Michael Schuchardt receives cheque

Michael Schuchardt was happy to represent Titan Poker in Malta at the prestigious ECPokerTour in November. We provided him with the podium to say a few words about his overall experience.

I’d like to write about my personal impression of the ECPokerTour in Malta. Everything was organized really well (just like the ECPokerTour Salzburg). There were no long waiting periods, good dealers, masterful tournament directors and friendly Titan Poker representatives to help me with all my questions. It was fun competing against all those players from around the world and I got to know some of them away from the tournament tables.

After I had fought my way to the final table, the hardest period of the tournament started. I joined the final table with a very small stack and along with me at this table were dangerous players like Sorel Mizzi from Canada and Bo Sehlstedt from Sweden. I had managed to get myself among the top 3 when a crucial hand was played. On the button I went all-in with my small stack.  John Van de Bruggen, 2^nd place in chip size, also went all-in, in order to chase Bo Sehlstedt who was the chip leader. Bo called however and all cards went into a show down. I had pocket 10, John pocket 6 and Bo AQ. This brought about the following situations: If I won and Bo got the side pot, I would definitely be in second place and in for heads up with Bo. If John would get the side pot Bo would have a small stack and the three of us would continue. I was leading pre flop. The flop brought A44 so Beau was leading, the turn, however, brought 10 which meant that I was leading und John was left without any chance to win. The river turned it all around with another ace and Bo Sehlstedt was the winner of the tournament. John van de Bruggen came in second place and me in third place.

Despite the ups and downs in the last hand I was really happy about the third place and I had a great time in Malta.

Best regards to the representatives of Titan Poker.

Michael Schuchardt

VIDEO 1 – WELCOME PARTY

VIDEO 2 – ANDREAS SCHMIDT

VIDEO 3 – FABIEN CARLIEZ

Fabien Carliez started out his Poker career playing Draw Poker in the cellar at a young age. Today he is part of the Titan Poker Team and he can be seen giving an interview in front of the yachts.

Michael Schuchardt came in third place, earning €21,450

Michael Schuchardt smiling while he receives his juicy check

Michael Schuchardt, our last Titan qualifier, finished in third place at the TitanPoker ECPT Malta 2009 Main Event.

Andreas Schmidt, Titan Team Player, busted out at 20th place

Ten minutes after playing resumed, we lost Andreas Schmidt, the last Titan Team Player.

Here’s how it happened.  We were twenty players, so we needed two more eliminations to be ITM. On table 1, one player raised 5,200 from middle position, and Bo Sehlstedt, chip leader, re-raised to 13,500 from the button.

Andreas Schmidt wass big blind, and went all-in for a 65,000 chip total. Bo took a long time, but made the call.

Show down:

Andreas Schmidt: J-J

Bo Sehlstedt: Q-Q

The board: A-5-8-10-2

Andreas Schmidt was eliminated in 20th place.

So, that’s bubble time ! Its my favorite time in a poker tournament.  You can feel the fear at the tables, each hand takes ten minutes, it seems that each player is  playing for his life with each hand…. Actually, that’s pretty much the case.  The worst place for a poker player is the bubble, the last place without money…

Bubble-boy, leaving the poker room

Twenty minutes after the beginning of the hand-for-hand, we encountered the Bubble-Boy, Sebastian Percy-Smith, from Denmark.

He went all-in with A-7 and was paid by A-10. No seven on the board.  And with that we were down to 18 players and two tables.

The road is going to be long up to the final table…