EPT San Remo Day 3 | 2008 PokerStars.net EPT San Remo

04-04-2008 23:32 UTC+2

Marcus Bower Doubles Up

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Dag Palovic raises on the button and Marcus Bower reraises to 150,000 from his stack of 230,000. Dag puts him all in and we have a showdown:

Dag: {Q-Hearts}

Marcus:

Board:

Marcus Bower doubles up to 506,000.

Tags: Dag Palovic Marcus Bower

04-04-2008 23:49 UTC+2

Mercier Gets Value on River

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Eric Koskas made it 100,000 pre-flop and Jason Mercier called from the small blind. The flop came down {10-Clubs}

and both players checked. Mercier bet 140,000 on the {A-Hearts}

turn, which Koskas called. The river was the {9-Diamonds}

and Mercier bet 220,000, which was quickly called by Koskas. Koskas disgustedly slapped the table as he saw the K-J of Mercier for the nut straight. 971,000 pot to Jason Mercier.

04-05-2008 00:05 UTC+2

Johannes Strassmann Eliminated in 9th Place ($71,441)

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Johannes Strassmann raised to 75,000. Marcus Bower reraised to 300,000 and Gregory Genovese called all in, as did Strassmann. It was a three-way pot and the players showed:

Strassmann: {A-Spades}

Genovese:

Bower:

The flop came down {K-Clubs}

and the gallery erupted. The turn and river came the {7-Hearts}

and

respectively and Genovese's kings were best. Genovese scooped the pot and Strassmann was eliminated in ninth place. Despite falling ever so short of the TV final table, Strassmann will find comfort in the $71,441 in prize money he earned for his impressive finish in this event.

04-05-2008 00:15 UTC+2

End of Play for Day 3 of EPT San Remo

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Dario Miniri - Home Favourite and Chip Leader

With the exit of Johannes Strassmann that means we are down to the final eight players who will come back tomorrow to play for the title and the $1,340,867 first prize. The home fans' hero Dario Minieri leads the way with 1,782,000. In second place is American Jason Mercier with 1,442,000 and the other chip millionaire is Frenchman Antony Lellouche with 1,137,000.

The final table is made up of two Italians, two Frenchman, two Americans, a Swede, and a Slovakian.

William Thorson has already made two EPT final tables, Antony Lellouche, Dario Minieri, and Dag Palovic have each made one EPT final table.

Join us at 3 pm local time (GMT+1) as we bring you all the action as another new EPT champion will be crowned at The Casino Municipale San Remo.

The chip counts at the end of play were:

Dario Minieri 1782000
Jason Mercier 1442000
Antony Lellouche 1137000
Gregory Genovese 686000
William Thorson 528000
Eric Koskas 507000
Dag Palovic 505000
Marcus Bower 277000

EPT San Remo

Day 3 Completed