2009 PokerNews Cup Alpine

Event 6 - €1,500 PNC Alpine Main Event
Day: 3
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

Community Cards at Last

Marc Naalden raised to 43,000, and Runnar Lindepuu flat-called.

A flop!

Flop: {10-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {6-Clubs}

Check, check.

Turn: {5-Spades}

Lindepuu bet out 40,000, and Naalden called.

River: {3-Hearts}

Again, two checks, and Naalden turned over {5-Diamonds} {9-Spades} to take the pot with a pair of fives; Lindepuu meanwhile could only boast {A-Diamonds} {9-Hearts}.

Lindepuu Doubles Up

Runnar Lindepuu wasted no time in turning up the aggression, pushing all in almost every hand. During this time, first prize appeared on the table in a big stack of rather lovely-looking €500 notes.

Perhaps it was the cash on the table that did it, but no sooner had it appeared then Lindepuu's push from the button got called, and they were on their backs.

Lindepuu: {9-Hearts} {7-Hearts}
Naalden: {K-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}

Oohs from the crowd as the board was dealt out.

Board: {8-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {7-Spades} {8-Clubs} {4-Spades}

Lindepuu doubles up to around 700,000 and is back in the game.

Simon Borg Eliminated in Fourth Place (€16,340)

Simon Borg
Simon Borg
Just as quickly as he'd received them, Simon Borg was being forced to hand his chips back, an out-of-the-blue encounter with Marc Naalden seeing his {A-Spades}{10-Diamonds} a gnat's hair in front of the Dutchman's {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}.

I believe Borg had announced "Call," rather than all in, so the cards weren't on their backs until we reached the {K-Spades}{8-Diamonds}{Q-Spades} flop, With Borg's final 2,000 reaching the middle, the turn and river were dealt, fourth street seeing a clinical {Q-Diamonds} hit the felt, thus making the {5-Spades} river academic.

Three remain.

Tags: Marc NaaldenSimon Borg

Biggest Pot of the Tournament

Chip monster
Chip monster
Runnar Lindepuu raised to 30,000, only for Marc Naalden to reraise. Lindepuu declared all in, though, and Naalden swiftly gave it up.

The next hand, it was Naalden's turn to raise under the gun, and this time it was Lindepuu doing the reraising. Naalden now shoved, Lindepuu called, and Lindepuu would soon be making a sad little noise as Naalden was the first to turn over his cards.

Naalden: {A-Hearts} {A-Diamonds}
Lindepuu: {J-Hearts} {J-Diamonds}

Dutch people started to shout, "One time!"

Board: {9-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {2-Hearts}

With 1.935 million chips in play, roughly 1.3 million of them are now in the hands of Marc Naalden, while a dazed Lindepuu is down to a still second-placing 315,000.

Tags: Marc NaaldenRunnar Lindepuu