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

04-01-2008 23:42 UTC+2

Mark Teltscher Doubles Up

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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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04-01-2008 23:43 UTC+2

Variance for Minieri

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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 23:47 UTC+2

Players Are on a Break

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Play will resume in 15 minutes.

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

04-02-2008 00:04 UTC+2

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Play resumes.

04-02-2008 00:12 UTC+2

Green Machine

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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 00:14 UTC+2

Monster Pot Alert!

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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.

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04-02-2008 00:17 UTC+2

Jeppe Bech-Sørensen Doubles Through Stefan Raffay

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A short-stacked Jeppe Bech-Sørensen moved all in before the flop from early position for his last 6,525. Action folded to Stefan Raffay on the button. He moved all in to isolate and did just that. The players showed:

Raffay: {A-Diamonds}

Bech-Sørensen: {7-Spades}

The flop was bad news for Bech-Sørensen as it came down {A-Clubs}

with the ace right in the door. Bech-Sørensen headed for the exit but didn't get far. From the corner of his eye he saw the dealer lay down the {7-Clubs}

on the turn. With Raffay now drawing dead, he casually strolled back to his seat and got back to business.

04-02-2008 00:19 UTC+2

Juha Helppi Sighting

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Juha Helppi was just spotted playing in a 2,000 Euro tournament in the area adjacent to the current Day1a action. While not a guarantee, it is probably safe to say we'll see Mr. Helppi in tomorrow's field.

04-02-2008 00:32 UTC+2

The Hat is Out!

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Nicolas Levi has just been eliminated from the tournament. In the words of our unofficial French liason Ludovic Lacay: "He pushed after some limpers with A-K for 4,000 and was insta-called by J-10. You know the rest, thanks for the Sklanksky bucks..."

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