EPT San Remo Day 1a | 2008 PokerStars.net EPT San Remo

04-02-2008 00:14 UTC+2

Monster Pot Alert!

[user50492]

Anthony Spinelli raises in late-ish position to 1,800 and the player next to him reraises to 4,800. The player in the small blind moves all in for 8,000. Anthony reraises to 20,000 and the other player moves all in, covering both players. Anthony only has about 10,000 left, so he reluctantly calls. The pot is 86,000 in total, the biggest of the tournament so far.

Anthony: {K-Clubs}

Small blind: {3-Hearts}

Other player: {J-Diamonds}

The board comes down {8-Diamonds}

and in the words of Ludovic Lacay who was watching, "It was a sick, sick, sick pot!" Anthony Spinelli from the US is now the chip leader in the tournament.

Tags: Anthony Spinelli

04-02-2008 00:12 UTC+2

Green Machine

[user40108]

Roland De Wolfe has apparently been picking up his fair share of pots pre-flop. He has over 100 green (T25) chips in front of him, far more than anyone else at his table.

04-02-2008 00:04 UTC+2

Shuffle Up and Deal

[user40108]

Play resumes.

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

04-01-2008 23:47 UTC+2

Players Are on a Break

[user40108]

Play will resume in 15 minutes.

04-01-2008 23:43 UTC+2

Variance for Minieri

[user40108]

The once-dominant Dario Minieri is now down to a modest 8,000 in chips. In one hand, a late-position player raised to 1,500 only to have Minieri move all in on top of him for 8,300 total. The raiser passed and Minieri survived. A couple of hands later, Minieri popped it from late position only to have Rolf Slotboom put in a reraise to 4,125 from the big blind. Minieri tossed in his cards and Slotboom flashed two jacks in his direction.

04-01-2008 23:42 UTC+2

Mark Teltscher Doubles Up

[user50492]

Another former EPT champion has just doubled up. This time it was Mark Teltscher who moved all in for 9,500 over a button raise of 1,500. His opponent called after getting a count and it was a classic race. Mark had pocket sixes against A-10 and the board fell {4-Hearts}

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Tags: Mark Teltscher

04-01-2008 23:40 UTC+2

Mel Judah's Exit

[user50492]

We caught up with Mel Judah on the rail. He was eliminated in a 36,000-chip pot. He was very philosophical saying, "That's poker." The actual hand almost played itself. Blinds were 100/200. Mel raised on the button to 600 with {A-Hearts}

and the small blind, who was the table chip leader just covering Mel, made it 1,600.

Mel seemed pretty sure that he did not have a big pair as he expected the raise to be a bit bigger if that was the case. He decided to flat call and they saw a flop of {A-Clubs}

. Mel was now looking for his opponent to commit himself with his ace by leading at the pot, which he duly did for 2,500. Mel made it 7,500 and his opponent pushed all in. Mel felt that he was pot-committed and still did not have his opponent on aces, so he called.

Mel was behind the pocket eights of his opponent but still had all the flush outs. The turn bricked and the river was the case eight to give his opponent quads.

04-01-2008 23:32 UTC+2