2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
55
Prize
€1,250,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€6,014,000
Entries
1,240
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0

Patrogin Out

Gerald Vanstrydonck opened for 1,600 only for Yuriy Patrogin to shove from the cutoff for 10,475. On the button, Joshua Goldstein asked for a rough count on Vanstrydonck (answer: 35k) before reshoving. Vanstrydonck passed, and they were on their backs.

Patrogin: {A-Hearts} {5-Hearts}
Goldstein: {Q-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}

Board: {3-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {5-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}

Patrogin is bust and Goldstein is on 110,000.

Speaking of Timex

"Timex"
"Timex"
We just caught Mike McDonald involved in a big pot for all his chips.

It looks like Timex was the preflop raiser with two callers, but we can't be certain as we walked up a bit late. We joined the pot just as the dealer was running out a flop of {7-Diamonds} {7-Clubs} {2-Spades}. After a check from small blind Matthew Kay, McDonald continued out with a bet of 4,225. That got a quick call from Darren Elias, while Kay ducked out to let the other two go heads up the rest of the way.

Fourth street: {A-Spades}. McDonald slowly checked, and he would tank and call a bet of 7,600 from Elias.

Fifth street: {2-Diamonds}. McDonald checked again, and Elias thought it over for just a moment before waving his hands forward in that familiar all-in gesture. Timex considered carefully before making the call for his last ~23,000 chips, putting himself all in and at risk.

Elias tabled {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} for aces up, and McDonald leaned over to get a better look. He then flipped up his own {A-Hearts} {Q-Diamonds}, and the two men got to take their money back. They'll chop up the blinds and antes, plus a few extra chips from Matthew Kay.

Tags: Darren EliasMatthew KayMike McDonald

A Million Regrets for Cortimiglia

What would have been an impressive bluff had he pulled it off instead turned sour for Luca Cortimiglia when he bet out 25,000 on the river of an {8-?} {7-?} {4-?} {4-?} {Q-?} rainbow board. His opponent Bogdan Kozhokar gave him a funny look and called, and they flipped the cards.

Kozhokar: {A-?} {A-?}
Cortimiglia: {A-?} {J-?} for absolutely nothing at any point in the hand.

Kozhokar is flying high on 130,000; Cortimiglia has sunk low to 35,000.

Melanie Moves On

Melanie Weisner has just been relieved of her remaining few thousand chips, heading to the rail very slowly with a very broad frown on her face.

Like this: :(

New Chip Leader

Tommaso Briotti looks to be the man to beat at the moment, the Italian is sitting on a whopping stack of 140,000, just a couple of places to the left of Anthony Lellouche.

Can Briotti keep it up?

Tags: Tommaso Briotti

Still Ticking Like an American Watch

We had to do a double-take this afternoon to make sure we were actually seeing Mike "Timex" McDonald in the field. Timex's future on the felt was seemingly up in the air after a recent blog entry in which he detailed his exit from the mainstream poker scene. Here's an excerpt from CardRunners:

In poker although I've met tons of people I really like and had tons of cool experiences I just kind of feel like there is nowhere to go from here in poker. I can't really think of anyone who is more engrossed in the poker world than me who I aspire to be like and poker seems to be a lot more isolating than I initially realized.

I guess what really stemmed all my thinking is that lately despite playing lots of poker and enjoying it plenty, I feel unfulfilled by it and think it can cause me to feel unfulfilled about other things in my life.

During the first break, Glo pulled him aside to clear things up and to chat about the future now in San Remo. Check out Timex's thoughtful replies:

Tags: Mike McDonald

Back Together Again

The two halves of our impressive field have joined together once more, and they're going to stay that way for the duration of the next two levels and then it'll be hometime.

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 75

Breaking Things

We've got another two (one) level in the books, and the players have gone off for a 10-minute break. The entire field will return together for Level 8 shortly.