2010 EPT Snowfest Main Event Day 4 | 2010 PokerStars.net EPT Snowfest

03-25-2010 21:29 UTC+2

Shuffle Up & Deal, Unofficial Final Tablists!

[user46392]

The final nine have been squeezed around the feature table, but only eight will be able to say they made the final...

03-25-2010 21:11 UTC+2

"Final" Table Redraw

Mickey Doft

With the elimination of Alexander Debus in 10th place, the remaining players have been redrawn to the unofficial final table. We're on a quick break to reset everything, and the table will look like this when the players return:

Seat 1: Russell Carson - 3,352,000
Seat 2: Alain Medesan - 856,000
Seat 3: Jonathan Schroer - 1,206,000
Seat 4: Hubertus Verdonschot - 801,000
Seat 5: Johannes Strassmann - 2,181,000
Seat 6: Lukas Baumann - 875,000
Seat 7: Brent Wheeler - 2,364,000
Seat 8: Allan Baekke - 4,183,000
Seat 9: Daniel Van Kalkeren - 480,000

03-25-2010 21:09 UTC+2

Alexander Debus Eliminated in 10th Place (€28,000)

[user66118]

The very next hand...

In the cutoff seat, Alexander Debus opened to 53,000. Next door on the button, Johannes Strassmann three-bet to 126,000, and that was enough to fold the table back to Debus. After a minute of debate, he announced an all in, and Strassmann instantly called. There was a quick television pause before the cards were turned up, but there would be no slowroll; the Team PokerStars Pro turned to Debus and said, "I have aces." Debus eventually got to see the {A-Spades}

, and he sheepishly flipped over his coolered {A-Diamonds}

.

The

appeared right in the window, but the {A-Clubs}

peeked out from underneath as well, and that was not a pretty sight for Debus. In the end, the board of {3-Clubs}

is no good for the at-risk German, and he has been eliminated in 10th place.

Tags: Alexander Debus Johannes Strassmann

03-25-2010 21:03 UTC+2

Baekke Running Like Linford Christie

[user46392]

Allan Baekke raised to 53,000 and Alexander Debus on the button was the sole caller.

Flop: {3-Clubs}

Baekke bet out 60,000. Debus made the call.

Turn: {A-Diamonds}

Baekke now bet out another 137,000. Once again, Debus called. Interesting.

River: {K-Spades}

Baekke now bet a whopping 437,000. After a moment Debus flat-called - and then promptly mucked when Baekke turned over a monstrous {A-Hearts}

for a full house.

Debus dropped to around 700,000.

03-25-2010 20:56 UTC+2

Spend Time Wheeler'ing

[user81887]

We managed to catch up with Brent "bdubs3737" Wheeler on the break to pick his mind about being in Europe and going deep at EPT Snowfest 2010.

Tags: Brent Wheeler

03-25-2010 20:54 UTC+2

Johannes Holstege Eliminated in 11th Place {€28,000)

Mickey Doft

Johannes Holstege raised to 51,000 in the hijack and Brent Wheeler asked for a count from the the button. Holstege replied that he had about 770,000 behind. Wheeler announced all in and the blinds quickly folded, putting the action back on Holstege. "Wow," he said. "Why so much? I call."

Wheeler: {A-Diamonds}

Holstege:

A very good spot for Holstege to double up, but the flop came {7-Diamonds}

and Holstege was in really bad shape. The {3-Diamonds}

turn card was no help, leaving just one out left for Holstege to double up. The {3-Clubs}

hit the river and Holstege busted in 11th place.

Brent Wheeler jumps to over 2,400,000.

Tags: Brent Wheeler Johannes Holstege

03-25-2010 20:38 UTC+2

Poker For Dessert

[user66118]

From 546 starting players come our final eleven. After a scrumptious buffet break, they're back in their chairs and ready for some after-dinner poker.

Game on! There are about 20 minutes left in the current level.

03-25-2010 19:34 UTC+2

Dinner O'Clock

[user46392]

Everyone is heading to the buffet for 60 minutes; when we return we will be looking to bust three more players before calling it a day.

The chip counts are:

Table 1:
Alexander Debus: 1,430,000
Johannes Strassmann: 1,500,000
Daniel Van Kalkeren: 622,000
Allan Baekke: 3,413,000
Hubertus Verdonschot: 906,000

Table 2:
Russell Carson: 3,203,000
Brent Wheeler: 1,624,000
Alain Medesan: 930,000
Lukas Baumann: 706,000
Jonathan Schroer: 1,291,000
Johannes Holstege: 907,000

03-25-2010 19:31 UTC+2

Doubling Debus

[user66118]

We joined the action on the TV table as the dealer was running out a flop of {A-Spades}

. In heads-up action, Alexander Debus knocked the table, and Allan Baekke put out a bet of 45,000. His opponent then stuck in a check-raise to 125,000 total, and Baekke didn't waste much time calling.

Fourth street came the {8-Hearts}

, and Debus stacked together a leading bet of 220,000. He slid it across the line, and Baekke quickly asked him how much he had behind the bet. Debus had about 300,000 left, and after another minute or so, Baekke went ahead and moved all in to put his man to the test. Debus didn't seem to like it, but he was priced in and quickly made the call for his tournament life.

Showdown
Debus: {A-Diamonds}

(top pair)
Baekke: {5-Diamonds}

(pair and open-ended straight draw)

Baekke had thirteen outs for the knockout, but the dealer would save Debus from extinction. The safe {2-Hearts}

filled out the board, and that spells a double up for Mr. Debus. We're still waiting for him to stack up, but it looks like he'll be right around 1.4 million once he does.

Tags: Alexander Debus Allan Baekke

03-25-2010 19:31 UTC+2

Marcel Koller Eliminated in 12th Place (€20,400)

[user46392]

Marcel Koller raised to 55,000 and Allan Baekke called in the big blind to see a {7-Spades}

flop. Baekke bet out 60,000 but Koller made it 155,000. Back to Baekke, who eyed up Koller's stack. "You got like 600 more?" he enquired and thought about it.

At this point there was a deafening crunching noise in the tournament area; certain press members tensed up in case it was a repeat of the shenanigans at EPT Berlin, but it was just the speaker system malfunctioning. Over at the next table Alain Medesan lamented, "I raise and automatically everything goes wrong. I no more raise."

So back to the feature table, and Baekke flat-called the raise. Onwards.

They saw a {10-Clubs}

turn and Baekke now bet out 160,000. Koller moved all in, Baekke instacalled, and they were on their backs.

Baekke: {Q-Clubs}