2010 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest

2010 EPT Snowfest Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
€445,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€3,500
Entries
546
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
0

Toth Yields

Mr. Toth in the tank
Mr. Toth in the tank
From the button, Luca Cainelli opened to 41,000. Richard Toth made a three-bet to 102,000 from the big blind, only to see Cainelli move all in for 470,000 total, enough to cover his opponent.

That sent Toth very deep into the tank, long enough that we watched several hands at the other tables while he was still deliberating. He gazed across the felt at Cainelli, hoping to glean some useful tidbit of a tell. Eventually, Toth cut down his own stack to check the potential damage, and after another several minutes, he finally released his cards into the muck.

Toth - 365,000
Cainelli - 585,000

Tags: Luca CainelliRichard Toth

Level: 20

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

Hold the Clock

We're at the end of another level, and we've arrived squarely at a 15-minute break. Don't go anywhere. Or if you do, get back here in 14 minutes or so.

Collopy Doubles Back

Jim Collopy was all in for 310,000 before the flop with {A-Spades} {J-Diamonds}, and he was posed for a double up against Cyril Naim's inferior {K-?} {J-?}.

The board hit neither of them ({4-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {10-Spades} {4-Clubs}), securing Collopy's double up. He's back over 600,000 after an up-and-down couple levels.

Tags: Cyril NaimJim Collopy

Mol Goes Underground

We joined the action too late to reconstruct the betting for you, but what we do know is that Sven Mol was all in before the flop for about 470,000 holding {9-Diamonds} {9-Hearts}. We don't know whether Brent Wheeler was the shover or the caller, but either way he got in there with {J-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} and a very slightly covering stack.

The flop was money in the bank for Wheeler, and the board of {J-Spades} {A-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {10-Clubs} {7-Spades} earned him a very large pot and a very important knockout. He's essentially doubled his way up very close to the million-chip mark.

We're down to 32 players, and we've broken another table. We'll play on for eight more knockouts before calling it a night.

Tags: Brent WheelerSven Mol

Baekke Drives the Betting

Allan Baekke
Allan Baekke
Allan Baekke opened with a raise to 23,000 from late position, and Johannes Holstege put in a three-bet to 53,000 next door. Baekke called the remainder, and the two men went off to a flop of {2-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {4-Diamonds}.

They'd both check there, and the dealer dropped the {Q-Diamonds} on fourth street. That drew a leading bet of 60,000 from Bakke which Holstege wasted little time calling.

Fifth street brought the {A-Clubs} and another bet from Baekke, 102,000 this time. Once again, the call came relatively quickly from his neighbor. Baekke tabled {A-Hearts} {10-Diamonds}, but that ace on the river had only cost him chips. Holstege showed up the winning {A-Spades} {K-Spades}, and that pot moves him up to about 680,000.

Don't you worry about Baekke; he's still doing just fine with about 1.1 million.

Tags: Allan BaekkeJohannes Holstege