2011 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2011 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a9
Prize
€390,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,500
Prize Pool
€1,636,390
Entries
482
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

LOL Pernerments

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Berhard Perner moved all-in preflop for his last 50,000 preflop then decided inexplicably to turn over his {k-Hearts}{k-Diamonds} 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.

Pop Goes The Bubble

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

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:{a-Hearts}{j-Clubs} - At risk
Vandermissen:{5-Hearts}{4-Spades}

Board:{5-Spades}{9-Hearts}{7-Spades}{6-Clubs}{k-Spades} - 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.

Tags: Pontus Nima KhosraviKevin Vandermissen

Super 'Nova

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Alex Kravchenko
Alex Kravchenko

Domantas Klimciauskas opened to 11,000 under the gun and Alex Kravchenko called behind before Bastien Casanova shoved for his last 24,500 from the button. Klimciauskas now reraised to 50,000, driving Kravchenko into the tank for a while. When he emerged, it was to push all in for around 325,000.

Klimciauskas folded and Kravchenko and Casanova turned their cards over.

Kravchenko: {a-Clubs}{k-Hearts}
Casanova: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

Board: {j-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{9-Spades}

Casanova more than tripled up to around 85,000, with the maximum of relieved huffing and puffing. Kravchenko roughly broke even.

Tags: Bastien CasanovaDomantas KlimciauskasAlex Kravchenko

Bojang Busted

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Ismael Colin Bojang pushed from the button and in the big blind Vladimir Geshkenbein thought about briefly. "I usually snap this," he told him cheerfully. "Any other player..."

Geshkenbein called anyway, and they were on their backs.

Geshkenbein: {a-Hearts}{10-Spades}
Bojang: {a-Diamonds}{8-Clubs}

Board: {2-Clubs}{k-Clubs}{j-Diamonds}{q-Spades}{4-Clubs}

The two of them spent the time it took to deal the board calling out cards that they would like to drop on the felt, culminating in Bojang requesting a ten on the river, which didn;t come. "Ten wouldn't have helped," Geshkenbein told him. "Oh, wait..."

Anyway, Bojang is now busto, and Geshkenbein is up to 700,000, a real force to be reckoned with now.

Tags: Ismael Colin BojangVladimir Geshkenbein

Aa Yeah

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Domantas Klimciauskas
Domantas Klimciauskas

Pim van der Aa in the small blind and Domantas Klimciauskas in the big saw an {a-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{8-Diamonds} flop on which all the chips went in.

Klimciauskas: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts} for top pair
Van der Aa: {k-Diamonds}{j-Diamonds} for a flush draw

Van der Aa's flush came in on the {4-Diamonds} turn, and that was the end of that. He doubled to 400,000, while Klimciauskas dropped right down to 170,000.

Tags: Domantas KlimciauskasPim van der Aa

Like Buses

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Constantin Georgescu, Nikolaus Deininger and Eckhard Siefer have all been eliminated from the event, the last of these pushing with {a-}{8-} into the {q-}{q-} belonging to Marc Ladouceur.

Ruxandescu Makes Huge Bluff

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Iulian Ruxandescu has just proved his mettle, he 3-bet preflop in the small blind against Marc Ladouceur to 26,500 with the Canadian making the call.

The Romanian fired 25,500 on the flop, 56,500 on the turn and then moved all-in for around 110,000 on the river of a {a-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{k-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{k-Clubs} board. Ladouceur called the first two bets but then tank-folded on the river, finally giving up his hand.

Ruxandescu showed {8-Hearts}{2-Clubs}...

Tags: Iulian Ruxandescu

Son Of Death Kills off Tureniec

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante

Michael Tureniec will not be winning back-to-back EPT titles as he has just been eliminated at the hands of Morten Mortensen.

Tureniec opened the betting with a raise to 10,500 from middle position, which was enough to fold everyone out except Mortensen in the small blind. After double checking his cards Mortensen made it 29,500 to play and the action went back to Tureniec.

After 20 seconds he announced he was all in and was instantly called by Mortensen, the latter turning over {a-Clubs}{k-Spades} and in front of Tureniec's {q-Spades}{j-Spades}

The flop of {k-Clubs}{2-Clubs}{5-Hearts} left Tureniec needing running cards but they failed to appear as the turn and river were the {8-Hearts} and {5-Spades} respectively.

Tags: Morten MortensenMichael Tureniec

Hering Landed, Gutted

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 500 ante
Morten Mortensen
Morten Mortensen

Kevin Vandersmissen min-raised under the gun, only for Alexander Hering to his immediate left to shove for 72,500. To his immediate left, Morten Mortensen called. Back to Vandersmissen, who folded, and the cards were turned over.

Hering: {a-Clubs}{j-Hearts}
Mortensen: {q-Diamonds}{q-Clubs}

Board: {2-Clubs}{j-Clubs}{5-Clubs}{k-Hearts}{6-Spades}

Hering was left belly-up, while Mortensen moved on up to 690,000.

Tags: Alexander HeringKevin VandersmissenMorten Mortensen