Main Event Day 4 | 2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

04-19-2010 13:50 UTC+1

Stelmak Seizes Chip Lead

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Dmitry Stelmak raised from the button only for Erik Tamm to reraise to 120,000. Iulian Iacob shoved from the big blind and the action moved back on Stelmak who either called or raised; either way Iacob got out of the way and they went to showdown.

Tamm: {Q-Diamonds}

Stelmak:

"Nice," said Tamm.

Board: a very exciting but no-cigar {K-Spades}

Tamm took his leave, while Stelmak received a congratulatory massage from Alexey Rybin and seized the chip lead - he's up to 3 million.

Tags: Dmitry Stelmak Erik Tamm

04-19-2010 13:52 UTC+1

Stivoli Stiffed

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Mauro Stivoli has been finished off, he was all-in for his last 50,000 or so with {5-Clubs}

against Armando Graziano's {K-Spades}

and couldn't get there on a {A-Diamonds}

board.

04-19-2010 13:53 UTC+1

Hold It!

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Two levels down, and the players have been sent of for another 15-minute break.

Level: 23

Blinds: 12,000/24,000

Ante: 2,000

04-19-2010 14:49 UTC+1

A Decent Flop for Piceci

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Jakob Karlsson opened the pot to 53,000 from early position, and Nicholas Sforos moved all in for what looked like 313,000 total. When the action came to big blind Claudio Piceci, he went into the tank for several minutes, clearly considering a tough decision for a good chunk of his chips. After a couple of minutes, he announced a call, and Karlsson quickly mucked his cards to let the other two duke it out. Cards up, gents:

Sforos: {A-Hearts}

Piceci:

Sforos stood up to sweat his fate, and that was clearly a poor decision. The dealer spread a good-game flop of {J-Hearts}

, leaving him stone dead just like that. The turn and river were both deuces, and Sforos has been sent packing.

Tags: Claudio Piceci Nicholas Sforos

04-19-2010 15:00 UTC+1

Rinaldi Won't Die

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Another double up for Claudio Rinaldi, he pushed in the big blind against Paul Valkenburg's small blind raise, the latter quickly called.

Rinaldi: {K-Spades}

Valkenburg: {A-Spades}

The board came {K-Clubs}

with Rinaldi getting there and then dodging a lot of bullets to hold on.

Tags: Claudio Rinaldi Paul Valkenburg

04-19-2010 15:15 UTC+1

Maurizio Gets Barred

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Maurizio Baravalle had been nursing a short stack for a fairly long while, he made a move with {K-Diamonds}

but could not beat Alexey Rybin's {7-Diamonds}

on a

board.

This leaves us with four tables of eight left.

04-19-2010 15:16 UTC+1

Verheijen Doubles Up

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We're not sure when the chips went in, but Gijs Verheijen was holding pocket sevens, Paul Pires-Trigo had {A-?}

and the board read {9-?}

. Verheijen doubled to a little over 500,000 while Pires-Trigo was left with a similar amount.

04-19-2010 15:19 UTC+1

Puccini 'Eights' That Board

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Toni Pettersson made a standard raise from the button and Mario Puccini reraised all-in from the small blind. Pettersson did some good old tanking before calling for most his own stack with {A-Diamonds}