2010 EPT Snowfest Main Event Day 2 | 2010 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest

Mar 23, 2010

Hurrah for Dinner

It has been announced that at the end of this level players and media alike will be taking a full hour to smack the buffet.

Ship the roast beef!

Mar 23, 2010

[Removed:197] Doubles Up

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Mickey Doft

The board read {J-Clubs}

and the pot had about 65,000 in it.

[Removed:198] moved all in for 75,600 and put Robert Binelli in the tank. After a few minutes, Binelli made the call. [Removed:198] tabled {10-Diamonds}

for a set and Binelli mucked.

[Removed:197] is up to 220,000 after the hand.

Mar 23, 2010

Miss Some Action?

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Get the cliff notes from yesterday in the Day 2 update from EPT Snowfest.

Mar 23, 2010

Medesan Sans Frontiers

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A lucky escape for Alain Medesan as he got the last of his stack in with {K-Hearts}

and got called by Alessandro Lusso holding dominating pocket jacks. Nevertheless Lusso seemed to sense what was coming as he walked away from the table, and when he returned it was to see the board reading {8-Clubs}

and a chunk of his stack getting shipped over to Medesan.

Mar 23, 2010

Veldhuis Gets Got

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First into the pot, Luca Cainelli opened to 6,100. David Wintersberger asked him how much he was playing before making the call from the button, and Lex Veldhuis called from the small blind as well.

Three ways to the flop, the dealer spread out {9-Spades}

, and Veldhuis led out into the pot with a bet of 12,000. Only Cainelli put in the call this time, and it was heads up the rest of the way.

Fourth street brought the {J-Spades}

. Veldhuis checked the scare card, and he would quickly call a bet of 21,000 from Cainelli. The raggy {4-Hearts}

filled out the board, and Veldhuis knocked the table again. When Cainelli fired another 36,000 at the pot, Veldhuis sighed heavily and flicked the calling chips into the pot. Cainelli turned up his {A-Spades}

for the ace-high flush, and it was the winner winner.

Lex let out a frustrated, "So annoying," as he flashed his {9-Hearts}

and flung his worthless set into the muck.

Veldhuis is down to about 110,000 after that slip, while Cainelli is up to about 185,000.

Tags: David Wintersberger Lex Veldhuis Luca Cainelli

Mar 23, 2010

Gross Flop

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Jesper Hougaard made it 4,500 from the button only for Christophe Gross to make it 16,500 from the small blind. Hougaard made it 49,000, Gross called with 4,000 back (they'd clearly both thought the four-bet would put Gross in) and the last few chips went in on the {J-Clubs}

flop.

Hougaard: flopped the Broadway straight with {A-Hearts}

Gross: nowhere near with {A-Diamonds}

Turn:

River:

They shook hands and Gross took his leave. "I told you were going to win," chuckled a tablemate to Hougaard. "Running good," came the reply, "Not the worst flop in the world."

Tags: Christophe Gross Jesper Hougaard

Mar 23, 2010

Cainelli Gets Lucky

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Xavier Detournel, who would probably score a lot in Scrabble if he were an allowed word, got his last 18,000 or so in to a 6,000 raise from Luca Cainelli, who naturally called.

Cainelli: {K-Spades}

Detournel: {A-Clubs}

Board:

.....

Ouch. Cainelli said sorry, but he didn't really sound as though he meant it...

Tags: Luca Cainelli

Mar 23, 2010

Portal Provides an Exit

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From middle position, Alexia Portal opened the pot to 5,200. The table folded all the way around to the big blind where PokerStars Qualifier Marijan Tomaskovic moved all in for 18,200. Portal didn't seem to like it, but she splashed in the call to put her opponent at risk. She'd like it a little better when the cards were turned up:

Portal: {A-Spades}

Tomaskovic: {Q-Spades}

The board wouldn't provide any help for the all-in player, coming down {6-Diamonds}