2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

Main Event
Day: 4
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

Nine Ball, Corner Pocket

Matteo Andrea Grimaldi got his money in with {10-Clubs} {10-Spades} on a nine-high flop of {5-Diamonds} {9-Spades} {2-Spades}. He had to like his overpair considering his relatively short stack, but he couldn't have liked running into Nicholas Sforos' {9-Hearts} {9-Diamonds} very much at all. The {6-Diamonds} on the turn changed nothing, and the {2-Diamonds} that filled out the board was the last card of Grimaldi's day; he's out.

Tags: Matteo Andrea GrimaldiNicholas Sforos

Rinaldi Wins Short Stack War

Claudio Rinaldi has doubled up after successfully flipping his {9-Spades} {9-Hearts} against Antonio Pezzi’s {A-Spades} {10-Spades} in a battle of the short stacks. Rinaldi was the stack at risk but won out on a {4-Spades} {K-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {9-Clubs} 10h} board. Pezzi was left with shrapnel afterwards and will need to make a Lazarus style comeback to get back into this tournament.

Piper Fails to Bink Vink

It folded around to Ondrej Vinklarek in the small blind, who announced all in. Michael Piper in the big blind eyed up the amount, and then called.

Vinklarek: {A-Spades} {7-Diamonds}
Piper: {K-Spades} {Q-Hearts}

Board: {3-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {8-Hearts} {10-Spades} {6-Diamonds}

"How can I not bink?" mused Piper, who had clearly got rather excited about the open-ended straight draw he'd picked up on the turn. Nevertheless, Vinklarek doubled up to around 550,000 while Piper dropped to 900,000 or so.

D'oh For D'Ettoris

Danilo D'Ettoris is out of the tournament after check-raising all-in on a {K-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {5-Diamonds} {K-Spades} board for 176,000 after Jakob Karlsson bet 56,000 on the river. With a lot in the pot, the Swede sighed and called turning over {A-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} forcing D’Ettoris to tap the table and show a missed {9-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} and hit the rail.

No River Tamm

Allan Baekke put in a raise to 35,000 and Swede Erik Tamm defended from the small blind. Tamm led out for 50,000 on the {10-Hearts} {4-Spades} {8-Spades} flop and Baekke called. The turn was the {3-Clubs} and Tamm fired again, betting 130,000 this time. Baekke looked a little concerned, as though he was not expecting his opponent to fire again but again he made the call against the Swede. The {9-Diamonds} appeared on the river and Tamm silently thought quietly for a minute.

The interesting thing at this point was that while waiting for Tamm to act, Baekke was not watching his opponent at all, just staring at vacant space as though he had already made a bet himself.

Tamm finally checked and Baekke began to eye up his opponent’s remaining stack of around 510,000. Finally he decided to bet 238,000 and Tamm quickly called, Baekke showed {7-Hearts} {6-Spades} for a rivered straight. Baekke is now the chip leader with over 2 million chips, start making your Baekke to Baekke jokes.

Serock and a Hard Place

Players are wasting absolutely zero time in getting their chips in, with, naturally, varied results.

Matthias de Meulder shoved under the gun, and Joe Serock reshoved. Everyone else got out of their way, and the cards were on their backs.

De Meulder: {10-Diamonds} {10-Spades}
Serock: very ahead with {Q-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}

Board: {9-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}

Serock's face only fell ever so slightly as de Meulder turned the straight, but we imagine that he was raging inside. Crippled to just 10,000 or so, he called all in the next hand and once Toni Pettersson had raised and everyone else had folded, they turned the cards over.

Serock: {Q-Spades} {8-Clubs}
Pettersson: {K-Hearts} {10-Clubs}

Board: {2-Spades} {J-Clubs} {10-Spades} {3-Spades} {3-Clubs}

Thus we lose Mr. Serock.

Tags: Joe Serock