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7:10pm: Dinesh Alt is Eureka Hamburg championErcan Atmaca eliminated in second for €43,790Level 30 - Blinds 60,000/120,000 (10,000 ante)

It's all over, and Dinesh Alt is Eureka Hamburg champion.

A floor-man brought over the trophy to position it at the table between the 2 heads-up players and Ercan Atmaca turned it towards Alt saying, "THAT IS yours." Alt shrugged, however it came to pass almost immediately.

Shortly before this moment, Alt had made an even call with ace-high to select off Atmaca's bluff. And shortly after, ace-high won again.

Atmaca, with 1.55 million in his stack, open shoved and Alt took a while, but then called. Atmaca showed J♥5♠ and Alt's A♣2♦ was within the lead.

It was never threatened through a board of 7♥K♥8♠3♣3♦ they usually shook hands, with Alt the brand new champion. Read an entire recap from the development now.

6:50pm: Alt tries to benefit from tired AtmacaLevel 29 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

Although he's still greatly alive on this tournament, Ercan Atmaca appears to be either exhausted or distracted or both. He's frequently forgetting when it's his turn to behave pre-flop, while also chatting with his friends supporting him from the rail. By contrast, Dinesh Alt remains sitting bolt upright in his chair.

Ercan Atmaca: During more focused times

On a contemporary hand, Alt just called when he was first to behave pre-flop and Atmaca raised to 300,000. Alt then said that he was all-in and Atmaca went into the tank. He counted his stack a couple of times--he had 2.85 million more--but then folded, leaving himself with that amount.

Not long afterwards, Alt again just completed pre-flop and Atmaca casually took a fistful of blue chips and plonked them over the road. Alt asked for a count, discovered it was 475,000, and folded.

6:50pm: Atmaca chipping awayLevel 29 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

This is shaping as much as be a lovely interesting heads-up duel now with the measured approach of Dinesh Alt arising against what, at the surface, seems to be a more devil-may-care attitude from Ercan Atmaca. Either one of those impressions could also be false, after all. But that's the way it seems.

In a up to date hand, Atmaca limped from the small blind and Alt raised to 350,000. Atmaca responded with a three-bet to 850,000 and Alt called.

The flop came J♠4♥4♦ and Alt checked. Atmaca, chuckling, bet 800,000 and Alt, stony-faced, folded.

6:35pm: Atmaca back in it with double upLevel 29 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

Ercan Atmaca is back within the game after doubling up with K♠J♠ against Dinesh Alt's J♦T♥. Alt shoved pre-flop and Atmaca called for his last 1.715 million. The board bricked and Atmaca now has 3.5 million to play with.

6:25pm: Alt takes commanding lead after coolerLevel 29 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

Dinesh Alt has seized control of this heads-up battle within the first significant pot they played. He made a greater two pair than Ercan Atmaca and the latter didn't decelerate his betting.

Alt raised to 250,000 pre-flop and Atmaca min-three-bet to 500,000. Alt called. The flop came A♠3♣K♥ and Atmaca bet 350,000. Alt called.

The turn was the 4♣ and Atmaca now bet 700,000, which Alt called. And that took them to the 9♦ river. Atmaca bet 1.3 million and Alt called. Atmaca showed K♦4♠ but Alt had A♦4♦ and it was better.

Atmaca now has only 1.7 million and Alt has the rest.

6:10pm: Heads up dead heatLevel 29 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

Although there was a flurry of eliminations, it's removed from sure to end soon. They're all but even going into heads up play:

Dinesh Alt: 4.6 millionErcan Atmaca: 4.5 million

6:10pm: Abdi-Ali out in third; tournament heads upLevel 29 - Blinds 50,000/100,000 (10,000 ante)

This flurry of eliminations has continued. At the third hand back from the break, Walid Abdi-Ali has bust to Ercan Atmaca.

Atmaca opened to 220,000 and Abdi-Ali, with about 11 big blinds, shoved. Atmaca called instantly with A♣J♠ and was sooner than Abdi-Ali's K♦4♣.

Abdi-Ali was delighted with the flop of K♠Q♠4♠ and the 5♦ turn was fine too. But the 9♠ at the river made Atmaca a straight and Abdi-Ali perished. He wins €31,650 for third.

They're now heads as much as decide who takes €69,120 and who takes €43,790.

5:55pm: Break time chip-countsLevel 28 - Blinds 40,000/80,000 (10,000 ante)

The last three players are off on a 15-minute break. Listed below are the stacks they are going to return to:

Dinesh Alt: 5.18 millionErcan Atmaca: 3.115 millionWalid Abdi-Ali: 1.250 million

5:50pm: Oral busts in fourthLevel 28 - Blinds 40,000/80,000 (10,000 ante)

And similar to that, we're all the way down to three with Dinesh Alt now the table captain. He has just made a very good call to send Ismet Oral out in fourth.

