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On Sunday, 22.10.06, there were 80 registered players firmly to the “forest Bacher Multi Table Tournament in Holden. In a separate double room in the hotel, two Freezeout Fights with 40 players. Like this year the WSOP Main Event were thus all participants on two Heats, known for itself to 15 players played down.

Consequently stood at 19.00 clock exactly 30 finalists, after a 1.5 hour dinner break in time to clock 20.30 to the final landed which is also in multi-table mode to three Final tables out.

Some of the case in previous tournaments successful player had to this time in the preliminaries. Among the winners of the poker magazine Pre Challenge Ali Büyükyazici the second or the third party and the Lucky River Poker Championships Gerd van de Kletersteeg and Carsten black. Even the winner of the marathon shootout Holden, Tim Berne Hoff, it has already caught in the preliminaries.

As chip leader went Rene Domke with 9,600 chips to the finals, followed by Rainer Schulze with 6,850 chips. Although the final with blinds of 50/100 began, it was also Dennis Cormann not take time to stand, although he only with the final chips had reached 50. Not much better Dominik Maas stood there, in the finals with only 650 chips went. But Maas showed impressive that in the poker should never give up. He was eventually third!

In the course of the tournament were among the players experienced their skill much better off than it previously had been the case, since the regulations came comfortable to them. The blinds rose moderately usual (about every second increase was not doubling) and even only once every 16 minutes. Meanwhile increased the Tournament Director steps spontaneously even at 20 minutes, and at the final table-As announced-even only once every 30 minutes.

When the field to 11 players played down was the hand-for-hand play was called to deal with requirements to balance the 9 Player of the Final Tables to identify. As the last player before reaching the Final Tables then resigned from Markus Berndsen Hamminkeln from the final round started with 3,100 chips.

Since the price structure until 8 Place went down, had it on the final table still catch a player who, without price to go home. This was an international rule that is not often seen in live games. As Daniel Kasper from Cologne with 2,500 chips against several opponents went all-in, he was Others Matthew Drost gecallt from Duisburg, but only 2,000 chips. Both players were at the same time, by Sandra Wellinghoff from Dortmund taken off the table, with a pair of tens was a straight. And although both players simultaneously winner, Daniel Kasper 8 Space assigned, since its 500 chip stack was greater than that of Matthias Drost.

Kasper thus won 2 tickets and two card decks, while Drost empty campuses. Immediately decided to Daniel Kasper, his former counterpart at the same time as one of its card decks as a consolation prize as a gift. A great gesture, which underlines how much poker as a sport already viewed.

The decisive game of the evening was the clash of the two chip leader Artur Barth and Daniel Bittmann, the stacks were approximately equal and approximately 90% of all chips on the still occupied with 3 Final Table players concerned. All three players saw a flop A-J-6. Artur Barth in the small blind went all-in and was without hesitation by Bittmann gestalt (over Dominik Maas folded). Bittmann had with A-7 hit the top pair, but Barth was a set Escher against. As Daniel Bittmann the larger stack, he could remain in the game, but this was virtually hand the Genickbruch from which Bittmann despite very kluge game does not recover. Finally had to Artur Barth with 90% of all chips against his last two remaining opponents and won through the forest Bacher Multi Table Tournament. We congratulate all winners and finalists.