Live Rapportering | 2008 PokerNews Cup Austria

PokerNews Cup Main Event

Dag 4 färdigspelad
Sun Apr 27 2008 19:45 GMT+1

The 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

Erich 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 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

Hugo 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+1

Omgång: 23 Mörkar: 10000/20000 Ante: 2000
Sun Apr 27 2008 18:44 GMT+1

Shuffle Up and Deal!

Play resumes.
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.
Sun Apr 27 2008 18:33 GMT+1

Players Are on a Break

While not a scheduled break, the players and tournament officials have agreed to a quick, impromptu break. Play will resume in five minutes.
Sun Apr 27 2008 18:23 GMT+1

Nicholson vs Kollman

Erich Kollmann raised to 48,000 from under-the-gun and the action folded around to Andrew Nicholson in the big blind. He quickly cut down his chips and announced a raise to 166,000.

In one of few 3-bet situations of this final table where the players are deep enough to put pressure on each other, Kollman thought for several minutes, cut down his chips and appeared to be set to make the call. However he thought twice about clashing with the other big stack at the table and decided to fold and wait for a better spot.