Haigh heads EPT Berlin final table
Saturday, 27 April 2013
17 players started the penultimate day at the EPT Berlin Main Event and with only 9 eliminations required to reach the final table a shortish day seemed likely. Anyone hoping for an evening away from the Spielbank was to be left disappointed though after an energy sapping day that saw the bubble stretch for the best part of six hours.
The final eight could eventually breathe a collective sigh of relief when Dashgyn Aliev hit the rail, unable to come from behind with AQ against Alexander Helbig's pocket queens.
German pro Robert Haigh is the man to beat heading into that final table. Haigh, who lives in Brighton, returns with a stack of 5,495,000 putting him just ahead of compatriot Daniel Gai-Pidun 5,250,000.
The chip counts are as follows:
Robert Haigh – 5,495,000
Daniel-Gai Pidun – 5,250,000
Lasse Frost – 3,700,000
Alexander Helbig – 3,315,000
Roman Herold – 3,050,000
Roman Korenev – 2,995,000
Pascal Vos – 1,750,000
Julian Thomas – 1,735,000
Lykov leads €10k High Roller
The €10k High Roller event is down to a final table of seven with Max Lykov leading the way. British hopes rest with James Mitchell who returns in sixth place. It could have been so much better for the Londoner who lost a flip with 88s against Griffin Benger's AK on the penultimate hand which would have pushed him towards the chip lead. The former Irish Open champ still has plenty of ammunition to make a serious push for the €429,000 first prize.
The chip counts are as follows:
Max Lykov 1,683,000
Martin Kabrhel 1,643,000
Griffin Benger 1,128,000
Aaron Lim 867,000
Philippe Ktorza 679,000
James Mitchell 593,000
Joni Jouhkimainen 412,000