When you are out of the Main Event at a poker tournament, you have a few options available to you. You can hang around watching the other players playing for big money. This can be a hard shift and while you want to be supportive of the other players still in the tournament, the pangs of jealousy and regret are going to be fairly evident. You could decide to get away from the venue and destination as quickly as you can. This may seem like the best option for players but it is a fairly bad move and one that will no doubt be cast up by other people. There is another option remaining though, there are usually a number of side games that are available around these Main Events and this is what has been going on in Berlin.
With so many players out of the running for the huge €880,000 that was up for grabs in the Main Event, there was a lot of time to kill and plenty of others looking to kill it. In fact, there were 237 players who got around to taking part in a €2,000 turbo side event. The huge numbers in the event ensured that there would be a prize pool of €450,000 on offer and the winning poker player would be able to pick up €131,000. As second prizes go, this is definitely one that most players would be able to console themselves with.
There is no shame in second place
With so many players involved, getting to the final table wasn’t as turbo charged as some of the players would have liked but there were some big names through to the final table and as the table progressed, UK player Chris Moorman was looking good although Rhys Jones, another UK poker player was in contention. Sadly Jones was bounced out in fourth place but this finish saw him pick up €32,000 for his troubles.
At this point, Moorman was the leading poker player left in the event and in the heads up many would have felt that he was in with a brilliant shout but sadly he was facing a poker player who didn’t know the meaning of the word defeat and was winning every all-in. This meant that Moorman finished second once again although hopefully the prize of €70,000 was enough to make sure that he was still in a great mood for the time he spent at the side event.