2010 EPT Snowfest Main Event Day 1b | 2010 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest

03-22-2010 23:39 UTC+2

Levi Breaks

[user46392]

Nicolas Levi, down to just 3,600, shoved from the cutoff. "What time do the slopes shut?" he asked the French media, to chuckling around the table. Dan Murariu made the call, and Levi was looking good for a double up...

Levi: {Q-?}

Murariu:

But oh, the cruelty...

Board: {8-?}

As Levi trudged away from the table, we heard him mutter something that sounded awfully like, "Le snowboard, hein."

Tags: Nicolas Levi

03-22-2010 23:31 UTC+2

So What Happens When Gingers Meet Up?

[user81887]

Gloria caught up with fellow ginger Mark Vos on Day 1B of EPT Snowfest 2010. It is a shame Mr. Vos is so shy.

03-22-2010 23:30 UTC+2

Pascha Sends Danzer to the Rail

Mickey Doft

Hermann Pascha opened with a raise to 1,600 from middle position. His raise was called by the next four players to follow and George Danzer put in a re-raise from the small blind to 10,300. Pascha four-bet to 21,600 and forced folds from three of the four callers. The player in the cutoff called the four-bet, as did Danzer (with only 3,000 behind).

The flop came down {5-Diamonds}

and Danzer checked. Pascha bet 50,000 and loudly went into an Austrian celebratory rant that the entire room could head. The player in the cutoff folded and Danzer opted to call his last 3,000 all in with {K-Diamonds}

, needing running diamonds to beat Pascha's {A-Spades}

.

It was not meant to be, as the {7-Clubs}

turn card and {4-Spades}

river card sent Danzer packing. Hermann Pascha appears to be the chip leader in the room with 170,000.

Tags: George Danzer Hermann Pascha

03-22-2010 23:10 UTC+2

Pagano Near the Top

[user46392]

Three players made it to the {A-Clubs}

flop, with Luca Pagano on the button. The first player checked, the second player bet 6,500, Pagano called and the first player got out of the way.

Pagano and his opponent went heads up to the {4-Clubs}

turn and this time Mr. Opponent checked. Pagano bet 7,000 and Mr. Opponent stacked up his chips and looked just a hair's breadth away from shoving - but he folded, and Pagano took the pot to put him up to around 130,000, in contention for the chip lead.

Tags: Luca Pagano

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

03-22-2010 23:04 UTC+2

Where Is Everyone From?

[user46392]

Usually (barring anomalies like Monaco) the host country turns up in force; this time though it's Germany who is the best-represented country here with 20% of the field while Austria is in second place with 10%.

Slice of pie, anyone?

The pie chart does not include countries that account for less than 1% of all players (Australia, Bosnia, Brazil, Israel, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Panama, Serbia, Algeria, Argentina, Costa Rica, Iceland, Iran, Ireland, Lebanon, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Malta, Turkey)

03-22-2010 22:59 UTC+2

Golser Gets Paid

[user66118]

Luca Pagano opened to 1,200 in early position, and he found four callers, including Kevin MacPhee and Markus Golser (who had the button). The five of them saw the flop come down {10-Spades}

. Everyone checked around to Golser, and he flicked out a yellow chip worth a bet of 5,000. The small blind quickly called as the others ducked out, and it was heads up to the turn.

It brought the {K-Spades}

and a check-check from both players. The {K-Hearts}

completed the board, and the small blind patted the felt again. Golser fired out one last bet of 9,000, and his opponent again called with a quickness.

It's hard to beat the nuts. Golser showed up {K-Diamonds}

, and that's good enough to beat anything except a copy hand. His opponent did not have the other king-queen, and Golser picks up the pot with his full house. He's moved his way up to about 54,000 now.

Tags: Markus Golser

03-22-2010 22:56 UTC+2

Lam Not So Little

[user46392]

The board read {2-Diamonds}

by the time we caught up with the action; there was 30,000 in the pot, and Lam Trinh had checked. Jasper Wetemans bet a hefty 16,500 and Trinh looked positively tortured for a while before he called. Wetemans mucked before Trinh had even gone to flip his {10-Hearts}

.

Wetemans - down to 28,000
Trinh - up to 125,000

Tags: Jasper Wetemans Lam Trinh

03-22-2010 22:52 UTC+2

Miller Grinding

[user46392]

It folded around to the gentleman in the small blind who raised it up to 1,200. In the big blind, online qualifier Samuel Miller, whose face remains a complete mystery to us under his voluminous hoodie, made it 3,000. Back to the small blind who sighed and re-popped for 26,200, easily enough to cover Miller. Miller gave it up, and was left with 18,000.

03-22-2010 22:46 UTC+2

Show Me the Money

[user46392]

The most important bit of any tournament, of course, is what the winners are going to get...

1 €445,000
2 €296,000
3 €166,000
4 €111,000
5 €88,000
6 €65,000
7 €46,000
8 €37,000
9-10 €28,000
11-12 €20,400
13-14 €15,800
15-16 €13,000
17-24 €10,200
25-32 €8,400
33-40 €7,400
41-48 €6,700
49-56 €6,300
57-64 €5,900
65-72 €5,500
73-80 €5,260

Total prize pool €1,853,680.