Alt raised the button, making it 175,000 to play. Oral shoved from the massive blind, for 1.2 million. Alt took a protracted while over his decision, as he has in any respect critical moments on this tournament, and again he made the proper move. He called and was ahead together with his A♣6♥ to Oral's K♣Q♦.

The board ran 7♦7♠8♣9♣A♦ and Oral, who had played his short stack efficiently today, is now €25,600 richer.

Ismet Oral busts

There is one minute left at the level and we'll get full three-handed chip-counts in the course of the imminent 15-minute break.

5:45pm: Scheidt out in fifthLevel 28 - Blinds 40,000/80,000 (10,000 ante)

As predicted, it's all-in followed by all-in now at this final table. The newest has sent Erik Scheidt, the overnight leader, to the payouts table in fifth.

Ercan Atmaca opened his button, making it 200,000 to play. Scheidt pushed from the large blind with 9♦9♣ and Atmaca, with A♠J♦, called.

There was something for everybody at the flop of 8♦7♦6♦ but by the point the 3♦ came at the turn, Scheidt had two outs--for the straight flush--to keep him alive.

The A♥ at the river was not one in every of them, and he goes home in fifth. He is taking €20,260 from the second one Eureka final table of his career.

5:40pm: Oral all-in, doublesLevel 28 - Blinds 40,000/80,000 (10,000 ante)

Sure enough, the action has picked up. Ismet Oral was all-in presently after Schauenburg was eliminated. But Oral scored a double up through Erik Scheidt to go away the latter with only 850,000.

Oral's J♠T♥ made a straight at the board of 6♥8♥9♣4♥Q♣ to overcome Scheidt's pocket fives. They got it in pre-flop.

Oral had 550,000, so is back over one million. Scheidt assumes short-stack status again.

5:30pm: Schauenburg busts in sixth; dam certain to openLevel 28 - Blinds 40,000/80,000 (10,000 ante)

After an improbably two-and-a-half hours of play, we now have lost our first player with Marcel Schauenburg, the one man to play on a daily basis of this tournament, going out in sixth.

The hand that left him on life support came when Erik Scheidt raised all-in from the button for his last 750,000 and Schauenburg, within the small blind, called. He had only about 860,000 himself.

Scheidt: 2♦2♣Schauenburg: A♣Q♣

So it was a straight race for Scheidt's life, and he had the smallest pair within the deck. However, to chants of "Hold!" from his rail, it did indeed hold because the board ran 8♥4♠9♣4♥J♣.

That was a large double up for Scheidt, the chip-leader originally of the day, and left Schauenburg with only 115,000. He got that during two hands later and was called by both Ercan Atmaca, within the small blind, and Dinesh Alt, within the big blind.

Those two checked down a board of Q♦9♣6♦8♦3♠ and Alt's 8♣2♥ beat the A♣7♠ of Atmaca and, crucially, the J♦K♣ of Schauenburg.

Marcel Schauenburg busts

Schauenburg, who invested €3,000 plus fees into this one, takes €15,590 for sixth. So all's well that ends well.

With that, I WOULD NOT be surprised if we do not lose another couple very quickly.

5:20pm: Grind continuesLevel 28 - Blinds 40,000/80,000 (10,000 ante)

This has become just a little a peculiar final table with everyone so comparatively short-stacked. It signifies that one false step can put anyone within the danger zone: if the most important stack doubled up the shortest, their positions would all but switch.

Walid Abdi-Ali open shoved for just wanting 1.1 million and Ercan Atmaca, within the small blind, wanted a count. He folded after which I FEEL told the table that he had folded jacks. The veracity of that is determined by two things: firstly, the truth that he's a poker player. Secondly, my German isn't great, in order that will not be what he said at all.

Here's something I KNOW: Dinesh Alt just won three pots at the bounce with pre-flop raises, picking up blinds and antes.

5pm: Abdi-Ali gets clear of itLevel 28 - Blinds 40,000/80,000 (10,000 ante)

Walid Abdi-Ali opened the button to 170,000 and Ercan Atmaca called from the massive blind. They both checked the 6♦J♠8♣ flop after which Atmaca bet 250,000 after the 3♠ turn. Abdi-Ali showed the A♠ as he mucked and Atmaca showed the 8♦6♣ for flopped two pair that he didn't get paid.

