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board, and Andras Kovacs to his left called. To the whole table's surprise, Jiang turned over 
, and, blowing a raspberry, Kovacs showed him 
.
2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine
Event 6 - €1,500 PNC Alpine Main Event
Day: 1
Event Info
2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€1,375
Prize Pool
€172,054
Total Entries
129
Level
18
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
3,000
Players Left 1 / 129
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board, and Andras Kovacs to his left called. To the whole table's surprise, Jiang turned over , and, blowing a raspberry, Kovacs showed him .
Level: 2
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
, Jeffrey Haas in the small blind bet 500, swiftly called by Emmanuel Rosetta on the button. They saw a river.River:
Haas bet out 1,200 -- but Rosetta raised to 3,000. Haas dwelled up for a few moments, bobbing gently to some music in his head. He periodically looked interestedly at Rosetta, who was looking fixedly at the ceiling. "I don't think you have the ace," he said eventually. "Call."
Haas flipped
-- but Rosetta did indeed have the ace, and he took down a juicy pot with 
.
According to Richard Pols, Muhlbeck limped UTG, Nicholas van der Marel made it 200, another player called, and Muhlbeck bumped it up to 800. Van der Marel called, and the other player folded.
On the
flop, Muhlbeck led for 1,300, van der Marel raised to 3,300 and Muhlbeck smooth-called.A
turn and bedlam ensued, Muhlbeck checking, van der Marel betting 5,000, Mulhbeck pushing all-in and van der Marel calling quicker than a pack of wolves on a three-legged cat.Van der Marel =
and, seemingly of no surprise to the rest of the table...
Muhlbeck =
The
river was a safe one for the Dutchman, forcing his neighbour to make an unsatisfactorily premature exit and head straight to the bar for an earlier-than-expected double vodka.
One player who has arrived in typical Hellmuth-esque fashion is event #2's winner, and also finalist of event #3, Mark Vos.
flop. Istvan Pap, who'd checked the flop to him, flatted, and they saw an 
turn. Again Pap checked and again Kaminski bet 500, but this time Pap raised to 1,500. Kaminski, who greatly amused this blogger yesterday by asking exactly how one plays Pot Limit Omaha after spending a couple hours watching the final table, passed.
Saab checked a
flop to Kenny Hallaert in the cutoff to his immediate left, and Hallaert bet 1,000. Saab immediately raised to 3,000, and stared at Hallaert intently through his shades as the hapless bettor squirmed for a moment and then folded. Saab looked extremely pleased with himself. "Tony's big blind, yay!" he said cheerfully as he raked in the pot, including the absent Tony G's measly 50 chips.
With the board reading
, Nik Lackovic bet 400 and Farhad Kia insta-called. Both checked the raggy river, Kia taking it down with .I also spotted Dmitriy Golovin betting 2,000 on the river of a
board. Trevor Neufeld made the call and showed , but was pipped on the turn by Golovin's 
.
Making their tournament debut here at the PokerNews Cup Alpine are the brand spanking new Angel Playing Cards. According to my secret source, the cards are made in Japan and utilize embossed printing which aids durability. A thin plastic coating on both sides of the cards helps to protect them from damage and also makes them a little faster on the felt.
Given this information, players should surely be asked to wear gloves out of respect for the cards.
board until the river, when Duthie bet out 500. Scala called, but mucked when Duthie showed him .
