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

Floor, Table 14

"Floor, Table 14!" came the cry from the far side of the room. We raced the floorman over to the table to see what was happening. When we approached, Rachel the dealer was explaining the situation, dealing with the small blind in particular.

"He was in the small blind, and he threw in an oversized chip without saying, 'Raise'".

"Then it is just a call," ruled the floor. The big blind was a bit ticked off, and he adamantly disagreed with the ruling. Rachel repeated her story verbatim, and the floorman repeated his ruling as well, and that was finally that. Flop time. It came {6-Hearts} {8-Spades} {10-Clubs}, and the small blind led out with a bet of 1,000, which was good enough to win the pot right there.

Just as we'd managed to pick our way through the crowd back to the far corner of the room, we heard, "Floor, Table 14!" again. Sigh. Hustling back over, we were only imagining what the argument was this time. Rachel had the answer.

"The players are wondering if it's possible to close the door. First it was the fire, and now there's cigar smoke wafting in. Is it possible to shut the door?"

The floor went to investigate, but it looks like the door will remain open for ease of access and safety measures. The wood-burning fireplace in the lobby is indeed going great guns, and coupled with the gentlemen puffing stogies in the lounge chairs, there is some noticable smokiness near the door where Table 14 lives.

It's like poker in the 1980's in here, a thick cloud of smoke starting to accumulate above the players' heads.

Vos More Than Doubles Up...

...Though he is still pretty short. Down to 2,675, Vos opened to 2,025 and found two callers.

He bet 500 in the dark and the flop came {9-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{10-Clubs}. One of his opponents forced the other out with a raise to 3,500 and Vos called his last 150 all in. His opponent showed {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs} and Vos was thrilled to be ahead with {A-Spades}{K-Clubs}.

The turn and river were blanks and Vos is up to about 8,000.

Tags: Mark Vos

Level: 6

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

Hollink Will Not Be Bluffed By Internet Kid

Still not happy though.
Still not happy though.
Rob Hollink raised to 800 in the hijack and the young gent in the cutoff made the call.

Hollink checked the {Q-Spades} {A-Clubs} {9-Hearts} flop and then called 1,500 from his opponent. They proceeded to check down the {9-Spades} turn and {5-Hearts} river before Hollink flipped {Q-Diamonds} {J-Hearts}. His opponent could only boast that classic calling hand {J-Spades} {6-Spades} and the first ever Dutchman to win a WSOP bracelet is up to 38,000.

Tags: Rob Hollink

Nasr Rising

[Removed:197] has increased his stack to just over 80,000 before the break. His opponent moved all in with {6-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and [Removed:198] immediately called with {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}.

The board ran out {Q-Hearts}{5-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{10-Spades} and [Removed:198] is moving in the right direction heading into the latter stages of Day 1b.

Low for Heitmann

The Heit of cool
The Heit of cool
Jim Collopy currently seems to be occupying the seat formerly reserved for Team PokerStars Pro and awesome close-up magician (check our videos from EPT Berlin!) Jan Heitmann. Collopy has his chips there too and there is every reason to believe that he is occupying that seat legitimately, so it is with the utmost regret that we declare Mr. Heitmann busted.

Tags: Jan Heitmann

Romanello Check-Raises with Nothing

Romanello - take him seriously
Romanello - take him seriously
With 3,000 in the pot on the {4-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} flop, Roberto Romanello checked. Mark Bech, his sole opponent in the hand, bet 2,000 - and then swiftly folded to a check-raise to 7,000 from Romanello. Romanello showed him {K-Clubs} {10-Spades} for absolutely nothing, and is currently perched on 35,000.

Tags: Roberto Romanello

Pascha Pounding the Tables

Hermann Pascha
Hermann Pascha
The board read {9-Spades}{4-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}{A-Spades} and Hermann Pascha bet 425 into the pot. His opponent raised to 2,100 and Pascha made the call.

When the {K-Hearts} hit the river, Pascha fired 20,000 into the middle, having his opponent covered. A quick all in call led to Pascha shouting across the room in celebration as he tabled {Q-Spades}{J-Spades} for the nuts. His opponent flashed {A-Hearts}{10-Diamonds} and sent his chips over to Pascha, now up to about 130,000.

Tags: Hermann Pascha