2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine

Event 6 - €1,500 PNC Alpine Main Event
Day: 2
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

Event 6 - €1,500 PNC Alpine Main Event

Day 2 Completed

Final Table Chip Counts and Redraw

Chip leader Mark Vos with his massive stack
Chip leader Mark Vos with his massive stack
Seat 1: Marc Naalden, Belgium -- 251,200
Seat 2: Fedor Los, Netherlands -- 286,700
Seat 3: Simon Borg, Denmark -- 75,800
Seat 4: Salvatore Cundari, Italy -- 116,800
Seat 5: Mark Vos, Australia -- 548,800
Seat 6: Runnar Lindepuu, Estonia -- 391,300
Seat 7: Joseph Buhmann, USA -- 126,300
Seat 8: Jan Hlobil, Netherlands -- 84,400
Seat 9: Farhad Kia, UK -- 74,100

Final table begins at 4pm GMT+1.

Final Table Beckons

We're just awaiting the chip counts, but we can confirm that the following players will be returning tomorrow to battle it out for that €46,474, and, of course, the sparkling PokerNews Cup:

Mark Vos
Runnar Lindepuu
Fedor Los
Marc Naalden
Simon Borg
Farhad Kia
Jan Hlobil
Joseph Buhmann
Salvatore Cundari

Naalden Hits the Marc

Marc Naalden
Marc Naalden
Runnar Lindepuu raised to 12,000 from the button, Marc Naalden pushed for what he reported to be "around 121,000" from the big blind and Lindepuu made the call.

With the shorter-stacks from the other table scurrying over like a fat kid in a sweet shop, the hands were laid out on the felt.

Naalden = {10-Spades}{10-Clubs}
Lindepuu = {A-Hearts}{8-Clubs}

Board = {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{5-Clubs}{10-Hearts}{4-Clubs}

Naalden up to 250,000, while once chip leader Lindepuu drops to 347,000.

Tags: Marc NaaldenRunnar Lindepuu

Linkhorst Eliminated; Kernig Eliminated

Kernig
Kernig
Stephan Kernig got the last of his chips in with {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades} against Mark "Golden" Vos' {3-Hearts} {3-Diamonds}.

Board: {5-Diamonds} {6-Spades} {4-Diamonds} {K-Spades} {J-Hearts}

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While this was going on, Peter Linkhorst also busted out. Super-short, he was in with an ace, but was against two opponents and couldn't go the distance.

Vladislav Bakalov Eliminated; Is Owed Beer

Vladislav KGB
Vladislav KGB
Vladislav Bakalov shoved from the small blind, and got himself called by Jan Hlobil in the big blind.

Bakalov: {A-Clubs} {2-Clubs}
Hlobil: {K-Spades} {9-Hearts}

Bakalov, in his very excellent Russian accent: "You call me with this s***? I am ahead?"

Board: {8-Clubs} {A-Hearts} {3-Hearts} {7-Hearts} {10-Hearts}

Bakalov: "You buy me a beer! A big one!"

Hlobil, nodding: "The biggest."

No Beer for Naalden

Mark Naalden in the big blind checked the {4-Spades} {A-Spades} {J-Clubs} flop, and then called a 4,000 minimum bet from Farhad Kia.

Come the {5-Spades} turn, Naalden checked again, and this time Kia announced all in for 60,000. Naalden took his time. "I'll put a bounty on him," said tablemate Vladislav Bakalov, "A beer."

No beer for Naalden though, as he passed. Bakalov: "This was a bad fold."

"Vamos!"

I have no idea what it means, but Salvatore Antonino Cundari just ordered everyone to do it as he doubled through courtesy of Peter Linkhorst.

It was the Italian who had opened the action, making it 16,000 to play before calling the all-in push from Linkhorst.

On their backs and it was Linkhorst who had his nose in front, but only just, his {J-Spades}{J-Hearts} braced for a classic coinflip versus the {A-Hearts}{K-Spades} of Cundari.

A {2-Spades}{8-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{6-Spades} board later and it was vamos time, although I still don't know what it means. What ever happened to a good ol' fashioned, "ship mi da monies, bucko, you just go pwned!"

Tags: Peter LinkhorstSalvatore Antonino Cundari