2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine

Event 4 - �300 Pot Limit Omaha
Day: 1
Event Info

2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77qq
Prize
€8,466
Event Info
Buy-in
€270
Entries
106
Level Info
Level
13
Blinds
3,000 / 6,000
Ante
0

Duthie Duth Good

John Duthie seems to have had a rather good start.

I happened to see him betting 400 on a {J-Diamonds} {2-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} board and then folding to a raise from Kemal Orhan, but this minor mishap has made barely a dent in his 9,000 or so stack.

Orhan, incidentally, has around 4,500.

Tags: John Duthie

John Duthie Also in Da House

Bit nippy to nip out for a smoke
Bit nippy to nip out for a smoke
The suave, James Bond-esque figure of John Duthie has been spotted entering the arena, the former TV producer taking a few days away from his grueling EPT schedule to join us here at the Apline Palace.

"This tournament's a great one for smokers," confessed John Duthie. "I've only played a couple of hands and the hands take long enough that I can nip out for a cigarette."

I'm not sure I'd fancy "nipping out for a cigarette" in this weather - it's like a snow globe out there at the moment, picturesque, but bloomin' freezing.

Tags: John Duthie

Gandrup Double-Up

Rasmus Gandrup was all in on the turn of a {4-Spades} {3-Hearts} {2-Hearts} {6-Spades} board against Yvoe Dellinger, and it looked to be a split as they both turned out to have the straight.

Gandrup: {K-?} {2-Spades} {5-Spades} {6-?}
Dellinger: {6-?} {5-?} {A-?} {Q-?}

"Spade," ordered Gandrup as the dealer turned over the last card (the more observant of you may have noticed that Gandrup had two spades in his hand; Dellinger, I can confirm, did not).

River: {3-Spades}

"Hmph, straight flush," said the razor-sharp Gandrup. He doubled up to 6,450, while a very unhappy Dellinger dropped down to 3,500.

Naujoks in the House

No offense to the other athletes in the room, but the aesthetics of the field have just increased thanks to the presence of recent EPT winner Sandra Naujoks. Coincidentally, this is the table I have been watching the most.

Tags: Sandra Naujoks

Remko Rinkema Eliminated

Recently spotted scouring the tables like a lost lamb was Dutch reporter Remko Rinkema. According to the horse's mouth, most of his chips went wayward with {A-?}{A-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{8-?} versus a set of kings on a {K-Diamonds}{6-?}{8-Diamonds} flop, the turn and river, of course, bricking out.

Moments later, his last 1,000 went in with a flopped set of sevens, but was unfortunate to run into a set of jacks. No one outer, and Rinkema was gone. Knowing his luck, he'll probably fall down the stairs on his way out.

Tags: Remko Rinkema

Spuller Goes All-In, Stops the Terrible Singing

With the board reading {5-Spades} {K-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds}, Manuel Spuller bet 600 from the small blind. On the button, Yordan Mitrentsov raised to 1,750. Rather than paying attention at this rather crucial point in the hand, Mitrentsov was singing along loudly and tunelessly to something cheesy on his ipod -- it was too entertaining to be annoying so no-one had yet asked him to stop -- so it took him a moment to realize that Spuller had reraised all in. "All in?" said a very surprised Mitrentsov once he'd noticed, and removed his earphones for a moment. He folded pretty quickly.

Orhan Takes It All

With the flop reading {9-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {Q-Spades}, it checked around to Istvan Pap, who bet 500. Undeterred, both Kemal Orhan and Marc Jacquetin called to see another card.

Nevertheless all three players checked down the {6-Hearts} turn and {5-Diamonds} river, and it was Orhan who took the pot with {Q-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {A-Clubs} {8-Clubs} for two pair.

Level: 2

Blinds: 50/100

Ante: 0