Dinner #1
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
The first half of the room is now on their one-hour dinner break. We're heading out to stuff our faces with pasta and pizza as well, so we'll see you back here shortly.
2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Buy-in
€4,600
Prize Pool
€3,734,694
Entries
837
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Sick Spot For Johnson
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Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
As we were walking past Table 28, we heard Jen Harman pipe up from the button. "Can we stop the deal for a second?" All the cards were out in front of the players, but it appears that nobody had yet looked at them. "I can see the cards you deal," Harman said to the dealer. "I'm pretty sure he has a face card in his hand." She was talking about the man to her left, Kyle Johnson. "I'm not positive, but I'm pretty sure. I could be wrong. It might be the deuce of clubs. But I'm pretty sure he has a face card."
"Floor!" called the dealer.
In the lag time, Giovanni Cantonati complimented Harman for speaking up, and the table seemed to appreciate her consideration.
The floorman came over and got the rundown, and he didn't make a clear initial ruling. "I think you should call it a misdeal," Harman tried.
The floor explained that ruling situations like this a misdeal can open the door for some angle shooting. "I can't call it a misdeal for one card that may have been seen. Or not."
After some more discussion, the hand was allowed to play, and the pot was opened to 700 by Phil Collins. His next-door neighbor Vladyslav Semenenko flatted. In the small blind, Johnson peeked at his hole cards and couldn't help but cracking a little chuckle, and he squeezed in a reraise to 2,150. Collins folded, but Semenenko came along to the 
flop. Johnson would win the pot with a bet of 3,000 there, and the table pleaded for him to show. He let them pick one card, and James Dempsey drew the 
from the two hole cards.
Delaney Climbing
After Ben Delaney bet the 
flop for 1,125, Antonio Valenti made the call. The turn was the 
and Delaney fired 2,600. Valenti raised to 7,200 and Delaney called.
The river completed the board with the 
. The board was now paired and Delaney checked. Valenti checked behind.
Delaney's 
beat Valenti's 
and the Australian moved to over 50,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,000 |
Timoshenko's King High is Best
Yevgeniy Timoshenko bet 2,125 on the 
flop and was called by Alin Pandilica. The turn was the 
and paired the board. Timoshenko checked and Pandilica bet 2,500. Timoshenko called.
The river went check, check after the 
fell. Pandilica tabled the 
and Timoshenko the . Timoshenko's hand was good and he won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,500 | 3,000 |
Updated Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
95,000 | 9,000 |
|
76,000 | |
|
56,000 | -9,000 |
|
45,000 | |
|
42,000 | |
|
41,000 | |
|
36,000 | 4,500 |
|
33,500 | -2,500 |
|
28,000 | -5,000 |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
19,900 | -10,100 |
|
Busted |
Another Empty Seat
Walking back out to the floor, we see we've lost another smiling face from our field. It's Maria Ho's chair that's empty, and Victor Ramdin saw us looking. "I busted her," he said.
Ramdin was kind enough to tell us that Ho got the last of her short stack into the pot with ace-queen, and Ramdin woke up with pocket aces in the big blind. All the chips went in preflop, and Ho could not catch up to stave off elimination.
Even with the knockout, Ramdin -- never one to nit through the first levels -- is down to 20,000 from his starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 | -10,000 |
|
Busted |
Mattern Likely Out
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
We watched Arnaud Mattern lose a relatively big pot with ace-king against an opponent's ace-ten before the last break. As the field returned, we couldn't find him anywhere. Both he and his chips are missing, and we'll presume he's been eliminated here on Day 1a.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
/Level
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
Cue another 15-minute break.
Rousso Busts Horecki
Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso checked the 
flop before fellow Team Pro Marcon Horecki bet 775. Brian Powell folded, David Fernando called and then Rousso check-raised to 1,800. Horecki reraised all in for 4,775 and Fernando folded. Rousso quickly called.
Rousso: 
Horecki: 
The turn was the to give Rousso her flush. The river failed to give Horecki a full house when the fell and he was sent packing.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
32,000 | 8,000 |
|
30,000 | -6,500 |
|
Busted |