Action folded to Ilan Boujenah in the cutoff seat and he raised to 1,600. Byron Kaverman called from the big blind and the two saw the flop come down . Kaverman checked and Boujenah bet 2,100. Kaverman called.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the land on the river. Kaverman checked and Boujenah fired 4,000. Kaverman tanked for a minute or two and then folded his hand.
When we walked up to the table, Casey Kastle had what appeared to be a four-bet to 10,500 out in front of him, and Guillaume Humbert shoved all in for 17,900. Kastle didn't seem to have a plan when he got shoved on, but he eventually did make the call, and his was ahead of Humbert's .
The board came down , though, and Humbert finds his double, crippling Kastle in the process.
From under the gun, Peter Jetten raised to 2,000. Markus Ristola reraised from the next seat to 4,500 and play folded around to short-stacked Casey Kastle in the big blind. He tanked for a bit, but then folded his hand. Jetten made the call.
The flop came down and Jetten checked. Ristola fired 4,500 and Jetten mucked his hand.
Welcome back to PokerNews' coverage of the 2011 PokerStars.itEPT San Remo Main Event. After the completion of both starting days here in San Remo, Italy, the field of 837 hopefuls has been ground down 482.
Taylor Paur claimed the overall chip lead on Day 1b with a solid surge towards the end of the night. He finished on 188,200 in chips. Brandon Cantu, Nick Yunis, Vanessa Selbst, Domenico Cordi and Nicola Grieco also played Day 1b and they'll be the ones following him before Day 1a's leader, Gianluca Trebbi, lands in seventh overall.
Another notable cracking the top 10, but just barely, is Anton Wigg with 152,800 in chips. Wigg won the EPT6 Copenhagen Main Event for $672,818.
Also remaining in the field are Team PokerStars Pros Johnny Lodden (113,800), EPT6 San Remo champion Liv Boeree (106,500), Salvatore Bonavena (85,600) and Sandra Naujoks (71,400).
Day 2 is set to kick off at 2:00 PM local time, or 1400 CET (0500 PDT). First place is €800,000 and the top 128 spots are being paid out. We don't plan to hit that today, but we could get very close so be sure to follow along with all the action throughout the day.