Davidi Kitai opened to 350,000 with and Andrew Chen decided to see a flop with his . Both players missed the flop but Chen did pick up a flush draw. Chen initially checked then called when Kitai bet 220,000 and the delaer put the out on the turn. Both players checked its arrival and when the appeared on the river Chen tried his luck with a 495,000 bet and Kitai quickly folded.
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Berlin
From the button, Andrew Chen raised to 360,000 with the . Davidi Kitai three-bet from the big blind to 850,000 with the . Chen four-bet to 1.66 million and won the pot.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Andrew Chen |
12,065,000
2,310,000
|
2,310,000 |
Davidi Kitai |
10,255,000
-2,310,000
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-2,310,000 |
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He had kings earlier with no action now Andrew Chen has just found queens. Chen opened with them to 360,000 with and Kitai three-bet to 850,000 and we thought we might have a huge hand developing. The problem was that Kitai had three-bet with just so when Chen stuck in a 1,600,000 four-bet Kitai was never continuing with the hand and he sent his hand back to the dealer.
We joined the action on a board where Davidi Kitai bet into Andrew Chen with 550,000 chips. Chen entered his familiar stoic pose before finally moving and reaching for what James Hartigan called "raising chips" and he raised to 1,565,000.
Kitai went into the tank for around 90 seconds before finally making the call with just for ace-high, better than the of Kitai.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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Davidi Kitai |
12,565,000
1,535,000
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1,535,000 |
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Andrew Chen |
9,755,000
-1,535,000
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-1,535,000 |
The EPT Berlin �10,000 High Roller has finished Level 17 and the remaining three players are on a 15-minute break. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier has taken the chip lead and Marvin Rettenmaier is the short stack.
On the last hand of the last level, Moorman raised to 17,000 from the button and Rettenmaier three-bet to 38,000 from the big blind with 142,000 behind. Moorman thought about it and then folded.
Here are the latest results and chip counts from the event:
Seat | Player | Country | Chips |
---|---|---|---|
1 | Oleh Okhotskyi | Ukraine | 6th - �33,000 |
2 | Chris Moorman | UK | 563,000 |
3 | David Peters | USA | 4th - �62,700 |
4 | Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier | France | 883,000 |
5 | Martin Jacobson | Sweden | 8th - �26,400 |
6 | Viktor ��Isildur1�� Blom | Sweden | 7th - �29,700 |
7 | Marvin Rettenmaier | Germany | 204,000 |
8 | Tobias Reinkemeier | Germany | 5th - �46,200 |
Andrew Chen picked up a beautiful and powerful pair of kings but when he made his standard raise Davidi Kitai snap-folded. No action for Chen.
Level: 32
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 20,000
The players have taken a short 15-minute break.
Davidi Kitai is back to within 260,000 chips of Andrew Chen after forcing him off the best hand.
On a flop reading Chen check-called a 190,000 bet from Kitai taking the hand to the turn. Check checked again but instead of calling with his he folded when Kitai bet 450,000 with his ; a move that shocked his friend Mickey Petersen in the commentary booth.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Chen |
11,290,000
-345,000
|
-345,000 |
Davidi Kitai |
11,030,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
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Joining the action on a flop Davidi Kitai bet 190,000 having made top apir with his and Chen called with . The turn was the and when Kitai checked Chen tapped the table and checked behind. The river was the , a bad card for Chen because he made a second best pair and he decided to value bet it to the tune of 850,000 and Kitai quickly called.
Kitai is now within a million of Chen.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Andrew Chen |
11,635,000
-1,310,000
|
-1,310,000 |
Davidi Kitai |
10,685,000
1,310,000
|
1,310,000 |
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