€5,300 EPT San Remo Main Event Day 1b | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo

04-19-2009 19:19 UTC+3

Kelopuro Wants to Play for All the Marbles; Settles for the Pot

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We're not sure how so many chips made it into the pot in a hand between Sami Kelopuro and one other player. All we saw was that there were three red (T1,000) chips in front of Kelopuro's opponent. His response was to move all in for 11,450 total chips. It was a very strong bet for such a small board and gave Kelopuro's opponent cause for thought. Eventually it also gave him cause to fold, allowing Kelopuro to take the pot and increase his count to 17,500.

Tags: Sami Kelopuro

04-19-2009 19:19 UTC+3

Show Me the Money

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PokerStars.com EPT San Remo in numbers:

- Total runners = 1,178

- Total prize pool = €5,713,300

- First prize = €1,508.000

- Number of places paying out = 112

04-19-2009 19:16 UTC+3

Luske Getting Impatient

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Despite sitting on a slightly above-average stack of 13,000, Marcel Luske seems to have no time to waste. "Are we in the money yet?" he asked me. Seems a little unfair on the Day 1a players...

Tags: Marcel Luske

04-19-2009 19:14 UTC+3

Antonius Still Here

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We haven't called Patrik Antonius' name much yet today. His first table broke early, and as we've mentioned several times -- finding players in the room is a bit of a challenge. We finally spotted Antonius in time to watch him play a limped pot from under the gun. Four other players were in with him for an all-diamond flop of {2-Diamonds}

. After the blinds checked, Antonius tried a bet of 700. That was enough to take down the pot. It gave Antonius some extra chips but left him below par at roughly 8,000.

Tags: Patrik Antonius

04-19-2009 19:13 UTC+3

Patrizi Doubles Up

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One Mr. A. Patrizi has doubled up with {Q-?}

, all in on a {K-?}

flop against an opponent holding {K-?}

. An ace duly came on the turn ("No!," cried his opponent passionately), and his opponent failed to fill up on the river. As the chips were pushed towards Patrizi, there followed an intense and gesticulation-heavy discussion in Italian, presumably concerning how Mr. Patrizi had played the hand.

04-19-2009 19:12 UTC+3

Kollmann Pays on the River

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Limped pots are always the most dangerous. Erich Kollmann got away from his relatively cheaply. He limped into the pot and took a three-way flop with the two players in the blinds. The board was all face cards: {K-Clubs}

. Once the blinds checked, Kollmann fired a bet of 350. Only the big blind called.

The {5-Hearts}

that hit the turn caused the players to check through to the river, another seeming blank -- the {2-Hearts}

. The big blind bet 650 and Kollmann reluctantly paid him off. Kollmann nodded and mucked upon being shown {K-Hearts}

, top pair of kings.

Tags: Erich Kohlmann

04-19-2009 19:07 UTC+3

One More Name for the Leaderboard

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It's hard to believe it took us more than three levels to spot Lee Nelson, but that's the way it goes when you have to climb over tables to get anywhere in the tournament room. He's here, and he's sitting behind an average chip stack.

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

04-19-2009 18:50 UTC+3

Pagano Gives It Away

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Luca Pagano has dropped a few chips, doubling up a short stack.

The shortie pushed all in on the flop, and Pagano called, deciding after a moment's thought that he was live. He wasn't, though.

Pagano: {A-?}

Short stack: {4-Spades}

Board:

Tags: Luca Pagano

04-19-2009 18:46 UTC+3

A Few Chip Counts

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Actually, just three.

John O'Shea: 23,000 after knocking out Johnny Lodden.

Patrik Antonius: 7,000, eating a suspicious-looking hamburger, and by the by acting as a kind of magnet for female railers and press members.

Sebastian Ruthenberg: 0, and wandering the casino.