What with the near-thousand-strong field and barrage of side events, it has been a frantic crush in the Grand Ballroom here all week. Today, however, was always scheduled to be the biggest squeeze of all, when we needed to compress 124 players into the 24 chairs of the final three EPT tables. We needn't have worried unduly. Sure, there was some jostling and a few elbows jabbed into ribs, but it really didn't last very long. All it took was a jiffy longer than six levels of play - plus a handful of wrecking balls - before we identified our
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Kevin Macphee
EPT Berlin: MacPhee emerges from his online LuckSac to head final 24 in Germany
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EPT Berlin: Day 3, levels 21, 22 and 23 (12,000-24,000, 2,000 ante)
9.25pm: Collado closes day three Jan Collado would bring the day to an end, moving in with T♣J♥. Waiting to call was Iikka Tahkokallio with 8♠8♣ and the board delivered the goods. 7♦2♠T♦9♦6♣. Collado was gone in 25th position, drawing day three to a close. A full report on all...more
EPT Berlin: Day 3, levels 17 and 18 live updates (4,000-8,000, 500 ante)
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LEVEL OVER. JOIN US IN LEVEL 19 3pm: Duc in Hot pot There's 400,000 in the pot already from some pre-flop argy-bargy, and as soon as the 9♥7♦6♣ flop is dealt The Duc Ngo announces "All in". He has 140,000 behind. Besim Hot is the other player in the pot,...more
EPT Berlin: One hundred to go on day three
If yesterday was anything to go by day three should be over in a little less than two hours. That's right, 50 eliminations an hour. Bust outs ticked by so quickly yesterday that we reached the money a full day ahead of schedule. That said it would take it...more
EPT Berlin: Day 3 seat draw
It's Friday in Berlin - and across the world - but for anyone in the Grand Hyatt Hotel, on Potsdamer Platz, that means day three and nothing more. There are 124 players left at this stage and the plan is to slice them down to 24. Even for the mathematically...more
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