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

04-01-2008 22:37 UTC+2

De Wolfe on a Heater

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With a good-sized pot in the center and a flop of {10-Clubs}

, a seemingly pot-committed Roland De Wolfe called the 3,675 all in bet of his opponent. De Wolfe tabled {Q-Clubs}

while his opponent proudly flipped up the {K-Hearts}

. De Wolfe said, "Nice trap." The turn brought the {6-Clubs}

, giving De Wolfe even more outs. His opponent must have felt it coming as he grinned when the {A-Clubs}

hit the river. De Wolfe's backdoor flush was best and the dealer's yell of, "Player down!" became all the more common.

04-01-2008 22:39 UTC+2

Field Update

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With Level 6 winding down, 180 players remain with an average chip stack of 18,722.

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

04-01-2008 22:50 UTC+2

Nearly Painful For Gunnar

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A 20,000-chip pot developed between Gunnar Ostebrod and his opponent on a {Q-Diamonds}

flop. Gunnar had his opponent well covered and was well ahead when the cards were flipped. Gunnar's {A-Diamonds}

in great shape against the {8-Diamonds}

of his opponent. The {8-Spades}

on the turn brought a groan from the Norwegian, but the poker gods rectified their error by placing the {5-Diamonds}

on the river to send Gunnar up to 41,000 in chips.

Tags: Gunnar Ostebrod

04-01-2008 23:06 UTC+2

Hand details are scarce, but Italian legend and Olympic gold medalist Alberto Tomba has been eliminated. Players and bystanders alike gave Tomba a nice round of applause as he strolled out of the tournament area.

04-01-2008 23:14 UTC+2

Possible Chip Leader

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Isaac Baron has 75,000 in chips, which looks to be the chip lead with 161 players remaining from the 337 who started today. Isaac has four WPT cashes under his belt with the best being a ninth place in the Turks and Caicos Islands $7,500 event. His biggest cash was $55,000 in the North American Poker Championships for finishing 18th.

04-01-2008 23:26 UTC+2

Unique Chip Stacks

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It's no secret that different players stack their chips in different ways. Some use the standard 20-stack, while others go with the shorter 10 or even five stacks. Some players keep their chips fairly mixed up and random and some have very unique, special ways of stacking them. So is the case with Rolf Slotboom. His chips have been stacked this way from the beginning. It will be interesting to see how they change if he ends up with many more...or many less.

04-01-2008 23:29 UTC+2

Mel Judah Eliminated

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Details are scarce, but it's confirmed, Mel Judah will not see Day 2. He is yet another Day 1a casualty.

04-01-2008 23:32 UTC+2

Picking Up the Pace

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With the increase in blinds and antes, players are being sent home at a much quicker rate.

04-01-2008 23:40 UTC+2

Mel Judah's Exit

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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.