€5,300 EPT San Remo Main Event Day 3 | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo

04-21-2009 16:54 UTC+3

Dragan Slain

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No, he's not out, but for what we believe is the first time since Day 1, Dragan Galic is not our chip leader.

He's not far off, to be fair, but the title of Current Chip Leader goes to young Dutchman Constant Rijkenberg. Watch this space...

04-21-2009 16:50 UTC+3

Eric Haiks Up His Stack

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Better luck for Eric Haik, whose {K-Diamonds}

came out on top of his opponent's {A-Spades}

on the

board, to keep him in the game on around 80,000.

04-21-2009 16:48 UTC+3

Out So Far

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- Team Pokerstars pro Alex Kravchenko, as evidenced by his lurking at the rail, looking uncharacteristically dejected.

- Helfriend [Removed:349], who behaved the consummate gentleman and shook hands with his entire table, one by one, and then spent a reflective moment staring into the middle distance before leaving.

Level: 17

Blinds: 2,500/5,000

Ante: 500

04-21-2009 16:33 UTC+3

Play Resumes

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Cards are back in the air.

04-21-2009 16:32 UTC+3

Silverman Finds Massive Double with Rags

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In a hand that extended well into the last break, Steven Silverman turned rags into riches. He played a raised preflop pot out of the big blind against Robert Flink. Silverman check-called 30,000 from Flink on a flop of {5-Diamonds}

, check-called another 80,000 when the turn fell {K-Diamonds}

, and then checked one last time when the river fell {2-Clubs}

. Flink moved all in, prompting Silverman to snap-call all in for 112,000 and open his hand: {3-Spades}

. Silverman flopped the second nut straight and then check-called all the way to double up to more than 500,000 chips. Flink went to break disgusted; he may not realize that he still has roughly 20,000 chips.

Tags: Robert Flink Steven Silverman

04-21-2009 16:28 UTC+3

Watch EPT Live San Remo Coverage on PokerStars.tv

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Don't forget to catch all the action from the last two days of PokerStars EPT San Remo live on Pokerstars.tv, April 22-23 at 14:00 CET.

04-21-2009 16:22 UTC+3

Break Time

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Players are taking a short break after just one level in order to race off the black (T100) chips.

Back shortly.

04-21-2009 16:19 UTC+3

Nishijima Zapped

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Meanwhile Thiago Nishijima is out, getting it in with {A-Diamonds}

against Fabio Zappietro's {A-Clubs}

. Ever the optimist, he shouted, "Jack!" all the way down every street of the {Q-Spades}

board, but bowed out gracefully with a handshake when it failed to come.

Zappietro now up to an impressive 395,000.

04-21-2009 16:16 UTC+3

Lucky Sevens for Barile

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Craziness on table 14 as there's a three-way preflop showdown, and some fantastic outdraw hilarity.

Pietro Sibione: {K-Diamonds}

Andrea Marcialis: {K-Clubs}

Natale Barile: {7-Clubs}

Board:

Barile ran screaming to his also-screaming friends at the rail as he tripled up to around 100,000. Meanwhile Sibione and Marcialis were crippled down to 14,000 and 24,000 respectively.