Standing room only at the rail

4:50pm: No breakLevel 28 - Blinds 40,000/80,000 (10,000 ante)

The scheduled break for the top of Level 27 didn't materialise, so we're pushing on into Level 28. Listed below are the approximate stacks:

Dinesh Alt: 2.25 millionErcan Atmaca: 1.9 millionWalid Abdi-Ali: 1.55 millionMarcel Schauenburg: 1.55 millionErik Scheidt: 1.3 millionIsmel Oral: 860,000

4:45pm: Hero call from Abdi-AliLevel 27 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (5,000 ante)

As Level 27 ticked to its end, Walid Abdi-Ali made a perfect call with king-high to spice up his stack for the upper blinds. It started when action folded to Marcel Schauenburg within the small blind and he completed. Abdi-Ali checked his option.

The flop came T♠5♠9♣ and Schauenburg led for 70,000. Abdi-Ali called. The turn was the 2♣ and Schauenburg bet 135,000. Abdi-Ali called. The river was the 2♦ and Schauenburg tried again, this time for 280,000. Abdi-Ali called again.

Schauenburg forlornly turned over J♠7♠ and Abdi-Ali exposed his K♠8♠, pointing on the king triumphantly.

4:40pm: Atmaca makes someLevel 27 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (5,000 ante)

After a period of little or no happening--all of Eric Scheidt, Marcel Schauenberg and Dinesh Alt raised pre-flop and took blinds and antes--Ercan Atmaca won a pot that got so far as the turn.

Ismet Oral, who was right down to his last 700,000, raised to 120,000 from under the gun and Atmaca, one seat to his left, and Alt, one seat further around, called. The 3 of them went to a flop of 4♠7♣K♥ and Oral checked.

Atmaca bet 180,000 and only Alt called, taking them to the Q♦ at the turn. Atmaca bet 300,000 and Alt folded.

Approximate stacks:

Walid Abdi-Ali: 950,000Ismet Oral: 550,000Ercan Atmaca: 1,650,000Dinesh Alt: 2,600,000Erik Scheidt: 1,400,000Marcel Schauenburg: 1,800,000

We'll make those a bit of more accurate on the end of this level.

4:20pm: Two shovesLevel 27 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (5,000 ante)

Dinesh Alt opened two pots in a row, from cutoff then hijack. The primary he got through, however the second ended in a shove from Walid Abdi-Ali within the small blind, which forced Alt to fold.

On the following hand, action folded around to Ismet Oral within the small blind and he open shoved his 565,000. Ercan Atmaca folded his big blind.

Oral were left short after a pot against Marcel Schauenburg where Schauenburg called Oral's bet of 145,000 at the turn, with the board reading 4♥A♣8♣J♥. There had clearly been some betting before this, with a pot of about 200,000 already amassed.

The river was the 4♣ and both players checked. Schauenburg's A♠2♣ was good as Oral mucked.

4:10pm: More for AltLevel 27 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (5,000 ante)

Dinesh Alt now has about 2.7 million, while Walid Abdi-Ali has slumped to 850,000 after the Swiss player just won another pot from his favourite adversary.

Abdi-Ali opened to 140,000 and Alt called within the big blind. The flop came 3♠4♥4♦ and Alt check-called Abdi-Ali's bet of 140,000. They both checked the 2♥ turn after which Alt bet 250,000 after the Q♠ river. Abdi-Ali called but mucked when Alt showed his K♦Q♦.

4:05pm: Alt takes over the chip leadLevel 27 - Blinds 30,000/60,000 (5,000 ante)

Dinesh Alt, who was the tournament short-stack when there have been 22 players left, is now the chip leader of the general six. He has just doubled up through Walid Abdi-Ali to occupy top spot for the primary time.

Alt opened to 120,000 from the cutoff and Abdi-Ali defended his big blind. It got immediately interesting at the flop, where Abdi-Ali checked the Q♠K♦6♠ board and Alt bet 140,000. Then Abdi-Ali raised to 295,000. Alt, with just shy of 800,000 behind, called.

The K♠ came at the turn, which was a transparent action card. The flush draw got there, but king-queen was now a ship. Abdi-Ali instantly pushed all-in.

Alt now had a choice for his tournament. He had 645,000 behind and, after about three or four minutes within the tank, called. Abdi-Ali showed K♣J♥ and a relieved Alt showed his A♠2♠. "I BELIEVED you may have full house," Alt said.

The T♦ was a blank and Alt now has 2.15 million. Abdi-Ali has 1.5 million.

3:50pm: Jacks for AtmacaLevel 26 - Blinds 25,000/50,000 (5,000 ante)

On what turned out to be the last hand of Level 26, Walid Abdi-Ali opened to 110,000 but then folded after Ercan Atmaca three-bet to 235,000 from the cutoff. Everyone else had also folded by that point, and Atmaca showed J♣J♥ by the use of proof that he wasn't three-betting light.

The buzzer sounded for the top of Level 26 during that hand, so we're heading straight into Level 27 where blinds are 30,000/60,000 with a 5,000 ante. Still six handed.

