€5,300 EPT San Remo Main Event Day 2 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo

04-20-2009 17:16 UTC+3

Break Time!

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We've reached the first break of the day, just as the sun has finally broken through three days of clouds.

04-20-2009 17:16 UTC+3

Curious Hand - Danielsson Has the Upper Hand

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Jonas Danielsson raised in the cutoff, but on the button James Akenhead reraised to 7,600. It folded back around to Danielsson, who made it 13,600; after a moment's thought, Akenhead called.

They saw a {4-Diamonds}

flop, and Danielsson bet out a suspiciously small 5,500. Without any hesitation, Akenhead folded, leaving himself with 33,000 in chips. Danielsson, meanwhile, is up to over 50,000.

Tags: James Akenhead Jonas Danielsson

04-20-2009 17:16 UTC+3

Watch EPTlive San Remo Coverage on PokerStars.tv

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EPTlive San Remo coverage starts April 22, 14:00 CET (08:00 ET)

04-20-2009 17:21 UTC+3

Assorted Chip Counts

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Steve Jelinek: 26,000
Constant Rijkenburg: 57,000 (wearing a t-shirt proclaiming "Why Can't I Be Rich Instead Of Good-Looking?")
Benjamin Kang: 19,100
Lex Veldhuis: 63,000
Tom McEvoy: 45,300
Juan Maceiras: 58,000
Marcel Luske: 30,000
Jani Vilmunen: 12,000
Ramzi Jelassi: 50,000
Arnaud Mattern: 36,000, (up from just 11,000 this morning)
Thomas Brolin: 16,700
Tyler Cornell: 52,000
Andrew Feldman: 54,000
Thierry van den Berg: 29,000
Alex Kravchenko: 30,000

04-20-2009 17:22 UTC+3

Let's Hear It for the Lay-Deez

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Alexia Portal: 22,000
Maxi Mueller: 37,000
Almira Skripchenko: 19,500

04-20-2009 17:32 UTC+3

Here We Go Again

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Cards are back in the air. This is Level 11 now, the third of six levels today.

Level: 11

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 100

04-20-2009 17:53 UTC+3

Going Up

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Day 1a chip leader Dragan Galic started the day as the only player over the 100,000 mark on exactly 107,800 -- and he has now become the first player to smash the 200,000 mark as well.

Not sure how he got the bulk of those, but just now he made a player fold pocket eights face up on a {J-?}

X

X board; Galic showed him {A-?}

and a long argument ensued concerning whether Galic had said "I hit" or "a jack" (Galic insisted he'd said "I hit"). Either way, Galic has now amassed a terrifying 248,000 stack. Fear the Dragan!

Tags: Dragan Galic

04-20-2009 17:56 UTC+3

Going Down

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Asa Smith, who started the day on around 75,000, is now down to a mere 20,000 and looking very dejected.

Also, Almira Skripchenko is now out.

04-20-2009 18:03 UTC+3

Also Going Up, Though Not As Up As Galic

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Arnaud Mattern, on 11,000 this morning, is now master of 75,000 in chips. "I had kings," he said. Turns out that he got his kings involved in a three-way hand involving a gent with {A-?}

and another gent with pocket queens. "And now I have chips," Mattern explained.

Also up, Mr. Marcin Horecki is now on 101,000, and Liam Flood is up to 36,000 from his starting stack of 13,000 this morning.