Main Event Day 1b | 2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

10-22-2011 23:45 UTC+3

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10-22-2011 23:40 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Nicola Grieco	174,000	24,000
Nick Yunis	165,000	10,000
Davide Costa	148,000	58,000
Taylor Paur	120,000
Anton Wigg	107,000	38,000
Bryn Kenney	67,000	21,000
Salman Behbehani	22,500	-8,500
Joseph Cheong	18,000	-12,000
Eddy Sabat	Busted
Martins Adeniya	Busted

10-22-2011 23:38 UTC+3

Absurdity

[user66118]

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante

Taylor Paur opened to 1,200 from middle position. That's pretty normal, and Vicky Coren making the call wasn't out of the ordinary, either. But then the action came around to Fabrizio Riccio in the small blind, and he only had 200 chips out in front of him. That's 50 short, and the dealer asked him to put in the full small blind. And that's where the absurdity began. Riccio refused, claiming he'd put 250 chips out and not understanding what the problem was. The problem was that the first 50 chips were for his ante, and when the dealer collected it, Riccio never made up the difference. After maybe three or four minutes of pleading with Riccio, Coren began to get a little peeved, and she asked for the floor.

The first floorperson came over, and she tried to explain to Riccio what the problem was. He still didn't understand, and now he only had a single T100 chip out as the small blind, refusing to add any more chips. After another two or three minutes, a second floorperson arrived, and he too tried to coax Riccio into conceding. Coren was not at all happy with the time it was taking, and it did seem that the floor was more or less standing there waiting for Riccio to comply. He still would not. "I mean, can we do something?!" Coren started to grow loud. "The clock is running."

It was pretty clear that Riccio was mistaken. The table was ten-handed, and there was a single T500 chip in the center to account for the antes. Riccio still only had 100 chips as the small blind, and he still didn't seem to understand why he needed to put more chips into the pot.

Finally, after what must have been seven or eight minutes, he complied, peeked at his cards, and quickly folded.

The rest of the hand only took about 45 seconds. Paur check-called 2,000 on the {3-Clubs} {9-Clubs} {10-Clubs} flop and another 4,200 on the {9-Spades} turn. They checked through the {10-Diamonds} river, and Coren's {A-Spades} {J-Hearts} was good enough to give her that frustrating pot.

Even from our vantage point, it was even frustrating to watch.

Tags: Fabrizio Riccio Taylor Paur Vicky Coren

10-22-2011 23:37 UTC+3

Deeb KInda Wants to Show

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Action folded to Andrea Vitale in middle position and he raised to 1,150. Shaun Deeb three-bet from the cutoff seat to 3,200 and action folded back to Vitale. He called.

The flop came down {A-Spades} {7-Hearts} {6-Diamonds} and Vitale checked. Deeb fired 2,200 and Vitale check-raised to 5,175. Deeb flatted.

The turn was the {2-Hearts} and Vitale bet 6,375. Deeb called again.

The river was the {10-Spades} and both players checked. Vitale tossed his hand into the muck and didn't show. Per EPT rules, Deeb didn't have to show. He asked if he had to and the dealer responded, "Only if you want to."

"I kind of wanna show it," said Deeb. He then turned over the {10-Diamonds} {9-Hearts} .

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	59,400	19,400

Tags: Shaun Deeb Andrea Vitale

10-22-2011 23:25 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts

[user66118]

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Yunis	155,000	9,000
Melanie Weisner	125,000	12,000
Johnny Lodden	122,000	17,000
Vanessa Selbst	108,000	8,000
Fatima Moreira de Melo	74,000	44,000
Ted Forrest	73,000	8,000
Anton Wigg	69,000	26,000
Sam Stein	68,000	-8,000
Men Nguyen	65,000	35,500
Praz Bansi	63,000	38,000
Salvatore Bonavena	62,000	32,000
Erika Moutinho	61,000	31,000
Sandra Naujoks	58,000	8,000
Jason Wheeler	55,000	24,000
David Bach	54,000	-6,000
Amit Makhija	48,000
Andrew Teng	47,000	17,000
Bryn Kenney	46,000	14,000
Liv Boeree	44,000	14,000
Sorel Mizzi	40,000	10,000
Shaun Deeb	40,000	-5,000
Jonathan Duhamel	38,000	8,000
Brian Roberts	36,000	9,000
Bertrand Grospellier	35,000	7,000
Joseph Cheong	30,000	9,050

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Level: 7

Blinds: 250/500

Ante: 50

10-22-2011 22:42 UTC+3

Break

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

The players are on their last 15-minute break of the day.

