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

Kelly Makes Huge Laydown

We didn't see how the hand developed, but we arrived at the table in time to see British Team PokerStars Pro JP Kelly faced with a decision for about his entire stack.

The board read {A-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{K-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{5-Clubs} and his opponent was all in for roughly 14,000. Kelly had 15,500 behind and appeared agonized with the decision. In the end he folded {A-Diamonds}{K-Diamonds} face up, feeling he was beat.

Tags: JP Kelly

How Many Chips Do They Have?

Hermann Pascha - 70,000
Jasper Wetemans - 62,000
Hanh Tran - 80,000
Paul Testud - 43,000
Pierre Neuville - 56,000
Lex Veldhuis - 17,000
Pieter de Korver - 21,025 exactly
Nicolo Calia - 38,000
Andreas Krause - 33,000
Ben Kang - 31,000
William Martin - 62,000
JP Kelly - 14,000
Sandra Naujoks - 7,000
Evgeniy Zaytsev - 34,000
Erich Kollmann - 43,000
Mark Vos - 18,000
Roberto Romanello - 42,000
Ivo Donev - 68,000
Lam Trinh - 40,000
Jan Heitmann - 45,000
Luca Pagano - 49,000
Boris Becker - 55,000
Markus Golser - 31,000
Toni Ojala - 29,000
Rob Hollink - 47,000
Anton Allemann - 17,300
Christophe Gross - 40,000

Dinner Plans

The dinner plans for tonight are the same as last night's. After this level plays out, half of the field will be sent off to the buffet for their 75-minute chow time. The "B" group of players will take a short break before returning to play Level 5. At the end of the 60-minute level, the two groups will switch, and the now satiated Group A will play their own Level 5.

After the two dinner levels, the players will recombine for the collective Level 6.

Danzer Doubles; Doesn't Last

With the board reading {3-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {10-Hearts}, George Danzer checked to table crazy man Hermann Pascha. Pascha immediately bet 15,000 to cover Danzer, who disappeared into the tank, giggling periodically. Eventually he called all in, and it was a good call.

Danzer: {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} for a pair of jacks
Pascha: {A-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} for absolutely nothing

Danzer doubled to 30,000, but it didn't last long - when we strolled by his table just a moment ago he was right back down to 12,500.

Tags: George DanzerHermann Pascha

Nacho Makes the Right Call

Nacho Barbero
Nacho Barbero
Team PokerStars Angentina Pro and LAPT Punta del Este Champion Nacho Barbero is up to 42,000 after this hand.

He bet 800 on a {9-Spades}{2-Hearts}{9-Diamonds} board and was called his opponent. The {5-Spades} turn was checked by Barbero and his opponent bet 1,600. Barbero made the call and checked when the {5-Diamonds} hit the river. His opponent bet 4,000 and Barbero though for a few moments, eventually making a call he did not appear thrilled to make. However, his opponent mucked and Nacho took it down with out showing.

Tags: Nacho Barbero

Level: 4

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 0

Danzer Triples Up

George Danzer
George Danzer
It was only to a little over 14,000, but it's a start. The under-the-gun player limped and next to act, George Danzer raised to 600. From the cutoff, Hermann Pascha re-raised to 1,300. The limper called and Danzer went all in for 4,675. He was immediately called by both players and the flop came down {J-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts}.

A bet of 3,000 came from the mystery player and Pascha called, landing the {5-Clubs} turn card. Both players checked and the {J-Hearts} hit the river. The mystery player bet 7,000 and Pascha instantly called. The hands were:

Mystery Limper: {K-Hearts}{10-Clubs}
George Danzer: {A-Hearts}{Q-Clubs}
Hermann Pascha: {A-Spades}{8-Spades}

Pascha took the side pot with jacks and eights, chipping up to about 95,000. Danzer won the main pot with queens and jacks for a much needed boost to about 14,500.

Tags: George DanzerHermann Pascha

MacPhee Goes With It

Kevin MacPhee
Kevin MacPhee
An unknown player raised in early position, and Kevin MacPhee came along with a call from the button.

The flop rolled out {3-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {J-Hearts}, and the raiser continued out with a bet of 650. MacPhee grabbed an oversized yellow chip and announced, "Sixteen," as he flicked it into the pot. His opponent didn't waste much time announcing an all in re-raise, and MacPhee sunk in his chair a bit. He shuffled his two cards in between his hands for a moment before shrugging and saying, "All right, I call." With MacPhee's final 16,300 chips committed to the pot, the cards were shown up:

Raiser: {K-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}
MacPhee: {5-Hearts} {6-Hearts}

MacPhee had no pair, but he was working with the big double draw for his tournament life. The turn {3-Diamonds} was an airball, leaving him one card from elimination.

But he's not going anywhere just yet. The {7-Hearts} landed on fifth street, and MacPhee's flush earns him the timely double up. He's back to about 34,000 now, the first time we've seen him above his starting stack today.

Tags: Kevin MacPhee

Pinho Win

Yo yo Pinho
Yo yo Pinho
We just caught the end of the {8-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {4-Hearts} board and witnessed Henrique Pinho (big blind) betting out 1,350. [Removed:197] (button) appeared to make some very complex mental calculations and then called.

Pinho turned over a surprisingly-premium-for-the-size-of-the-pot {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}. [Removed:198] went as though to reveal an even winninger hand - but then giggled and mucked instead.

Tags: Henrique Pinho

Veldhuis Suffers Unusual Hit

Veld in the huis!
Veld in the huis!
To be honest, we wouldn't like to hazard a guess at how this came to pass, but we arrived just in time to see the cards on their backs and the board fully dealt.

Lex Veldhuis: {A-Spades} {10-Spades}
All In Gentleman: {6-Clubs} {9-Spades}

Board: {8-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {7-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {5-Spades}

However it went down, the all-in gent doubled to 60,000 while Veldhuis was left with 13,500...

Tags: Lex Veldhuis