot-Limit Omaha event. Luske has five titles since last December, when he won the PokerStars Sunday Warm-up. He then won two PokerStars Caribbean Adventure side events in January. The man known as the Flying Dutchman now boasts more than $4 million in career live earnings which places him first on the Netherlands' all-time money list. His two wins during EPT Berlin put him at 31 live tournament wins for his career.

2013 EPT Berlin Side Events: Marcel Luske's Heater Continues with Two More Titles 103

Place	Player	Prize
1	Marcel Luske	�32,000*
2	Carsten Joh	�28,000*
3	Jason Lavallee	�12,700
4	Hermenegildas Zilys	�10,100
5	Filip Szpak	�7,800
6	Michel Leibgorin	�5,770
7	Ramzi Jelassi	�4,600
8	Glen Cymbaluk	�3,460
9	Igor Ilic	�2,900

_{*Denotes heads-up deal}

EPT Berlin Champions*

Event	Buy-in	Entrants	Winner	Prize
Event #1: No-Limit Hold��em	�1,100	911	Pieter de Korver	�145,400
Event #5: No-Limit Hold��em	�330	555	Mantas Visockis	�30,473
Event #7: No-Limit Hold��em Turbo	�1,100	174	Rupert Elder	�49,800
Event #8: No-Limit Hold��em	�3,200	194	Micah Raskin	�105,368
Event #10: Pot-Limit Omaha 6-Max 2x Chance	�550	132	Emil Eranosyan	�14,000
Event #11: No-Limit Hold��em Deep Stack	�330	272	Rudolf Wilhelm Zintel	�15,000
Event #13: No-Limit Hold��em Main Event	�5,300	912	Daniel Pidun	�880,000
Event #14: No-Limit Hold��em Women��s Event	�330	39	Kathrine Weir	�4,200
Event #15: Pot-Limit Omaha Turbo	�2,100	194	Sergey Selin	�39,300
Event #18: Pot-Limit 7-Card Stud Turbo	�550	36	Vincent Gabel	�5,660
Event #19: No-Limit Hold��em Turbo	�2,100	138	Jason Wheeler	�69,500
Event #20: No-Limit Hold��em	�2,150	237	Daniel Studer	�131,000
Event #21: Pot-Limit Omaha	�1,100	119	Marcel Luske	�32,000
Event #22: No-Limit Hold��em Turbo	�330	175	Marcel Juneman	�8,035
Event #23: Pot-Limit Omaha	�550	175	Jonas Lauck	�20,000
Event #24: No-Limit Hold��em Heads-Up	�1,100	32	Ankush Mandavia	�11,870
Event #25: No-Limit Hold��em	�1,100	275	Christopher Day	�74,700
Event #26: NLHE/PLO Rebuy	�550	37	Jannick Wrang	�17,000
Event #27: No-Limit Hold��em	�330	175	Ghattas Kortas	�9,280
Event #28: Pot-Limit 5-Card Stud Turbo 6-Handed	�220	7	Brian Trisler	�888
Event #29: No-Limit Hold��em ��Win the Button��	�1,100	114	Joe Kuether	�36,500
Event #30: No-Limit Hold��em High Roller Re-Entry	�10,300	103	Griffin Benger	�429,000
Event #32: No-Limit Hold��em Short-Handed	�1,100	166	Tuomas Nurmi	�41,000
Event #33: 7-Card Stud Deep Stack	�1,100	21	Marcel Luske	�7,170
Event #34: No-Limit Hold��em Turbo	�330	160	Brahim Oubella	�14,570
Event #35: No-Limit Hold��em Turbo	�1,100	115	Finn Zwad	�36,800
Event #37: Pot-Limit Omaha Heads-Up	�2,200	22	Henri Kettunen	�19,200
Event #39: No-Limit Hold��em Deep Stack 8-Handed	�2,150	150	Nicholas Verkaik	�79,000
Event #41: No-Limit Hold��em Turbo Bounty	�330	160	Ronny Voth	�14,400
Event #42: No-Limit Hold��em Turbo 6-Handed	�5,250	40	Max Lehmanski	�66,800
Event #43: No-Limit Hold��em Deep Stack Turbo	�330	227	Rinat Shakirov	�18,800
Event #44: No-Limit Hold��em Turbo 6-Handed	�2,100	88	Jeffrey Rossiter	�59,700
Event #45: No-Limit Hold��em Hyper Turbo	�120	183	Irfan Yelgin	�5,240