2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine

Event 2 - �55 No Limit Hold'em w/Rebuys
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
ak
Prize
€3,183
Event Info
Buy-in
€50
Prize Pool
€10,623
Entries
63
Level Info
Level
13
Blinds
5,000 / 10,000
Ante
700

Level: 10

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 300

Hiccup for Van Erp

Yoeri Van Erp shoved from the button for around 16,000, and after a brief dwell, Thomas Wagermaier in the big blind called.

Wagermaier: {8-Clubs} {8-Diamonds}
Van Erp: {7-Hearts} {5-Clubs}

Board: an unthreatening {3-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {K-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} {2-Diamonds}

Van Erp is a goner and we are down to two tables.

Micro-Double up for Pesek

Michael Pesek
Michael Pesek
Michael Pesek remains in, albeit by the skin of his teeth.

He went all in for just 3,300 with {J-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts} and came back out again when big blind Peter Griesmann couldn't help but call from the big blind with {K-Hearts} {5-Clubs}.

Board: {6-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {4-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {7-Clubs}

Pesek doubled up to a still desperate 7,000. Griesmann is short too, with just 6,500 behind after that call.

O'Kelly OK

Very fortunate
Very fortunate
Some fine luck for Luke O'Kelly, as he shoved under the gun and was called by the unstoppable Rasmus Gandrup; big blind Christian Fischbacher reshoved and Gandrup called that too.

O'Kelly: {K-Clubs} {7-Spades}
Gandrup: {K-Diamonds} {K-Spades}
Fischbacher: {9-Spades} {10-Spades}

Board: {Q-Diamonds} {J-Spades} {9-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {7-Hearts}

Thus a very fortunate triple-up for the very fortunate O'Kelly, while Fischbacher picked up the juicy 22k side pot.

Dirk Digs His Heels In

Dirk Hetzer
Dirk Hetzer
Dirk Hetzer, who had seen his stack dwindle to just a few thousand, eventually made his move with {K-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}, only to see his patience rewarded as big blind Arvydas Kondratas looked him up with {A-Hearts}{J-Hearts}.

Drama as the {9-Spades}{7-Spades}{2-Spades} flop was pursued by a {J-Spades} turn, but Hetzer's bacon was saved by the {10-Diamonds} river. He didn't notice initially, a dejected nod of disapproval soon followed by a whistle of relief as the realization set in.

Tags: Arvydas KondratasDirk Hetzer

Table 3 Chip Counts

Includes Rasmus Gandrup who has reclaimed the chip lead:

Seat 1: Dirk Hetzer -- 3,300
Seat 2: Dennis Huringolt -- 26,000
Seat 4: Christian Fischbacher -- 17,200
Seat 5: Luke O'Kelly -- 6,900
Seat 6: Arvydas Kondratas -- 9,900
Seat 8: Rasmus Gandrup -- 55,000

Level: 9

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

Table 2 Chip Counts

Winjen moved to this table from Table 1 joost in time for my chip counts.

Seat 3: Sebastien Guerlinze -- 50,000
Seat 4: Yoeri Van Erp -- 6,300
Seat 5: Viliyan Petleshkov -- 23,800
Seat 6: Thomas Wagermaier -- 26,025
Seat 7: Mark Vos -- 32,500
Seat 8: Joost Winjen -- 40,500
Seat 9: Michael Kainz -- 28,000

Three-Way Controversy

An intriguing hand from our roving reporter Gloria.

All in, three-way.

Michael Kainz: {A-?} {K-?}
Mr Opponent (name sadly unknown): {J-?} {J-?}
Viliyan Petleshkov: {Q-?} {Q-?}

An ace on the flop, and the pot belonged to Kainz; the unknown opponent was eliminated, and Petleshkov doesn't have much left.

Most intriguingly, though, the entire hand was nearly declared a misdeal. It turns out that the big blind, at that point on seat two, had been eliminated in the previous hand, and rather than have a dead small blind, the TD had moved the big blind back to seat one for the hand in question. Mark Vos apparently has bet the TD �100 that that was the wrong decision...