Event 6 - €1,500 PNC Alpine Main Event | 2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine

03-27-2009 20:39 UTC+1

Consolation Prize

One consolation prize for Mark Vos is that if he'd won today, he would have taken a total of four trophies from the PokerNews Cup Alpine, and may have been forced to purchase a second seat on the plane journey home.

"I gave the High Rollers trophy away," he later claimed. "I just couldn't bear having a trophy for a tournament where I made a loss."

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03-27-2009 20:51 UTC+1

Che Brutto Chip Count Indeed - Salvatore Cundari Eliminated in Fifth Place (€12,900)

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Marc Naalden raised from the cutoff, and Salvatore Cundari reraised all in from the big blind -- but his timing was off, as Naalden called and it couldn't have been worse for him.

Cundari: {K-Spades}

Naalden:

Board:

No miracle king for Cundari, and he busts in fifth place, taking a rather nice wad of Euros home to Italy for his trouble.

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03-27-2009 20:56 UTC+1

Biggest Pot of the Tournament

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Runnar Lindepuu raised to 30,000, only for Marc Naalden to reraise. Lindepuu declared all in, though, and Naalden swiftly gave it up.

The next hand, it was Naalden's turn to raise under the gun, and this time it was Lindepuu doing the reraising. Naalden now shoved, Lindepuu called, and Lindepuu would soon be making a sad little noise as Naalden was the first to turn over his cards.

Naalden: {A-Hearts}

Lindepuu:

Dutch people started to shout, "One time!"

Board: {9-Hearts}

With 1.935 million chips in play, roughly 1.3 million of them are now in the hands of Marc Naalden, while a dazed Lindepuu is down to a still second-placing 315,000.

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03-27-2009 20:57 UTC+1

Approximate Chip Counts

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Marc Naalden: 1.3 million
Runnar Lindepuu: 315,000
Fedor Los: 250,000
Simon Borg: 120,000

03-27-2009 21:02 UTC+1

Simon Borg Doubles Through

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Mayhem here, with a showdown every hand. The first one was between Fedor Los and Simon Borg, the latter requesting a walk, but not receiving one. Fortunately, he found a hand.

Borg = {K-Diamonds}

Los =

Board =

Los is down to 155,000; Borg is up to 215,000.

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03-27-2009 21:06 UTC+1

Simon Borg Eliminated in Fourth Place (€16,340)

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Just as quickly as he'd received them, Simon Borg was being forced to hand his chips back, an out-of-the-blue encounter with Marc Naalden seeing his {A-Spades}

a gnat's hair in front of the Dutchman's {K-Clubs}

.

I believe Borg had announced "Call," rather than all in, so the cards weren't on their backs until we reached the {K-Spades}

flop, With Borg's final 2,000 reaching the middle, the turn and river were dealt, fourth street seeing a clinical {Q-Diamonds}

hit the felt, thus making the {5-Spades}

river academic.

Three remain.

Tags: Marc Naalden Simon Borg

03-27-2009 21:10 UTC+1

Fedor Los Eliminated in Third Place (€19,780)

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Exits are like buses -- you stand around waiting for ages, and then suddenly two come along at once. On this occasion, Fedor Los was driving the second bus, his short stack moving in on the button, and Marc Naalden making an immediate call in the big blind.

Los = {K-Hearts}

Naalden =

Board =

Can anyone stop the Dutch Express?

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03-27-2009 21:11 UTC+1

Heads-Up Chip Counts

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Seat 1: Marc Naalden -- 1,635,000
Seat 6: Runnar Lindepuu -- 300,000

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03-27-2009 21:20 UTC+1

Lindepuu Doubles Up

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Runnar Lindepuu wasted no time in turning up the aggression, pushing all in almost every hand. During this time, first prize appeared on the table in a big stack of rather lovely-looking €500 notes.

Perhaps it was the cash on the table that did it, but no sooner had it appeared then Lindepuu's push from the button got called, and they were on their backs.

Lindepuu: {9-Hearts}