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2010 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest
2010 EPT Snowfest Main Event
Day: 2
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Level: 13
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 200
Alibert raised to 4,700 from the small blind and de Meulder popped it to 17,000 from the big blind. Alibert made a small four-bet to 35,700 and de Meulder was quick to shove for an additional 48,800 more.
A quick call from Alibert revealed

, trailing de Meulder's 
. The board ran out 



and when the river ace hit, de Meulder left the table angrily and mumbled something in Dutch. The rest of the table called him back to inform him he won, and needless to say he was quite happy.He is up to 170,000.
, the board reading
by the end.Pescatori is still in the danger zone though, on just 25,000.
UPDATE: Pescatori busted a few hands later.
.When Bech checked, Collopy fired out a bet of what appeared to be 6,700. Becker called without much delay, while Bech ducked out and let the two of them tangle.
Both Collopy and Becker checked the
that paired the board on fourth street, and the
filled out the board. Collopy asked the dealer to spread the pot before stacking out a bet of 21,800. That represented a significant chunk of Becker's stack, and she elected to surrender and save her 48,000-chip remainder for a better spot."Mr_BigQueso" is up to 155,000 and having a suitably Happy Birthday so far, it appears.
board, Nicolo Calia moved in for a similar sum. He looked your blogger directly in the eye - in our experience, a sort of blogger's tell that a player has a monster - and duly, once Pieter De Vries had called, Calia flipped
for a full house, De Vries mucked and Calia sighed with relief as he doubled to around 75,000.
; the king spiked on the river.Ojala looked rather hurt, but said nothing as he exited the tournament area.
The dealer spread out
, and the blinds checked to the raiser. Langmann had just about 20,000 chips left, and he went ahead and stuck them all in there. Chip leader Strassmann instantly announced an all-in check-raise, enough to quickly fold Kastle and put the Langmann heads up with his fellow German Team PokerStars Pro for double or nothing. Cards up, herren:Langmann:

Strassmann:

Strassman's pair was in the lead, and he was looking to fade his opponent's open-ender to knock him out. The turn
was safe and clean, and the
that filled out the board missed Langmann as well. He's been eliminated, and Strassmann moves up dangerously close to the half-million chip mark.
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