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Event 38 - $2,000 Limit Hold'emDay 3 completed
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Fri Jun 19 2009 06:26 GMT-70 | Posted by danafish
He was posing for a laugh, but now it's his for keepsMarc Naalden Wins Event 38 - $2,000 Limit Hold'em ($190,770)
It's been a crazy day in the Amazon Room, with Marc Naalden thoroughly dominating this tournament.
He had almost half the chips in play when they were seven-handed, and picked off his opponents one by one. A rollercoaster of a heads-up match saw him lose the chip lead at one point for the first time since there were 25 runners left yesterday evening, but he never lost focus and made back every single chip to take first place -- not forgetting the bracelet.
Indeed, this is only the second bracelet ever to go to the Netherlands, and the excitement of the Dutch crowd was incredibly, audibly obvious. Many of Holland's big stars turned out to rail, including Noah Boeken, Lex Veldhuis, Michiel Brummelhuis and the Netherlands' only other bracelet winner Rob Hollink. Their chorus of "NEEDLEKING!" is still echoing around the final table.
And come to think of it, this has been a great year for Naalden. He started it off with winning the main event at the inaugural PokerNews Cup Alpine, continued with a tenth-place finish at the EPT Grand Final, and now he's gone and topped it all with a bracelet win in his specialty, Limit Hold'em. Many congratulations to Mr. Naalden, and remember his face -- we're going to be seeing an awful lot more of him in tournaments to come. -
Fri Jun 19 2009 06:19 GMT-70 | Posted by danafish
Cowley - runner upSteven Cowley Eliminated in 2nd Place ($117,902)
Naalden raised from the button, and called the 120,000 push from Cowley. Simple as that.
Cowley:
Naalden:
Board:
We are down to one.
"Lekker lekker!" shout the Dutch rail. Indeed. -
Fri Jun 19 2009 06:14 GMT-70 | Posted by danafish
Shorter Still
...And back down to just 170,000 now for Cowley.
He called Naalden's button raise and they checked it down all the way to the end of the
board, at which point Naalden showed 
and Cowley mucked. -
Fri Jun 19 2009 06:13 GMT-70 | Posted by danafish
Cowley Doubles Up; Still Short
All in preflop, Cowley started off ahead and finished up ahead to double to a shade under 400,000.
Cowley:
Naalden:
Board:
Cheering from the Cowley end of the rail. -
Fri Jun 19 2009 06:10 GMT-70 | Posted by danafish
Cowley Needs Help
Wow, Cowley's in some serious trouble now.
He reraised from the big blind to a button raise from Naalden, and then bet out on the 
flop; Naalden called.
He bet again on the turn and this time Naalden raised. Cowley called, and both players checked the river -- at which point it transpired that Naalden's 
was good to win the pot. Cowley flashed what looked like two paint cards.
He's down to 200,000. Yikes. -
Fri Jun 19 2009 06:04 GMT-70 | Posted by danafish
Naalden Chipping Away and Chipping Up
Cowley raised it up from the button and then bet to a check from Naalden on the
flop. They both cagily checked the 
turn, but Naalden came out betting on the 
river and Cowley passed; he's down to 900,000 now.
A couple hands later and it happened again. Naalden called a button raise from Cowley, and this time Cowley gave it up to a check-raise on the flop.
And let's hear it one more time -- Cowley raised his button, but laid it down to a check-raise from Naalden on a
flop. -
Fri Jun 19 2009 05:59 GMT-70 | Posted by danafish
Raisey does itAnother One for Naalden
Cowley raised the button and Naalden called. They both checked the
flop and Naalden then bet out on both the turn and river. Cowley called on both streets, but mucked when Naalden showed him pocket 
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Fri Jun 19 2009 05:57 GMT-70 | Posted by danafish
One for Cowley
Naalden raised his button again and once more Cowley called.
Cowley check-raised the 
flop and Naalden called, but folded when Cowley bet out on the dangerous-looking turn. -
Fri Jun 19 2009 05:55 GMT-70 | Posted by danafish
One for Naalden
Marc Naalden took down the first hand of level 25 when he raised from the button and Steven Cowley called.
Cowley check-called the flop, and Naalden checked behind on the 
turn. Cowley check-called again on the river, but mucked to Naalden's pocket 
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Started 19th Jun, 2009
