2010 EPT Snowfest Main Event Day 3 | 2010 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest

03-24-2010 21:26 UTC+2

Sasky V. Collopy III

[user46392]

Two hands after doubling up Lukas Baumann, Lukas Sasky moved all in preflop and Jim Collopy re-shoved, successfully isolating his tiny-stacked opponent.

Collopy: {A-Diamonds}

Sasky:

Board:

Sasky is still in this, doubling up to 140,000. Collopy strolled away from the table, grinning wildly in a not-actually-happy sort of way. "This guy just won't die," he lamented.

Tags: Jim Collopy Lukas Sasky

03-24-2010 21:23 UTC+2

Lukas Sasky raised in the cutoff and Cyril Naim flat-called on the button, only for Lukas Baumann in the big blind to shove for 235,500. Sasky reshoved for just a little more, Naim folded, and they went to showdown.

Sasky: {A-Hearts}

Baumann:

Board:

Naim made a little, "Pfft," noise on the flop, but went silent on the turn when Baumann made a set. Baumann doubled to around 500,000 while Sasky was left with just 60,000 or so.

03-24-2010 21:19 UTC+2

De Meulder Doubles Through Lykov

[user46392]

Maxim Lykov raised, Christophe de Meulder shoved for 141,000 from the small blind and Lykov made the call.

De Meulder: {A-Diamonds}

Lykov:

Board:

The giggling de Meulder stays in the game on around 300,000.

Tags: Christophe de Meulder Maxim Lykov

03-24-2010 21:15 UTC+2

Not Good for Nasr

[user46392]

It folded around to [Removed:197] in the small blind who raised to 27,000. Bertrand Husiaux shoved for 190,500 from the big blind, [Removed:198] called and they turned the cards over.

[Removed:198]: {A-Diamonds}

Husiaux:

"That's good," remarked [Removed:198], presumably talking about Husiaux' hand rather than his own predicament.

Board: {2-Hearts}

Husiaux doubled to around 390,000.

03-24-2010 21:11 UTC+2

Toth's Loss is Gaines' Gain

[user66118]

We joined the action about as late as it's possible to and still get details, so here's what little we know. When we approached the table, there was a big pot brewing between Richard Toth and Lee "Bill Ivey" Gaines. There was close to 200,000 in the pot already, and Gaines had either bet or raised 107,000 on the river of a board showing {4-Clubs}

.

Toth was deep in the think tank when we walked up, and he would stay there for another couple of minutes, sitting as still as a statue. Finally, he slid the calling chips forward.

Gaines showed up {7-Spades}

, and we'd never get a chance to look at Toth's not-good-enough holdings. He slid them into the muck, sliding himself down around 400,000 in the process.

We'll have to wait for Gaines to stack up before we're confident of his count, but it looks like he'll be up in the neighborhood of 700,000.

Tags: Bill Ivey Lee Gaines Richard Toth

03-24-2010 21:01 UTC+2

Collopy v. Sasky II

[user66118]

First in from late position, Lukas Sasky moved all in for his last 140,500. In the big blind, his double-up buddy Jim Collopy took a stare at his stack before making the call to try and finish Sasky off.

Showdown
Sasky: {A-Spades}

Collopy:

The dealer ran out a flop of {6-Spades}

, which, as Collopy put it, was "not a good flop" for him at all. The turn, however, was quite a good turn. The {K-Hearts}

ripped off the deck to pull him into a big lead and put Sasky on the brink.

But salvation would come in true suck-resuck fashion. The river {J-Spades}

re-improved Sasky to the winning flush, earning him a double back to about 300,000 total. Collopy has taken a step back to about 445,000.

Tags: Jim Collopy Lukas Sasky Mr_BigQueso

03-24-2010 21:00 UTC+2

Baekke Busts Lerner

Mickey Doft

In early position, Allan Baekke opened to 23,000 and was met with a re-raise all in by Aaron Lerner from the small blind for 208,000. Baekke spent a good amount of time in the tank and made the call with {A-Spades}

, trailing Lerner's {A-Hearts}

.

The board came down {9-Hearts}

as Baekke paired his jack to bust Lerner.

Baekke's stack is about 1,350,000.

Tags: Aaron Lerner Allan Baekke

03-24-2010 20:55 UTC+2

Collopy Doubles

Mickey Doft

On a flop of {3-Hearts}

and having already put in 57,000 on the flop, Jim "Mr_BigQueso" Collopy got it all in for 278,500 with {9-Spades}

against Lukas Sask's {A-Spades}

.

The

turn card was no help to Sasky and the {J-Clubs}

was merely a formality, bumping Collopy's stack to 580,000. Sasky tumbles down to 100,000.

Tags: Jim Collopy Lukas Sasky

03-24-2010 20:44 UTC+2

Double or Nothing for Koller, Donev

[user66118]

We missed the action that led to the all in, but Marcel Koller and Ivo Donev got it in there before the flop, each man playing about 220,000 chips to our eyes. The stacks were even, and the two men were flipping with Koller's {10-Clubs}

a slight favorite to outrun Donev's {A-Diamonds}

.

Much to his fist-pumping delight, the board ran out safe for Koller's pocket pair, coming {K-Diamonds}

. When the stacks were counted down, Donev was left with just about 15,000 in front of him, and Koller has doubled his way up to about 440,000.

Tags: Ivo Donev Marcel Koller

03-24-2010 20:42 UTC+2

Alexiout

[user46392]

Sven Mol raised to 24,000 and then called when small blind Konstantinos Alexiou shoved for around 200,000, as you do when you've got pocket kings.

Mol: {K-Hearts}

Alexiou:

Board:

Alexious flopped a flush draw but failed to improve, and he stood around fiddling with his glasses case for a few moments before moving in the general direction of the payout desk.