2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine

Event 6 - €1,500 PNC Alpine Main Event
Day: 1
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Event Info
2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine
Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
88
Prize
€46,474
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,375
Prize Pool
€172,054
Entries
129
Level Info
Level
18
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
3,000
Players Left 1 / 129
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Table 4 Chip Counts

Roberto Calandro: 3,050
Nielsen Toke: 27,000
Martin Führer: 22,000
Erich Kollmann: 36,000
Jeffrey Haas: 10,550
Thierry Loqmane: 14,400
Salvatore Cundari: 31,500
Jan Hlobil: 20,000
Fabio Fani: 12,400

Table 5 Chip Counts

Daniel Studer: 8,150
Richard Pols: 16,000
Anders Willemoes Larsen: 20,000
Gabor Szollosy: 7150
Dennis Uhrenholt: 12,900
Mikael Johansson: 58,000
Ronni Borg: 16,000
Michael Pesek: 17,000
Markus Golser: 10,625

Table 6 Chip Counts

Simon Kullenberg: 20,300
Kristaps Krapans: 25,500
Yong Hui Jiang: 26,000
Dainius Dirzauskas: 24,000
Johan Danielsson: 19,600
Colin Fortey: 11,825
Mark Vos: 76,000
Christian Fischbacher: 35,000
Gerard Deckers: 15,500

Ouch

As I neared table three, I noticed Georgi Gochev all in and clasping onto his cards as if they were gold dust. Meanwhile, Kenny Hallaert and Trevor Neufeld were busy creating a side pot, Neufeld leading the way with a bet of 6,000 into a flop of {8-Hearts}{6-Spades}{Q-Spades}.

Neufeld hesitated momentarily, as if contemplating a call, before surprising everyone and moving all in. A befuddled Hallaert dropped his head into his hands.

As Neufeld remained statuesque under pressure, Hallaert counted out the necessary chips and hovered them around the line, torturing himself in the process. After a good couple of minutes of teasing, he eventually announced that he could be making a bad call, and pushed the chips over the line.

"Good call," complimented Neufeld as he revealed {10-Clubs}{10-Diamonds}. Hallaert flipped over {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts}. But it was the short stack who had the goods, Gochev was surprised as anyone to see his {A-Diamonds}{Q-Clubs} ahead of both opponents.

As the {7-Spades} turn was dealt, there were a few slight gasps, some perhaps even enjoying the mere threat of a cruel bad beat. But, in the end, that threat became a reality when a gut-wrenching {9-Hearts} hit the felt, and those slight gasps soon turned into a chorus of wows and winces.

As Gochev left the table, a stunned Hallaert returned to his now 8,500 stack, his head still shaking from the defeat.

Tags: Georgi GochevKenny HallaertTrevor Neufeld

Grimm End for Achim

Achim Grimm
Achim Grimm
Achim Grimm has been eliminated. I didn't catch his exit hand, but I do recall him telling me about a dramatic hand from earlier on. According to the horse's mouth, he was all in at one point with pocket tens versus nines, the flop bringing a nine, but justice prevailing with a straight by the river. This put him back up to 13,500, but sadly, he was unable to continue that upward motion and will probably be looking for the nearest bar.

Tags: Achim Grimm

Level: 7

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 100

Anyone for Pim's... Chips?

Liv and let die
Liv and let die
Liv Boeree raised to 2,100, Pim Van Wieringen shoved for 9,000, Kasper Frøhling unexpectedly called all in, and Liv called too.

Three-way action with Liv Boeree! Snoopy dreams of such things.

Boeree: {Q-Hearts} {Q-Spades}
Van Wieringen: {4-Hearts} {4-Clubs}
Frøhling: {J-Hearts} {J-Spades}

Board: {3-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {K-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}

Frøhling and Van Wieringen are both busto, and lucky Liv is up to around the 50,000 mark.

Tags: Liv Boeree

Boat for Vos

A table collectively grimacing is usually a sign of something painful, as was the case in a hand on Table 6. When I reached the table, we were at the river of the {A-Spades}{9-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{3-Hearts} board, a host of chips in the middle and the cards on their backs.

Mark Vos = {A-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}
Kristaps Krapans= {A-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

"Sick turn and river," observed Vos astutely.

"I feel bad busting people from this tournament," added Vos. "Normally I don't, but everyone is so nice here."

He obviously didn't hear what Krapans called him as he left. (Joke!)

Tags: Kristaps KrapansMark Vos

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