2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

Main Event
Day: 1b
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

Woe For Williams

After reraising to 9,400 preflop from the small blind, James Williams tanked for over five minutes before calling for almost all his stack with {A-Diamonds} {K-Diamonds} against the middle position raise and shove from Thomas Quaade.

Quaade showed {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} and we were off to the races but a {J-Spades} {5-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {10-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} board meant it was all Quaade, with Williams left with just shrapnel left.

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 100

Hello? MacPhee??

Kevin MacPhee
Kevin MacPhee
Just a quick one:

James Keys opened the pot to 2,000 from early position, and he was called by Kevin MacPhee (cutoff) and Davor Lanini (small blind).

The flop came {10-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {2-Clubs}, and Keys continued out with a bet of 4,600. MacPhee quickly called while Lanini ducked out, and it was heads up the rest of the way. The turn and river came {4-Diamonds} and {6-Hearts} respectively with the two men checking it through both streets.

Keys showed first, his {A-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} just good enough for ace-high. MacPhee waited to see Keys' cards before showing up {A-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} for a pair of eights and the pot.

It's not much of a hand, but it's a good excuse to tell you that the EPT Berlin champion is up to about 110,000 chips.

Tags: James KeysKevin MacPhee

Keys Locks It Up

Andrea di Marzio opened for 2,100 and James Keys called on the button. Small blind Matteo Bonelli came along for the ride too, and they went three-way to the {3-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} {J-Spades} flop.

Bonelli checked and di Marzio continued the aggression with a 4,500 bet. Keys called, Bonelli folded, and they were heads up to the turn.

The turn was the {4-Spades} and this time di Marzio checked. Keys bet 8,100 and di Marzio thought about it for a long time before folding. Keys declined to show and was up to 65,000.

Tags: James Keys

Flushy Gets Lucky

We arrived to see the board reading {10-Hearts} {4-Clubs} {8-Spades} {8-Diamonds} and the gentleman in the big blind position (who seems to have lost his player ID card) betting out 2,500. James "Flushy" Dempsey made the call from the cutoff and they saw the river.

The river was the {10-Clubs}, putting two pairs on the board. Mr. Big Blind bet out 6,000 and after a moment Flushy made the call. When the cards were flipped, it was revealed that Flushy's {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs} had counterfeited Mr. BB's {4-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} to take the pot.

Flushy is up to around 100,000.

Tags: Flushy

Home Ebanker

Luca Moschitta, the Italian Pokerstars Pro has just been eliminated by Joe Ebanks.

Ebanks had apparently checked behind on the flop of a {6-Clubs} {2-Hearts} {Q-Spades} {J-Spades} {Q-Diamonds} board before betting the turn and tank-jamming the river after Moschitta had checked the river.

The Italian had the clock called on him and finally called during the countdown. But when Ebanks flipped {K-Spades} {K-Hearts} Moschitta could only muck his hand and hit the rail.

It's a No for Maranzano

There was only 6,000 or 7,000 in the pot on the {5-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} flop, so it must have been an impressive raising war that led to the bets we saw in front of these two players. By the time we caught up with the action, there was 9,000 in front of Antonio Maranzano (position) - and 40,600 in front of EPT Snowfest runner up Russell Carson, who had just 2,000 left behind. Eventually Maranzano gave it up, and Carson took the pot without the hassle of a showdown.

Tags: Russell Carson