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PokerNews Cup Main EventDan 4 zaključen
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Sun Apr 27 2008 19:45 GMT+1
Goodbye From SalzburgThe Final Goodbye from Salzburg
It's been a long and exciting week of tournament poker. After five days of play, a local veteran emerged as champion of the PokerNews Cup Main Event. Unlike the finalists of some tournaments, who seem to come from nowhere, those who went deep in this event were making waves from early on.
Austrian Erich Kollman picked up the title and can add this win, his fourth major cash this year, to his tournament resume. It's been an exciting tournament, not only held in a great venue, but in a beautiful city.
Thanks for following the action on PokerNews, we hope you've enjoyed yourselves. We do our best to bring you the most accurate and entertaining live updates available. The WSOP Circuit Main Event - Caesars Palace is the next stop for the PokerNews Team being held on April 29th. We hope you'll join us.
From Salzburg Austria, Good Night and Good Luck! -
Sun Apr 27 2008 19:42 GMT+1 | Objavil TassieDevil
Erich Kollman - ChampionErich Kollmann Wins PokerNews Cup Austria!
Following the elimination of Niki Kovacs, both Andrew Nicholson and Erich Kollman were once again eager to pause the clock and enter into further discussions.
Kollman held approximately a 2:1 chip count, and after some negotations it became evident that an agreement had been reached in regards to the prize money, with Erich Kollmann being declared the winner without any further cards being dealt.
Well done to Andrew Nicholson on a superb tournament and congratulations to the PokerNews Cup Champion - Austria's own Erich Kollman! -
Sun Apr 27 2008 19:30 GMT+1
Niki Kovacs - 3rd PlaceNiki Kovacs Eliminated in 3rd Place (€ 11,690)
Erich Kollman sat this hand out from the button and Niki Kovacs raised to 60,000 from the small blind. As is his method, Andrew Nicholson announced raise and then tossed in his call. After a bit of consideration, Nicholson pushed out 220,000 more chips. Kovacs verbally declared "all in" for 121,000 more and Nicholson insta-called. The players showed:
Nicholson:
Kovacs:
It had come down to a coinflip for one third of the chips in play. Both men stood as the
flop was dealt. Kovacs was drawing to runner-runner broadway that never came. The turn and river came the 
and 
respectively. Kovacs made a slow but sportsmanlike exit and meandered towards the payout area to collect his € 11,690 payday. -
Sun Apr 27 2008 18:58 GMT+1 | Objavil TassieDevil
Hugo Felix - 4th PlaceHugo Felix Eliminated in 4th Place (€ 9,350)
Erich Kollmann raised from the button to 55,000 and Hugo Felix quickly defended his big blind by making the call.
The flop came
and both players checked.
The turn brough the
and Felix led out with a bet of 84,000. Kollmann went into the tank for a long time before eventually announcing a raise, making it 275,000 in total. Felix looked his stack which totalled around 355,000 and decided to commit it all to the pot. Kollmann quickly called and the cards were tabled:
Felix:
Kollmann:
Needing a ten on the river to survive the river landed
to send Hugo Felix to the rail after a tremendous tournament in 4th place for €9,350 in prize money.
Erich Kollmann now has a commanding lead over the other two players and has burst through the 1 million chip mark! -
Sun Apr 27 2008 18:44 GMT+1Faza: 23 slepe stave: 10000/20000 Ante stave: 2000
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Sun Apr 27 2008 18:41 GMT+1
Updated Chip Counts
With the players on a quick break, we're able to get exact chip counts. Erich Kollman has yet to give up his lead and is working with 706,000 chips. The other three players are all relatively close to one other at this point. UK native Andrew Nicholson is 2nd in chips with 490,000 while Hugo Felix and Niki Kovacs command stacks of 428,000 and 400,000 respectively. With the short stack still having 20 big blinds, we may see some big preflop laydowns as well as some decent post flop play.
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Sun Apr 27 2008 18:18 GMT+1
Jordy Veenboer - 5th PlaceJordy Veenboer Eliminated in 5th Place (€ 7,600)
Jordy Veenboer limped in from the small blind and Andrew Nicholson
checked his big blind option. Veenboer bet 16,000 on the
flop and Nicholson made a quick call. The turn came the and Veenboer slowed down, checking fourth street. Nicholson counted out 35,000 and eagerly pushed it out. Veenboer called and the dealer made with the 
on the river. Veenboer gingerly slid his entire tmountain of yellow chips totalling 71,000 towards the center. Nicholson insta-called and Veenboer knew he was beat. Nicholson flipped up 
for the straight and Veenboer tabled a second best 
. The gallery applauded Veenboer as he shook the hands of each of his opponents and wished them luck. Veenboer was eliminated in 5th place and will take home € 7,600 to show for it. -
Sun Apr 27 2008 18:09 GMT+1 | Objavil TassieDevil
Felix Wins Blind Battle
The action passed around to Niki Kovacs in the small blind who made his standard raise at this level to 50,000. Before he had his chips in the middle Hugo Felix beat him to the pot announcing that he was all in. It was another 300,000 to Kovacs who deliberated over the decision before eventually folding
face up.
Felix seems to have his game under control right now and is well placed with around 400,000 chips. -
Sun Apr 27 2008 17:47 GMT+1
Werner Lorenzoni - 6th PlaceWerner Lorenzoni Eliminated in 6th Place (€ 6,430)
With his stack quickly dwindling, Werner Lorenzoni made his last stand when he moved all in from the button for 69,000. Niki Kovacs made the call from the big blind and the players showed:
Lorenzoni:
Kovacs:
The flop was no help to either player as it came
. Lorenzoni picked up 4 more outs when the turn came the 
. However the 
on the river was not one of them and Kovacs pair of threes held. Lorenzoni angrily threw his cards towards the dealer into the muck and left the tournament area, eliminated in 6th place. He may feel a little better after picking up his € 6,430 in prize money.
Se je začelo 23rd Apr, 2008
