2008 PokerStars.com EPT Budapest

€4,350 EPT Budapest Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2008 PokerStars.com EPT Budapest

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
jj
Prize
€595,839
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,000
Prize Pool
€2,128,000
Entries
532
Level Info
Level
26
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
0

A Lovely River for Alacqua

Intense
Intense
Beardy Italian Gino Alacqua bet out 25,000 on a {7-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {4-Spades} board, and Martin Jacobson minimum-raised to 50,000. Alacqua looked as though he was considering a reraise, but flat-called instead and they saw a {3-Hearts} turn, which Alacqua checked. Jacobson announced all in, and Alacqua called without a moment's hesitation -- his {A-Clubs} {5-Clubs} had made a straight, and Jacobson could only boast {A-Hearts} {K-Clubs}.

Tags: Gino AlacquaMartin Jacobson

Zoltan Wins One from Micha Hoedemaker

I caught the action on the river. The board read {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {2-Spades} {3-Spades}. There was around 75,000 or so in the pot. Micha Hoedemaker checked. Zoltan Toth bet 60,000. Hoedemaker unleashed an intense stare but could not get a read on the Hungarian. Hoedemaker folded and Zoltan won the pot.

Gino Alacqua Doubles Through Simeon Tsonev

Queens no good for Simeon
Queens no good for Simeon
Simeon Tsonev's stack took a big hit. He was all in preflop with {Q-Clubs} {Q-Spades} against Gino Alacqua's {A-Spades} {3-Spades}. The flop was {A-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} and Gino took the lead. The turn was the {10-Diamonds} and Tsonev picked up a couple of more outs with a gutshot. The river was the {9-Spades}. Gino's hand held up and he doubled through the young Bulgarian.

Updated Chip Counts

Here are the unofficial chipcounts complied by Danafish at the break...

Albert Iversen - 710,000
Ciprian Hrisca - 500,000
Martin Jacobson - 479,000
Zoltan Toth - 360,000
Johnny Lodden - 298,000
William Fry - 292,000
Sebastian Saffari - 290,000
Jari Pekka Juhola - 231,000
Christoph Haller - 222,500
Ivo Donev - 218,500
Menno Antonius Bussinik - 200,000
Korotkov Oleg - 190,000
Micha Hoedemaker - 180,000
Robin Keston - 140,000
Ofer Golko - 135,000
Casey Kastle - 130,000
Lukas Benkovic - 125,000
Denis Volkov - 120,000
Alex Kravchenko - 114,500
Simeon Tsonev - 111,000
Marino Serenelli - 110,000
Tibor Tolnai - 95,000
Gino Alacqua - 76,500

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Alex Kravchenko Eliminated in 23rd Place (€10,640)

Alex Out in 23rd
Alex Out in 23rd
Alex Kravchenko lost a race when his pocket fours lost to Ivo Donev's {A-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}. Donev flopped a pair and turned two pair to win the pot. Donev doubled up and left Kravchenko with a short stack.

Kravchenko busted out on the last hand before the break when his pocket treys lost to Donev's overpair. The Russian member of Team PokerStars headed to the rail after the chessmaster took all of his chips.

Tags: Alex KravchenkoIvo Donev

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