2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine

Event 2 - €55 No Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€3,183
Event Info
Buy-in
€50
Prize Pool
€10,623
Entries
63
Level Info
Level
13
Blinds
5,000 / 10,000
Ante
700

Three-Way Controversy

An intriguing hand from our roving reporter Gloria.

All in, three-way.

Michael Kainz: {A-?} {K-?}
Mr Opponent (name sadly unknown): {J-?} {J-?}
Viliyan Petleshkov: {Q-?} {Q-?}

An ace on the flop, and the pot belonged to Kainz; the unknown opponent was eliminated, and Petleshkov doesn't have much left.

Most intriguingly, though, the entire hand was nearly declared a misdeal. It turns out that the big blind, at that point on seat two, had been eliminated in the previous hand, and rather than have a dead small blind, the TD had moved the big blind back to seat one for the hand in question. Mark Vos apparently has bet the TD €100 that that was the wrong decision...