2010 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest

2010 EPT Snowfest Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
€445,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,500
Entries
546
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0

Double Dutch

The colorful de Korver is busto
The colorful de Korver is busto
Our last check on two of the Dutchies sees them both conspicuously absent without leave. We can't find Pieter de Korver or Rob Hollink, and we're fairly certain they've both been sent packing.

After all, it'd be hard to miss de Korver if he were still playing.

Tags: Pieter de KorverRob Hollink

JP KO

England's finest, Team PokerStars Pro JP Kelly, was spotted scuttling out of the tournament area. "I just busted," he said, unnecessarily.

Turns out he got it in with pocket jacks against {K-?} {10-?} on a ten-high board - and his opponent rivered a king. Ouch.

Tags: JP Kelly

Van Kalkeren Quadruples Up

Mr. Daniel van Kalkeren of the Netherlands is a very, very lucky boy.

He open-shoved for his last 7,300 and got one call - and then two reshoves. The caller folded, and they were on their backs.

Van Kalkeren: {6-Hearts} {6-Diamonds}
First Reshover: {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds}
Second Reshover: {A-Spades} {K-Hearts}

Board: {Q-Spades} {6-Clubs} {8-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} {2-Clubs}

Van Kalkeren is up to around 30,000, while the first reshover picked up the healthy side pot.

Tags: Daniel van Kalkeren

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 75

Trinh to the Top

Lam Trinh raised to 1,700 under the gun and was called by a player in middle position, Nacho Barbero on the button, and the player in the big blind.

The flop ran out {8-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} and the big blind player checked. Trinh bet 4,600 and forced a fold from the middle position player. Nacho made the call, but the big blind player immediately went all in for 6,200 more. Trinh thought for a few moments and made the call, as did Nacho.

The {8-Spades} hit the turn and Trinh bet 30,000, enough to put Nacho all in. Barbero folded and the big blind revealed {J-Spades}{7-Diamonds} for a straight.

Trinh was well behind with {A-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}, but hit the {10-Clubs} on the river to make a full house and eliminate his opponent. He is up to 175,000 and quite possibly the chip leader heading into the next break.

Tags: Lam TrinhNacho Barbero

The French Counterfeiter

Marine Labernardie opened to 1,500 from early position, and Tim van der Riet three-bet to 4,500 a few seats over. Labernardie put in the call, and they went heads up to a flop of {K-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {5-Spades}. After the lady checked, van der Riet continued out with a bet of 4,200. Ms. Labernardie had 22,100 total chips left, and she went ahead and stuck them in there. Van der Riet quickly called with the covering stack.

Showdown
Labernardie: {A-Spades} {K-Spades}
Van der Riet: {K-Clubs} {3-Hearts}

Van der Riet's slim three-bet had come through on the flop, and his two pair was poised for the knockout. The turn {7-Diamonds} was no help to the at-risk Labernardie, but the river would bring salvation. The {5-Clubs} that landed on the end counterfeited her opponent's kings up, giving both players the same two pair. Labernardie's kicker was the big one though, and she's picked up the double. That moves her up to about 54,000, her and van der Riet essentially swapping stacks in that exchange.

Tags: Marina LabernardieTim van der Riet

Chips, Chips, as Far as the Eye Can See

Luca Cainelli - 93,000
Kristijonas Andrulis - 11,000
Florian Langmann - 19,000
Henrique Pinho - 35,000
[Removed:197] - 75,000
Alexia Portal - 21,500
Markus Golser - 38,000
Kevin MacPhee - 17,600
Toni Ojala - 25,000
Rob Hollink - 27,000
Christophe Gross - 24,000
Andreas Krause - 47,000
Erich Kollmann - 48,000
Evgeniy Zaytsev - 24,000