Main Event Day 3 | 2010 EPT Copenhagen

02-19-2010 19:02 UTC+2

Three Times the Fun!

[user66118]

We just had three simultaneous all ins on three separate tables. Here goes:

At Table 34, Kristijonas Andrulis was all in for 95,000 with {A-Clubs}

. Kristoffer "Sumpas" Thorsson had squeezed out {A-Hearts}

, a fine hand in most bubble situations. Things were looking good for Andrulis' bid to double up, and his aces would hold steady on a board of {6-Hearts}

. Time for the gallery of media and spectators to migrate to the next potential victim.

Next up was the table in the center of the room where Patrick Sacrispeyre and his 69,000 chips were all in with {Q-Clubs}

against Janne Nevalainen's {6-Clubs}

. The at-risk player would survive once again on a board that came {8-Diamonds}

. We're not getting rid of this bubble that easily.

Over to Table 40. Craig Hopkins was the at-risk player, his final 37,500 chips committed to {K-Diamonds}

. Henrik Junker was his would-be knocker-out, making the call with {A-Spades}

. But yet again, the short stack would find his salvation. A favorable board of {J-Spades}

secured Hopkins' double up, though he's still quite short on chips.

It sure is hard to pop a bubble sometimes. Let's play on.

02-19-2010 18:54 UTC+2

Let's Try This Again

[user66118]

Another all in; they're coming more frequently now.

In a battle of the blinds, Jens Klaning was all in for 69,000 with {A-Spades}

, and he was trying to double with the best hand against Halldor Sverrisson's lowly (but live) {J-Clubs}

.

Jack-four wouldn't be live for long. The flop came out {A-Clubs}

, and that was that. Klaning had locked up his double right there, not even needing to sweat the {Q-Clubs}

and

that filled out fourth and fifth streets.

No eliminations yet, so we're still hand-for-hand on the bubble.

Tags: Halldor Sverrisson Jens Klaning

02-19-2010 18:47 UTC+2

Dropping the Guldhammer

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Under the gun, Richard Grace opened with a raise to 15,000. Action passed all the way around to Morten Guldhammer's big blind, and he wanted to play for more. He had 137,000 chips left, and he verbally committed the rest of them to the pot with a confident, "All in!" Cue the tank time for Grace.

"Wow, I have a hand," said Grace, prying for information. And Guldhammer was willing to oblige with some info. He blatantly told Grace he had a pair with TD Thomas Kremser keeping a close eye on the chatter.

"Please. Double me up. Come on!" pleaded Guldhammer.

Another minute or so passed with Grace still in careful deliberation.

"Come on. Call me," reiterated Guldhammer. He moved one step closer to Grace and decided to act like an animal. "Come on. Chicken. Bawk, bawk, bawk." The verbal onslaught was complete with flappy-arm gestures, attempting to turn the tournament room into a barn.

Finally, Grace made the call for more than half of his own stack. "We get to race then," he said flatly.

Showdown
Grace: {A-Diamonds}

Guldhammer: {6-Clubs}

The flop was clean for Guldhammer, but it wasn't too terrible for Grace, either. It came {5-Spades}

, putting a pair on board and giving Grace a few additional outs to work with. The turn {6-Hearts}

inherently gave him another three outs, but the {8-Spades}

that rivered was not among them.

A huge celebration came from Guldhammer as he has faded elimination and doubled his way up to about 280,000. "How could you caaaaall me?!" he wondered while stacking chips. "But thank you."

Tags: Morten Guldhammer Richard Grace

02-19-2010 18:40 UTC+2

Suman Doubles

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Nedzib Suman was all in for 45,000 holding {J-Hearts}

, and he was looked up by Casper Toft with the covering stack but the dominated {6-Diamonds}

.

The board came safe for the at-risk Suman: {3-Clubs}

. A few chips change hands, but everyone's still afloat. On to the next hand, gents.

Tags: Casper Toft Nedzib Suman

02-19-2010 18:26 UTC+2

No Joy Yet - Unless You're Kimmo Kurko

[user46392]

First hand back, and the woefully short-stacked Kimmo Kurko shoved in mid position. Everyone else folded around to big blind Nicolo Calia who decided it was too little a raise to pass up. Call.

Kurko: {K-Spades}

Calia:

Board:

With an almighty sigh, Kurko doubled up, and we remain a-bubbling.

02-19-2010 18:16 UTC+2

We're Back

[user66118]

There are an awful lot of dangerously short stacks in the room right now, and the pressure is really starting to mount as the blinds have crept up.

Back at it.

Level: 17

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

02-19-2010 18:01 UTC+2

Break?

[user66118]

It's a bit unusual, but the level has ended, and the players have been sent off for a 15-minute break while still hand-for-hand. When they return, they'll play one more hand with the previous blinds before proceeding on into Level 17.

Back in about 9 minutes now.

02-19-2010 18:01 UTC+2

Bech and Call

[user46392]

"All in and call!" piped up a dealer, and a cloud of media personnel materialized from nowhere around the table.

The flop read {4-Hearts}

. Mark Bech (big blind) was the all-in player, and he wasn't all in for much. Vitor Pinho (small blind) was the caller.

On their backs.

Bech: {10-Clubs}

Pinho:

Turn:

River:

Pinho made a flush, but Bech's full house was enough to keep him in the game. He doubles to a still shaky 60,000.

02-19-2010 18:00 UTC+2

A Milly For Romanello

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Big stacks Roberto Romanello and Casaba Toth are conveniently placed next to one another, and Table 35 is almost visibly tilting towards their Seats 7 and 8. We joined their table as they were involved in a big pot heads up.

The board showed {7-Clubs}

when we walked up, and there was at least 150,000 in the middle of the table. Romanello checked, and Toth took pause. After a minute or so, he slid out 85,000 chips, and the call came quicker than instantaneous.

Toth frowned and showed his airball {A-Diamonds}

, and Romanello's {K-Clubs}

is easily good enough to earn him the pot. As usual, we'll have to wait for Romanello to reconstruct his chip towers, but it appears he may have just pipped over the 1,000,000-chip mark courtesy of that pot.

Tags: Csaba Toth Roberto Romanello