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
Entries
129
Level
18
Blinds
15,000 / 30,000
Ante
3,000
Players Left 1 / 129
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on an ace-high board. Didn't catch Petleshkov's hand.
Emotion #1 - Severe Disgruntlement
I joined the action with a stoic Boeree frozen before a bet of 15,000 and a
flop, the rest of the table gradually becoming restless as Vladislav Bakalov continued to dwell. Eventually, John Duthie called the clock, and a minute warning was given. Just as I was about to join in with the countdown, the word "Ten" was enough to trigger Bakalov to announce "All in," a nonchalant wave of the hand signaling the move.
The previously statuesque Boeree broke from her poker face, lifted her shades and asked with a sigh, "How much?" 23,300 was the answer.
"I said I'm not coming back with a small stack," declared Boeree as she made the call, turning over
. The news wasn't good though, as her foe revealed 
, an overpair which proceeded to hold up on the 
turn and 
river.Emotion #2 - Bittersweet Sense of Victory
On the very next hand, Boeree pushed her remaining 10,000 across the line with
, but found herself in a spot of bother against Franciscus Dekkers' 
and the 
of Stefan Duxner.A
board later and Duxner had been eliminated, but Boeree had trebled through. "Grr!" she growled. "I wanted to go out, I'm meant to be flying tomorrow morning."Emotion #3 - Devastation
Again, Liv Boeree was all in, this time with a hand stronger than anyone would have imagined --
. A limper was a non-believer though, and despite saying, "I should probably fold here," called with 
, perhaps thinking Boeree would be pushing with any two cards.However, poker is a twisted game, and after the
board, Boeree finally got her wish, although I feel at this point she would have been quite content to come back with a stack of 50,000 plus.
129 players have been whittled down to a mere 33 in just eight hours of play, and it looks as though it might be a short day tomorrow. Mark Vos currently leads by an astounding 2-to-1 ratio over anyone else, while Marcel Luske and Franciscus Dekkers take second and third places respectively in the counts for the time being. Notable players who fell by the wayside today and will presumably be spending tomorrow skiing instead include Tony G, Erich Kollmann, Markus Golser, David Saab, Noah Boeken and, on the very last hand of the night, John Duthie.
Join us tomorrow from 2pm GMT+1 when we will be playing down to our final table.
Seat 1: Johan Percivall - 85,500
Seat 2: Colin Fortey - 19,300
Seat 3: Christian Fischbacher - 66,800
Seat 5: Mikael Johansson - 63,400
Seat 6: Daniel Perfeito - 60,600
Seat 7: Fedor Los - 35,000
Seat 8: Otto Göschl - 24,600
Seat 9: Christoph Berti - 49,000
Seat 1: Marcel Luske - 102,800
Seat 2: Charly Le Guillou - 14,500
Seat 3: Dennis Uhrenholt - 21,100
Seat 4: Franciscus Dekkers - 101,500
Seat 5: Anders Willemoes Larsen - 24,400
Seat 6: Farhad Kia - 63,700
Seat 7: Johan Brolenius - 61,100
Seat 8: Allan Laursen - 10,000
Seat 9: Jasper Wetemans - 42,900
Seat 1: Simon Borg - 32,300
Seat 2: Joseph Buhmann - 67,600
Seat 3: Stephan Kernig - 42,500
Seat 4: Kemal Orhan - 23,100
Seat 6: Vladislav Bakalov - 99,600
Seat 7: Nicholas van der Marel - 82,500
Seat 8: Jörg Peisert - 72,400
Seat 9: Salvatore Cundari - 32,900
Seat 1: Nik Lackovic - 68,800
Seat 2: Martin Führer - 63,000
Seat 3: Dainius Dirzauskas - 26,200
Seat 4: Jan Hlobil - 60,600
Seat 5: Runnar Lindepuu - 93,400
Seat 7: Mark Vos - 213,200
Seat 8: Marc Naalden - 50,400
Seat 9: Peter Linkhorst - 63,100
Event 6 - €1,500 PNC Alpine Main Event
Day 1 Completed
