An armed robbery at at the European Poker Tour Berlin and the National Heads-Up Poker Championship moves into the second round. Get caught up with all things poker in today’s PTP Hit and Run.
The main event of PokerStars’ EPT stop in Berlin was stopped earlier today when armed men attempted to rob the Grand Hyatt where the tournament was being staged. Story here. No one was hurt, the bad guys got away with some money. Here’s a report from pokernews.com about the situation:
The NHUPC has whittled the field of 64 down to 32, with play resuming today. Here are the second-round matchups:
Clubs
Chris Moneymaker vs. Leo Wolpert
David Williams vs. Erik Seidel
Erick Lindgren vs. Peter Eastgate
Stephen Quinn vs. Jamie Gold
Diamonds
Barry Greenstein vs. Sam Farha
Jennifer Harman vs. Jerry Yang
Darvin Moon vs. Annie Duke
Paul Wasicka vs. Gus Hansen
Spades
Phil Ivey vs. Scotty Nguyen
Joe Hachem vs. Gabe Kaplan
Jason Mercier vs. Pieter de Korver
Phil Gordon vs. Phil Laak
Hearts
Allen Cunningham vs. Eli Elezra
Chris Ferguson vs. Dennis Phillips
Doyle Brunson vs. Don Cheadle
Phil Hellmuth vs. Annette Obrestad
Among the big names eliminated: Patrik Antonius, Tom Dwan and Daniel Negreanu. Here’s a detailed breakdown of what happened in each match: Hearts bracket, Spades, Diamonds, Clubs. Or, here’s a briefer look at all the action on Friday.
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