10-22-2011 22:40 UTC+3

Big Stacks

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Here's a look at some of the big stacks in the room to keep an eye on.

Player	Chips	Progress
Nicola Grieco	150,000
Nick Yunis	146,000	23,000
Alexey Tkachenko	108,000
Andrea Dato	105,000	14,500
Johnny Lodden	105,000
Vanessa Selbst	100,000	61,400
Davide Costa	90,000
Pedro Piazuelo	80,000

10-22-2011 22:23 UTC+3

Aces Are Not Light; Weisner Drags a Monster

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First into the pot, Luigi Diana raised to 1,200 in middle position. The proverbial can of worms. Two seats over, Melanie Weisner three-bet to 3,325, and Gianfranco Picone squeezed all in for 7,825. Diana quickly called, and the action once again came to Weisner where she sat pondering for a bit. Eventually, she made another raise to 13,075, and Diana once again called without hesitation. There was 10,500 in the side pot for the live players, and Picone was looking to triple up.

The flop came {2-Spades} {3-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} , and Diana checked. Weisner studied again, and she made a small continuation bet of 4,600. Diana snapped again, and the {K-Clubs} landed on the turn. Weisner had 34,500 chips left in her stack, and Diana had about 45,000, and Weisner sized her bet at 10,350. Acting instantly on every decision, Diana check-raised to 23,000, a more calculating Weisner shoved in, and Diana called. Cards up, ladies and gents.

Showdown
Diana: {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts}
Weisner: {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds}
Picone: {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts}

The king on the turn proved to be the crusher for Diana, allowing him to commit most of his chips drawing nearly dead. The river was the blank {7-Clubs} , eliminating Picole and skyrocketing Weisner all the way up to 113,000.

On either side of her, Shaun Deeb and Sorel Mizzi were paying close attention to how that hand played out. Mizzi spoke first: "Thought for sure you had the airballs there." Deeb chimed in, "Such a good spot to have the airballs."

"Certainly a good spot for me to be light," she agreed, smiling as she stacked the biggest pot we've seen today.

Player	Chips	Progress
Melanie Weisner	113,000	53,000

Tags: Gianfranco Picone Luigi Diana Melanie Weisner

10-22-2011 21:44 UTC+3

Updates from the Past Hour

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

While the bulk of the tournament was on dinner break, a few of the tables remained in action. Here's a recap of some of the play from that hour thanks for our good friends at the PokerStars Blog.

7:55 PM: Full House for Nguyen

Alex Kravchenko raised from the cutoff seat and Men "The Master" Nguyen reraised from the small blind to 2,150. Jami Juutila called from the big blind and Kravchenko folded.

The flop came down {10-Spades} {6-Spades} {4-Spades} and Nguyen bet 3,000. Juutila called to see the {10-Hearts} pair the board on the turn. Nguyen bet 7,000 and Juutila called.

The river was the {4-Hearts} . With tens and fours on board, Nguyen bet 15,000. Juutila made the call.

Nguyen tabled the {J-Spades} {10-Diamonds} for a full house, jacks over fours, and Juutila mucked his hand.

8:20 PM: Antonius Eliminated

Patrik Antonius was eliminated from the tournament in unknown action.

8:35 PM: Mitchell Eliminated

Under the gun, Evgeny Zaytsev was dealt a hand, but according to James Mitchell, who was in the small blind, wasn't supposed to get one. Zaytsev was issued a one-orbit penalty and when it began, Mitchell mentioned he had the button. The floor was eventually called and it was confirmed that Mitchell did have the button when the penalty began, so Zaytsev would have to wait one more hand.

"No wonder no one knows where the button is. You're all idiots at this table," Mitchell said as reported by the PokerStars Blog.

From there, Guiseppe Pantaleo raised on the next hand to 900. Piero Mormina called and then Mitchell raised all in for 7,125. Play folded back to Mormina and he called with the {A-Spades} {10-Spades} . He had Mitchell's {J-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} in bad shape.

The board provided no help for Mitchell and Mormina's ace-ten was best, shipping Mitchell out the door.

Tags: James Mitchell Men Nguyen Patrik Antonius