2010 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest

2010 EPT Snowfest Main Event
Day: 5
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

Medesan Crippled, Tripled

Russell Carson opened for 195,000 under the gun only for Alain Medesan on the button to make it 515,000. Back to Carson who announced all in, and Medesan insta-called.

"Is it aces?" asked Carson, clearly concerned by the speed of the call. It wasn't aces.

Carson: {K-Spades} {K-Diamonds}
Medesan: {J-Clubs} {J-Diamonds}

Board: {4-Clubs} {8-Hearts} {A-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds}

With that, Carson suddenly went from average to a big stack. Medesan meanwhile was down to just a few big blinds.

He shoved the very next hand and got looked up by both Allan Bække and Russell Carson in the blinds. The two of them proceeded to check down the {4-Hearts} {A-Diamonds} {2-Spades} {A-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} board, and when they turned over the cards, no-one could beat Medesan's {8-Clubs} {8-Diamonds}. Medesan is back in the game...