Pontus Nima Khosravi is the unlucky 73rd place finisher, the last person in this event who will not walk away with a cash prize.
Tournament director Thomas Kremser informed the media and the players that there was an all in and a call at the back end of the room and the entire room ran to find out if the bubble was going to burst.
Khosravi: - At risk
Vandermissen:
Board: - and with it the bubble was burst, though Khosravi does win a helicopter ride around the Austria Alps from the owners of the Alpine Palace.
Berhard Perner moved all-in preflop for his last 50,000 preflop then decided inexplicably to turn over his before half the table still had acted. Claudiu Secara then folded 9's face up from the blinds.
Perner managed to win the pot, but then got a one round penalty for his antics.
We are on the bubble, meaning that several short-stacked players are going to have an uncomfortable 15 minutes in the hallway.
On the plus side, though, Florian Wolf of the Alpine Palace has announced that he will be furnishing the hapless bubbler with a consolation prize comprising a private helicopter tour of the astoundingly beautiful Austrian mountains surrounding us, piloted by none other than Thomas Wolf, proprietor of the Alpine Palace. What a couple of gentlemen.
Strong deja vu for Russell Carson, having eliminated one player with jacks against ace-king, he's just suffered the other side of the flip against Domantas Klimciauskas, whose held against the Canadian's on a board for a sizeable pot. Carson drops to about 200,000.
Sander Benjamins will be the last player to go home from PokerStars.net EPT SNowfest as he has been eliminated in 74th place. I hear you screaming that 73rd is the bubble but alas it no longer is. The Alpine Palace's owner's son, still with me, announced that whoever bursts the bubble will receive a voucher for a "surprise." What that is, is anybody's guess.
Anyway, back to the hand. Benjamins raised to 10,000 under the gun and Martins Adeniya was next to act and he bumped it up to 26,600. The action folded back around to Benjamins and he moved all in and he was snap-called by Adeniya.
Benjamins:
Adeniya:
The flop came down putting Adeniya into the lead and leaving Benjamins drawing very thinly. The on the turn meant he was now drawing to the case queen and it did not materialise as the fell on the river.
Tomer Berda opened to 10,000 in early position and Sebastian Ruthenberg, having been crippled moved all-in for his final 28,800 before Morten Mortensen reraised to 100,000, the action went back to Berda who would be all-in if he called.
He thought for a couple of minutes before pointing to Ruthenberg's stack, "That's about 29?"
"That's not important," said Ruthenberg with a smile, "there's 100 over here!
Berda tanked for another minute.
Ruthenberg, "I would like you to call I think, I'm not sure...wait 9 more minutes and we might make the money!"
Berda replied, "I have a hand..."
"We all have hands, as you can see," laughed Ruthenberg.
Berda took off his glasses and furrowed his brow, "I call time," said Ruthenberg. Thomas Kremser came over to the table and told Berda he had one minute to make a decision, finally though the latter folded.
Ruthenberg:
Mortensen:
"What did you have?"
"Tens."
"So call!" said Ruthenberg deadpan.
The board came , no luck for the German and he was knocked out, leaving Michael Tureniec as our only remaining former champion
Giacomo Maisto raised from the cutoff, only to face a reraise to 21,000 from Cynthia Foresti in the small blind. Maisto tanked up for several minutes before making the call.
They saw a flop and Foresti calmly bet out 25,000. Another spell in the tank for Maisto (he's a bit of a tanker in general, is Signor Maisto), before he decided to give Foresti respect and folded. She showed him pocket kings, and they had a short and apparently jovial conversation, the contents of which will remain a mystery as it was largely conducted in Italian.
Constantin Georgescu pushed preflop and got a call from Daniel Hager, who was suddenly very unhappy about the whole situation when the cards were turned over.
Georgescu:
Hager:
Board:
Georgescu doubled to a much more comfortable 140,000. Hager meanwhile found himself down to just 24,000 - an unenviable position to be in just a couple places off the money. He shoved from the small blind the next hand and got respect, picking up the blinds and antes - but he still looks to be one of the very shortest stacks in the room as the bubble looms.
- At risk
- and with it the bubble was burst, though Khosravi does win a helicopter ride around the Austria Alps from the owners of the Alpine Palace.![[user76023]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
before half the table still had acted. Claudiu Secara then folded 9's face up from the blinds.
held against the Canadian's 
on a 
board for a sizeable pot. Carson drops to about 200,000.
putting Adeniya into the lead and leaving Benjamins drawing very thinly. The 
on the turn meant he was now drawing to the case queen and it did not materialise as the 
flop and Foresti calmly bet out 25,000. Another spell in the tank for Maisto (he's a bit of a tanker in general, is Signor Maisto), before he decided to give Foresti respect and folded. She showed him pocket kings, and they had a short and apparently jovial conversation, the contents of which will remain a mystery as it was largely conducted in Italian.
