EPT BERLIN: CAN MARTIN JACOBSON GET OVER THE HUMP?

PHOTO CREDIT: POKERSTARSBLOG.com

Martin Jacobson has had a very succesful 2010-11 EPT campaign ... with the Grand Final on the horizon, Jacobson will play at his third final table of season when play begins Sunday. But Jacobson's two straight second-place finishes at the previous two final tables must make him want this EPT Berlin title more than any other player left in the field. Jacobson will enter final table play 6th in chips but a double-up and things could get very interesting.

The chip leader heading into Sunday's final table at EPT Berlin is PokerStars qualifier Ben Wilinofsky (pictured). The Canadian holds over 5.2M chips, a small lead over German Maximilian Heinzelmann. Belarusian Vadzim Kursevich is the only other player with over 4M in chips.

Team PokerStars Pro Joep van den Bijgaart is one of the small stacks remaing at the table.

The chip leaders from the last two days, Daniel Pidun and Fabrice Soulier, were eliminated late on Saturday. Kristijonas Andrulis, who finished 12th, earned his 3rd PTPR Score of the season.

Final table seat assignments and chip counts:
Seat 1. Maximilian Heinzelmann - 4,970,000
Seat 2. Martin Jacobson - 2,085,000
Seat 3. Vadzim Kursevich - 4,345,000
Seat 4. Darren Kramer - 2,235,000
Seat 5. Armin Mette - 2,185,000
Seat 6. Joep van den Bijgaart - 1,060,000
Seat 7. Ben Wilinofsky - 5,225,000
Seat 8. Jonas Gutteck - 1,025,000

Here are the final table payouts for EPT Berlin (in EUR):
1st - € 825,000
2nd - € 500,000
3rd - € 300,000
4th - € 230,000
5th - € 180,000
6th - € 140,000
7th - € 100,000
8th - € 66,000


PTPR PREMIER EVENT
European Poker Tour Berlin
EPT Berlin Main Event
April 5-10, 2011

Spielbank Berlin
Berlin, DEU

Buy-in: $7,160
Prizepool: $5,536,300
Entries: 773

Defending Champion: Kevin MacPhee

POINTS AT STAKE
1st position 132
2nd position 82
3rd position 52
4th position 42
5th position 37
6th position 32
7th position 32
8th position 17
DANIEL PIDUN 17
CUELLO JORGE MARIANO 17
FABRICE SOULIER 17
KRISTIJONAS ANDRULIS 15
ROBIN YLITALO 15
THOMAS TRABOULSI 15
LUIS JAIKEL 15
JEFFERY HAKIM 12
KONSTANTIN PUCHKOV 12
MIKHAIL LAKHITOV 12