After an unsuccessful trip to Borgata, Scott Seiver decides last minute to hop on a plane and head to the Grand Final. Good thing! He shipped the 5k Euro PLO and is hoping to push that run good into the Main Event. Jennifer Robles finds him at the first break of Day 1a.
Viktor “Isildur1” Blom is in town and he has just sat down to the right of Johnny Lodden on the same table as Annette Obrestad and Roberto Romanello.
There’s no denying that Open Face Chinese Poker (OFC) is popular. Throughout Season 10 of the EPT, there have been numerous OFC events, but they saved the best for last – the €2,000 OFC event at the Grand Final. That tournament attracted 17 players that accounted for 10 reentries and created a prize pool of €52,380.
The Netherlands’ Paul Berende almost didn’t play the event. He originally planned to play Day 1a of the Main Event, but since he made Day 2 of the FPS High Roller, he had to push it back a day. He then busted the FPS High Roller and decided to jump into the OFC tournament to help pass the time.
"I had an insanely good year and was in the best run of my life probably," Berende told the PokerStars Blog. "I cashed in Sanremo, went 17th (€30,000), then went straight to Monte Carlo, which I won a package for, then went 24th in the main (€50,000). I was running so good, feeling so good that I sold some action in the High Roller and went fifth in that (€191,400). That was an insane year."
"It's awesome," Berende continued after his win, "especially as this game feels more like a home game because all the cards are open, everybody's relaxed, you know. I started this game a year ago, maybe a little longer, and I didn't really consider myself one of the best players in it so to win it is really, really awesome."
| Buy-in | Entrants | Reentries | Prize Pool |
|---|---|---|---|
| €2,000+€200 | 17 | 10 | €52,380 |
| Place | Player | Country | Prize |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Paul Berende | Netherlands | €19,400 |
| 2nd | Chenxiang Miao | China | €13,350 |
| 3rd | Sergey Rybachenko | Russia | €8,500 |
| 4th | Alexander Hering | Germany | €6,130 |
| 5th | Olivier Decamps | France | €5,000 |
Berende is now playing in the Day 1b field.
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It was game over for Nicolas Purvis, he called all in on the river of a 
board against Andrew Pantling. Purvis had 
but Pantling had managed to pip him right at the end with 
which had made a full house.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
28,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
|
Eliminado |
A preflop raising war saw Ognjen Sekularac get his stack of 24,000 or so all in preflop against Adrian Naya. The cards were tabled, and no one seemed surprised that it was a classic race situation.
Sekularac: 
Naya: 
Sekularac got his chips in good, but he was not rewarded for it as the flop came down 
to give Naya the lead with aces. Neither the 
turn nor 
river helped the Serbian, and he was eliminated from the tournament.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
Eliminado |
Hendrik Latz in the small blind had 2,300 in front of him and Christopher Lockhart in the cutoff raised him to 6,000. Latz responded with an all-in. Lockhart seemed unsure what to do but in the end he called it off with his 
only to see Latz table the 
.
The board ran out 
and Lockhart was to lose his tournament life.
We’ve already seen one player fall in identical circumstances today. How many more will fall at the hands of the AK?
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado |
Nível: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
Four-way to a 
flop and Phil Ivey fired a bet of 1,300 with Steve Silverman the only caller. On the 
turn Ivey checked and Silverman bet 2,200 - Ivey made the call.
The river was the 
and Ivey checked again, Silverman fired a bet of 3,500 but Ivey called once more. Silverman showed but Ivey had him beat with 
.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000
-3,000
|
-3,000 |
|
||
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
78,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
||
|
63,000
63,000
|
63,000 |
|
63,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
||
|
45,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
||
|
41,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
39,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
38,500
8,500
|
8,500 |
|
|
||
|
38,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
37,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
35,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
|
33,500
3,500
|
3,500 |
|
|
||
|
32,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
29,600
29,600
|
29,600 |
|
|
||
|
28,500
-1,500
|
-1,500 |
|
|
||
|
28,000
-2,000
|
-2,000 |
|
||
|
26,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
||
|
25,400
25,400
|
25,400 |
|
25,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
|
||
|
24,800
-5,200
|
-5,200 |
|
|
||
|
|
24,500
24,500
|
24,500 |
|
22,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
21,000
-9,000
|
-9,000 |
|
19,300
19,300
|
19,300 |
|
|
||
Liv Boeree opened for 500 and was called in the big blind by Bernardo Dias. The two players saw a flop of 
and checked.
The turn card was the and Dias led out for 700. Boeree gave him a stare and called. The river card was the 
and Dias went for a bet of 1,750. Boeree didn’t take but a moment to raise him to 4,000.
It looked like Dias wasn’t expecting that development and he stared at the board, asked Boeree if she had the ace jack, and finally asked if she would show if he folded. Boeree just sat still and stared him down. Dias let it go and Boeree passed her cards wordlessly to the dealer as the pot was pushed her way.
