EPT Berlin Main Event 2013 - Daniel Pidun Wins Final Table

On Day 5 of the EPT Berlin 2013 €5,300 Main Event, 17 players returned to play it down to the eight-handed finale. The biggest favourites got eliminated along the way, with Kevin Stani finishing 17th, Olivier Busquet 15th and Calvin Anderson 10th. The Final Table had the following starting setup on Saturday:

Seat 1: Julian Thomas – 1,735,000
Seat 2: Roman Korenev – 2,995,000
Seat 3: Robert Haigh – 5,495,000
Seat 4: Alexander Helbig – 3,315,000
Seat 5: Lasse Frost – 3,700,000
Seat 6: Pascal Vos – 1,750,000
Seat 7: Daniel-Gai Pidun – 5,250,000
Seat 8: Roman Herold – 3,050,000

Players were eliminated in the following order: Roman Korenev, Julian Thomas, Roman Herold, Alexander Helbig and Pascal Vos to finally make it to the heads-up with the railing of Lasse Frost. Daniel Pidun was dominating the finale: after eliminating Frost, the German entered the heads-up with a huge edge over his fellow countryman, Robert Haigh, who is currently running 6th in the EPT Player of the Year competition.

Daniel Pidun – 24,500,000
Robert Haigh – 2,800,000

Pidun had a firm grip on the heads-up as well, betting his opponent’s all-in with 9-8s in the last hand to get called with A-K. On the otherwise neutral board, an eight gave Pidun the final victory.


After finishing 17th in last year’s EPT Berlin, Pidun celebrates his first ever major tournament victory this weekend.

The end results are as follows:

1st: Daniel Pidun - €880,000
2nd: Robert Haigh - €531,000
3rd: Lasse Frost - €325,000
4th: Pascal Vos - €255,000
5th: Alexander Helbig - €202,200
6th: Roman Herold - €155,000
7th: Julian Thomas - €110,000
8th: Roman Korenev - €77,000