200-400 / 50:
German Pokerstars Pro Michael Keiner raises from UTG, 
Simon1989 in MP3 and BB calls. On 10:d Q:d 2:h Flop goes check-check-check.On 7:h Turn action starts: Check-Check-Simon1989 bets 1.750. BB re--raises to 5.000, Keiner and Simon1989 calls. The J:s River are checked by all players. BB shows 66, Keiner 8:d 9:d and wins the pot with the straight as Simon 1989 mucks his hand.
Blinds 200 - 400 / 50:
UTG+1 raises to 900, UTG+2 (an older guy) reraises to 2.300, TrippleAceIRL 4bets on the button to 6.225. UTG+1 folds and UTG+2 5bets TrippleAceIRL all-in for his remaining 12.000 chips all-in, he called with pocket KK and UTG+2 shows QJo.
J35 on the flop but a safe 6 on the turn and 5 on the river let TrippleAceIRL double up. He has now got 38.000 chips.
TrippleAceIRL by PokerStrategy.com, on Flickr
VojtaR by PokerStrategy.com, on Flickr
Simon1989 by PokerStrategy.com, on Flickr
Sandra Naujoks by PokerStrategy.com, on Flickr
VojtaR has been eliminated at the main event.
Blinds 200 - 400 / 50:
UTG limped (not the first time), BU raised to 1.300, VojtaR (SB) 3bet to 4.000 and both players call.. VojtaR cbets 4.000 on the 5:s Q:h 6:h flop, UTG raises to 10.000 and the BU shoves all-in for over 40.000 chips, VojtaR is commited and calls, UTG folds.
VojtaR: A:d Q:s
BU: 5:h 7:h
Another ♥ on the turn and VojtaR can go on dinner break a little bit earlier than expected.
EPT Grand Final Main Event Day 1B
Blinds 250 - 500 / 50 (Dinner Break)
282 / 384 players
Avg. Stack: 40.851
Team PokerStrategy.com
Nazgul: 21.700
Simon1989: 62.000
Thorsten77: 10.000
TrippleAceIRL: 38.000
VojtaR: eliminated
Vovoleo: 20.000
The main event is now on dinner break for the next 75 minutes, stay tuned for 3 more blind levels afterwards.
Just before the Dinner Break starts Thorsten77 was sending to the rails.
After a open raise from MP he shoved with 20 BB all-in from SB with AK and get the call with JQ. Flop 89T bring no good news for him . 7 Turn and 6 River change nothing and Thorsten77 busted in the main event.
Sebastian Ruthenberg by PokerStrategy.com, on Flickr
Johannes Strassmann by PokerStrategy.com, on Flickr
Joe Hachem by PokerStrategy.com, on Flickr
Originally posted by TomMuntzer
Go TripleAceIRL!!!!!!Nice Double Up
In the last hand before the Dinner Break he lost around 14.000 Chips. CO raise to 900, Button 3-bet to 2.300, TripleAceIRL 4-bet to 6.100 from SB with AQ and Button calls. CBet on KJx-flop, Button moves allin and TripleAceIRL mucks his hand.
EPT Grand Final Main Event Day 1B
Blinds 300 - 600 / 50 (30 mins)
261 / 384 player
Avg. Stack: 44.137
Team PokerStrategy.com
Nazgul: 15.500
Simon1989: 92.000
Thorsten77: eliminated
TrippleAceIRL: 17.700
VojtaR: eliminated
Vovoleo: 30.500
Nazgul lost a coinflip with A9 against pocket 88 and another hand with toppair against ragged twopair T7 on a 27KAT Board and dropped to about 15.500 chips.
Simon1989 raised on the CO with T9s, SB and BB call.
Three players checked the A97 rainbow Flop, T on the turn and a bet by SB of 1.750, BB folded but Simon1989 raised to 4.150, SB called.
9 on the river and SB check-called a big bet of 12.300 by Simon1989 who won the showdown with his fullhouse, SB mucked.
He also got lucky one time with pocket 88 against a shortstack's preflop all-in with pocket AA.
Simon1989 now has got more than 92.000 chips.
300-600 / 50
Vovoleo wins 10.000 Chips and has now 30.500.
Short Stack pushs allin from MP and vovoleo moves allin for 17k as well. His opponent shows KK and vovoleo needs some help from the board with TT. But he made Quads and consequently he can bust a player.
Team PokerStrategy.com player Nazgul had a wired situation on the river
Nazgul by PokerStrategy.com, on Flickr
Two more hands from Team PS.com players:
Simon1989 reached over 100.000 chips. He 3-bet from SB a open raise from MP1 to 5.200 and got the call. On 9:c Q:c 5:h flop he puts his opponent allin, who has 12k behind and finally folds.
vovoleo could make a double- up and has now 58.000 chips. After a raise from MP and a flatcall from the HJ he moves allin from SB with 27.00 chips and got the call from the HJ, who shows 99. vovoleo shows AA and can win the hand.
The table with Nazgul and Simon1989 has been broken up.
Simon1989 got a place to the left of Florian Langmann, Nazgul to the right of PokerStars Pro Marcel Luske.
Action at the table of vovoleo:
He opens von MP3 to 1.650, CO, Button and BB calls. vovoleo checks Flop 5:s 4:s 2:d, CO bets 2.500, Button calls, BB re-raise to 7.500, vovoleo folds, CO moves allin, Button folds, BB paid the additional 12k. CO shows topset and win the hand against 34 of his opponent.
