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: 11

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 400

Wagermaier Doubles Through Vos

Did not win this hand
Did not win this hand
Mark Vos raised to 5,000 under the gun and it folded around to Thomas Wagermaier in the big blind who announced all in for around 22,000. Vos looked vaguely sheepish, but called anyway.

Vos: {Q-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds}
Wagermaier: {A-Diamonds} {K-Hearts}

Flop: {8-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs}

Vos: "Look at that!"

Turn: {A-Clubs}

Vos: "Oh come on! It's rigged!"

River: {8-Spades}

Double up for Wagermaier.

Guerlinze's a Goner

An enormous hand developed between Sebastien Guerlinze and Christian Fischbacher which culminated in Fischbacher raising all in to a bet from Guerlinze on the river of the {5-Hearts} {A-Hearts} {7-Spades} {9-Clubs} {3-Hearts} board, and Guerlinze calling for his tournament life.

Guerlinze: {2-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} for the straight
Fischbacher: {J-Hearts} {10-Hearts} for the flush

Thus Mr Guerlinze is busto, just before dinner.

Make Mine a Double

You may have noticed the previously struggling Stephan Inhester jump up to 18,000. He managed that feat with A-3 versus K-J on an eventful J-x-x-x-A board.

However, he double doubled just moments later, his {A-Spades}{10-Hearts} in commanding shape against {K-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} on a {J-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{K-Spades} flop. A raggy turn and river later, and in the space of just a few hands, Inhester had gone from a short-stack to an above average stack.

Tags: Stephan Inhester

Vos Takes the Michael & Kainz hit the Mark

Mark Vos
Mark Vos
Mark Vos has been on a rampage of late, moving all in frequently and continually applying the pressure on his opponents. His plan, however, went awry just prior to the collation of those aforepublished chip counts, the Aussie/South African casually announcing all in from the button but being caught red-handed by Michael Kainz who made the call in the big blind.

Kainz = {A-Spades}{2-Spades}
Vos = {9-Spades}{6-Spades}

Flop = {10-Hearts}{10-Spades}{A-Clubs}

"Eight!" requested Vos.

Turn = {8-Hearts}

"Seven!" he continued.

"Stop it," replied his concerned opponent.

River = {3-Spades} and Kainz survived for a double through. Vos, meanwhile, still has 69,400.

"Rigged," claimed Vos.

Tags: Mark VosMichael Kainz

Deckers Triples Up

A very happy man
A very happy man
Gerard Deckers shoved for a mere 6,500 under the gun, and two places to his left Luke O'Kelly reshoved for 9,100. It folded around to Rasmus Gandrup on the big blind who thought about it for a moment before making another of his trademark esoteric calls, and they were on their backs.

Deckers: {A-Clubs} {4-Clubs}
O'Kelly: {A-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds}
Gandrup: {3-Clubs} {5-Clubs}

Board: a very exciting {2-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {9-Clubs}

Thus Deckers enjoyed a full triple-up, while O'Kelly was down to more or less the felt with just a couple thousand chips to his name.

Chip Counts

The chip counts for the final two tables are as follows...

Table 1:

Seat 1: Stefan Podechtl -- 21,300
Seat 2: Stephan Inhester -- 18,000
Seat 4: Michael Pesek -- 14,400
Seat 5: Rasmus Gandrup -- 23,800
Seat 7: Gerard Deckers -- 6,100
Seat 8: Peter Griesmann -- 32,000
Seat 9: Luke O'Kelly -- 10,600

Table 2:

Seat 1: Christian Fischbacher -- 23,000
Seat 3: Sebastien Guerlinze -- 23,500
Seat 5: Viliyan Petleshkov -- 36,100
Seat 6: Thomas Wagermaier -- 13,400
Seat 7: Mark Vos -- 69,400
Seat 8: Joost Vinjen -- 34,900
Seat 9: Michael Kainz -- 27,200

Kasper the Friendly Busted

A mere ghost of his former self
A mere ghost of his former self
Kasper Frohling raised from the cutoff only to face a shove from Peter Griesmann in the big blind. A pause later and Frohling called; Griesmann flipped over his worst nightmare and the board was dealt.

Frohling: trying it on with {5-Diamonds} {6-Spades}
Griesmann: very ahead with {A-Hearts} {A-Clubs}

Board: {J-Clubs} {7-Spades} {9-Clubs} {A-Spades} {K-Hearts}

Frohling assumed he was covered and attempted to leave immediately, but the dealer teased him by making him wait for the chips to be counted. He was indeed out, and a handshake later he headed for the door.

Slip Up by Gandrup

With the board reading {6-Clubs}{K-Hearts}{K-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}, a bet of 5,000 from Christian Fischbacher left Rasmus Gandrup in a quandary, then the chip leader huffing and puffing before announcing all in.

Quicker than a pack of wolves on a three-legged cat, Fischbacher made the call for his final with {K-Spades}{Q-Clubs} only to find his opponent drawing dead to... nothing, with {J-Diamonds}{6-Spades}.

Gandrup now down to 35-40,000.

Tags: Christian FischbacherRasmus Gandrup