3:40pm: Alt bounces backLevel 26 - Blinds 25,000/50,000 (5,000 ante)

Dinesh Alt has taken his stack back as much as 1.25 million--about what he started with today--after taking a small sliver from Marcel Schauenburg.

Alt raised to 110,000 from the cutoff and collected calls from both Schauenburg, within the small blind, and Walid Abdi-Ali, within the big. Both the blinds checked the 3♥T♠J♣ flop, after which only Schauenburg called when Alt bet 140,000.

Dinesh Alt bounces back

They then checked down both the 6♣ turn and 3♦ river and Schauenburg exposed his K♦Q♦, a straight draw that missed. Alt's 8♣6♣ made a couple at the turn and was good.

Schauenburg still has 1.7 million.

3:35pm: Scheidt wins one; Dinesh Alt in troubleLevel 26 - Blinds 25,000/50,000 (5,000 ante)

The start of this final table hadn't gone consistent with plan for Erik Scheidt. He have been probably the most active player, as chip-leaders are inclined to be, but hadn't won anything through the opening couple of orbits.

Case in point: Scheidt made it 110,000 from the hijack and, in a repeat of the 3:20pm hand, Walid Abdi-Ali called from the button. But this time, when action made it to Ercan Atmaca within the big blind, he shoved for 950,000 and both Scheidt and Abdi-Ali folded.

But then Scheidt did win some chips. He opened again to 110,000 at the next hand and Dinesh Alt was the one called, within the big blind. They both checked the J♠4♣6♥ flop, but then Alt bet 135,000 at the 8♠ turn. Scheidt called.

Erik Scheidt: Overcame a rocky start

The 4♥ came at the river and both checked. Alt turned over A♣5♦ but Sheidt had him out-kicked with the A♠Q♠.

Alt is left with 740,000 now. Sheidt is back as much as around 1.8 million.

3:20pm: Abdi-Ali surges aheadLevel 26 - Blinds 25,000/50,000 (5,000 ante)

It seemed pretty unlikely that shall we see any six-figure pots without somebody being all-in, but that has already been proven wrong. Walid Abdi-Ali has just added a large chunk to his stack when he came out best within the three-hander also involving Erik Schiedt and Ercan Atmaca.

Scheidt opened with a raise to 110,000 from the hijack and Abdi-Ali called at the button. Atmaca also came along from the massive blind.

The flop brought the T♣4♦3♣ and Atmaca checked. Scheidt c-bet to 165,000 and both opponents called.

The A♠ came at the turn and Atmaca checked again. Scheidt bet 315,000 and this time only Abdi-Ali came along.

The 3♠ fell at the river and Scheidt was now first to behave. He checked his stack numerous times--he had about 1.45 million back--but eventually checked. That allowed Abdi-Ali to test behind and switch over A♣2♣. He had a flush draw at the flop, top pair at the turn and two pair by the river.

Walid Abdi-Ali: Assumes the chip lead

Scheidt mucked. Abdi-Ali now has with regards to 3 million.

3:05pm: First blood to Abdi-AliLevel 26 - Blinds 25,000/50,000 (5,000 ante)

Walid Abdi-Ali took the primary pot of the general table after raising from the cutoff to 105,000 and getting a choice from Dinesh Alt within the big blind. They both checked the 5♠7♦A♥ flop after which Alt also checked the Q♥ turn. Abdi-Ali bet 120,000 and Alt called.

The river was the 5♦ and Alt checked again. Abdi-Ali bet 170,000 and after looking his opponent up and down a couple of times, Alt folded.

The stacks are so tight that so they can now make Alt the tournament short stack and can give Abdi-Ali the lead. But by the point you're reading this, that may easily have changed again.

3pm: Play because of beginLevel 26 - Blinds 25,000/50,000 (5,000 ante)

Players at the moment are of their seats with their chip bags ripped open and action is ready to begin.

2:30pm: The race to the title

Good afternoon all and welcome back, for the general time, to Hamburg for the Eureka Poker Tour Main Event. Over the process the following 5 - 6 hours we can crown our latest champion. Six players remain within the hunt, and it's truly anyone's game. Only about 12 big blinds separates first and sixth in what's an excellent and shallow final table.

We begin in Level 26, with blinds at 25,000-50,000. Even Erik Scheidt, who's the chip-leader, can't really afford to be too tricky together with his 39 BBs.

The stacks are as follows:

Name Country Status Chips

Erik Scheidt	Germany	PokerStars qualifier	1975000
Marcel Schauenburg	Germany		1795000
Walid Abdi-Ali	Germany		1660000
Ercan Atmaca	Netherlands		1265000
Dinesh Alt	Switzerland	PokerStars player	1260000
Ismet Oral	Turkey		1190000

Check out the payouts page to peer who has earned what so far, and what is on offer to the last six.

Play begins at 3pm local time. Do not be late.

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