2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine

Day 1 completed

Posted 03-26-2009 00:57 GMT+1

Mark Schouten Wins Event #4 (€8,466)

After a relatively epic heads-up battle, youthful Dutchman Mark Schouten finally conquered the last of the 106-strong field to claim top prize, the title, and the very attractive full-size glass trophy. The victory must have been particularly sweet as Schouten qualified on PokerStars rather than having to do anything so brash as pay his way over here to Saalbach-Hinterglemm.

Join us back here tomorrow at 2pm GMT+1 when the much-anticipated Main Event will at last get under way. Until then, guten Nacht from Austria and the PokerNews team.

Tags: Mark Schouten.

Fedor Los Eliminated in Second Place (€5,100)

Considering our two final players have been deliberate and pensive in every decision they've made, the last hand of the tournament came down like a bolt of lightning... "Raise", "Pot", "All in", "Call".

Mark Schouten =
Fedor Los =

The flop is a killer...



Turn =

They think it's all over...

River =

It is now!

Tags: Fedor Los, Mark Schouten.

Schouten Takes One Down

Mark Schouten made a standard raise from the button, Fedor Los made it, I believe, 70,000, and Schouten called. The board was checked right down to the end, Schouten lapping up the pot with versus for two pair.

Tags: Fedor Los, Mark Schouten.

Is It Over? No

With Fedor Los on the button, there was a flurry of potting, re-potting and so on until Mark Schouten was all in and Los was calling him.

Los:
Schouten:

Board:

A slightly disappointing chop, and they play on.

Los Doubles Up

Fedor Los raised from the button and Mark Schouten called.

Come the flop, Schouten checked; Los attempted to overbet the pot, Schouten raised his eventually pot-sized bet, and Los called all in for a total of 137,000.

Los:
Schouten:

Turn:

River:

Los doubles up to around 315,000, while Schouten drops down to around 225,000.

G Hits the Spot; Golser Hits the Mark

The Omaha High Rollers event is done and dusted. Tony G and Markus Golser agreed to a two-way chop down the middle, thus taking home €20,950.50 each.

The trophies were, naturally, different sizes, so we needed to find an official winner, and that honor went to the Austrian.

Golser =
Tony G =

Board =

"On ya bike, G-ster!" exclaimed Golser as he jumped onto the table, swinging his trousers around his head in celebration. "Bring on more Australians/Lithuanians!"

Okay, that's not quite true -- he shook hands gracefully and posed with the trophy. Congratulations, Mr Golser.

Tags: Markus Golser, Tony G.

Heads Up Chip Counts

Mark Schouten: 436,000
Fedor Los: 104,000

It's All Over for Overdijk in Third Place (€3,400)

Meanwhile back in the medium-roller event, Peter Overdijk raised to 21,000 from the button. Mark Schouten in the small blind reraised to cover him, Overdijk called, and it was a showdown.

Overdijk:
Schouten:

Board:

Schouten's full house eclipsed Overdijk's flush, and it was a third-place finish for Overdijk.

Up and Down Goes the G-Saw

High Rollers:

Markus Golser won a big pot when his flopped flush draw turned into two pair and Tony G just mucked -- Tony was down to just 20,000 or so but doubled up a few hands later. Back up to 43,000.

That double-up:

Tony G: -- all in on the flop
Golser:

Board:

Tony was back up to 43,000, and after picking up a series of small pots, found himself with the chip advantage. A little while later and it looked as though it could all be over, as Golser was all in and called preflop:

Golser:
Tony G:

Board:

Amazingly, they chopped it, and play continues.

Tags: Markus Golser, Tony G.