2010 EPT Snowfest Main Event | 2010 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest

03-26-2010 23:13 UTC+2

Break Time

[user46392]

Just five minutes this time though.

03-26-2010 23:13 UTC+2

Allan Bække opened to 175,000 for the second consecutive time on the button. Last time, Russell Carson played back at him, and this time it was big blind Johannes Strassmann that stuck in the three-bet to 550,000. Once more, Bække could not continue, and Strassmann has moved up to about 6 million courtesy of that pot.

Tags: Allan Bække Johannes Strassmann

03-26-2010 23:09 UTC+2

Playing Back At Him Now

[user66118]

Allan Bække opened to 175,000 from the button before Russell Carson three-bet to 540,000 total. Bække yielded to the pressure, and Carson has taken another little bite out of the Danish Supernova.

Tags: Allan Bække Jose Besalduch Russell Carson

03-26-2010 23:09 UTC+2

Strassmann in the Lead

[user46392]

Johannes Strassmann raised his button and got a call from Allan Bække in the small blind to see a {4-Spades}

flop. Bække checked, Strassmann bet 330,000, and Bække called.

The turn was another {4-Diamonds}

and once again Bække checked. Strassmann bet 630,000 this time, and once again Bække called. Interesting.

The river came down the {10-Spades}

and Bække checked a third time. This time the bet from Strassmann was an enormous 1.6 million. Bække eyed him up unsmilingly for some time while Strassmann stared intently at the board, trying not to blink. Eventually he folded, still giving Strassmann a look of combined respect and suspicion.

With that, former shorty Strassmann has snuck into the lead on 5.7 million.

Tags: Allan Bække Allan Baekke Johannes Strassmann

03-26-2010 22:52 UTC+2

Bække Not Biting

[user66118]

Wow, we've got ourselves one sneaky German.

Russell Carson opened to 185,000 from the button, and Johannes Strassmann made the call from the small blind. In the big, Allan Bække decided a squeeze was in order, and he made it 605,000 straight. Carson quickly folded, but Strassmann came along with another call, and the two men were heads up.

The board ran out {6-Hearts}

with the action check-checking all the way down. We couldn't see what Bække tabled, but it was definitely second-best to Strassmann's surprise {A-Clubs}

.

He didn't get much value for those rockets, but a pot of 1.4 million chips is still nothing to sneeze at.

Tags: Allan Bække Johannes Strassmann Russell Carson

03-26-2010 22:35 UTC+2

Strassmann Getting Bullied

[user46392]

Russell Carson raised his small blind and Johannes Strassmann in the big decided to see the {9-Diamonds}

flop. However, he must not have liked it very much as when Carson bet out 285,000, Strassmann opted to pass.

The next hand Strassmann saw a {2-Spades}

flop with Allan Bække and they both checked. Strassmann checked the {8-Spades}

turn too and then promptly laid it down to a 210,000 bet from Bække.

Tags: Johannes Strassmann Russell Carson

03-26-2010 22:28 UTC+2

One For Strassmann

[user66118]

Russell Carson opened to 175,000 from the button before Johannes Strassmann three-bet him to 585,000 straight. In the big blind, Allan Bække seemed to be thinking sinister thoughts for a moment, but he eventually passed. Carson followed suit, and the first post-break pot goes to Strassmann.

Tags: Allan Bække Johannes Strassmann Russell Carson

03-26-2010 22:25 UTC+2

/Pause

[user46392]

Whatever discussions took place in that little hiatus, our final three are back at the felt.

03-26-2010 22:05 UTC+2

Quick Pause

[user66118]

We've been on a short break while the table is reset for three-handed play. So far, nothing is stirring, but we can't imagine it'll be much longer before play resumes.

"BRB" as they say in the parlance of our times.

03-26-2010 21:51 UTC+2