Main Event Day 3 | 2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

Main Event

Day 3 Started

10-24-2011 12:41 UTC+3

Day 3 Table and Seat Draw

donpeters

Table	Seat	Player	Chips
1	1	Grzegorz Cichocki	50,000
1	2	Timothy Marsters	202,000
1	3	Francesco Favia	132,500
1	4	Alexandru Cezarescu	137,500
1	5	Richard Loth	244,000
1	6	Luca Fiorini	83,500
1	7	Gianpaolo Eramo	46,000
1	8	Fabrizio Tripicchio	145,000

2	1	Ben Stosser	65,500
2	2	Rumen Nanev	75,000
2	3	Dennis Bejedal	227,000
2	4	Angelo Tarallo	109,000
2	5	Kyle Johnson	279,000
2	6	Michal Medvec	57,000
2	7	Michael Benvenuti	177,000
2	8	Karen Sarkisyan	139,000

3	1	William Thorson	508,500
3	2	Davide Costa	103,000
3	3	Yves Boschetti	108,000
3	4	Pietro Monzio Compagnoni	120,000
3	5	Barny Boatman	300,000
3	6	Vincenzo Scarpitti	55,500
3	7	Massimiliano Piazza	95,500
3	8	Kevin MacPhee	283,500

4	1	Filippo Bisciglia	101,000
4	2	Luca Cavecchi	83,000
4	3	Jan Bendik	295,500
4	4	Andrea Dato	118,000
4	5	Jesus Cortes	79,500
4	6	Eli Bohbot	94,000
4	7	Vladimir Kochelaevskiy	223,000
4	8	Cornel Cimpan	75,500

5	1	Salvatore Sproviero	203,500
5	2	Mustapha Kanit	577,000
5	3	Florian Desgouttes	267,500
5	4	Carla Solinas	215,000
5	5	Daniele Vesco	82,000
5	6	Andrey Guliy	188,500
5	7	Mike McDonald	265,000
5	8	Francesco Lo Faso	128,500

6	1	Amit Makhija	133,000
6	2	Jean-Philippe Rohr	63,500
6	3	Gianluca Trebbi	123,000
6	4	Frida Broberg	305,500
6	5	Daniel Neilson	584,500
6	6	Jon Spinks	355,000
6	7	Andrey Pateichuk	259,500
6	8	Mick Graydon	161,000

7	1	Eduard Kapitonov	76,500
7	2	Nikolay Tsanev	98,000
7	3	Udo Tran	147,500
7	4	Luca Moschitta	233,000
7	5	Luca Amoruso	232,000
7	6	Marco Traniello	80,500
7	7	Michael Watson	55,500
7	8	Andreas Samuelsson	106,000

8	1	Johan Van Til	88,500
8	2	Patrick Gastaldi	67,500
8	3	Sergey Tikhonov	504,500
8	4	Dmitry Vitkind	152,000
8	5	Gianluca Cedolia	163,500
8	6	Aleksandar Kostadinovic	304,500
8	7	Robert Scott	315,500
8	8	Gianluca Marcucci	150,500

9	1	Dmitry Motorov	68,000
9	2	Nick Yunis	435,500
9	3	Dimitar Danchev	252,000
9	4	Sebastian Gohr	223,500
9	5	Laurent Bourgois	62,000
9	6	Pier Paolo Ruscalla	262,500
9	7	Alessio Isaia	143,000
9	8	Rocco Palumbo	194,500

10	1	Hans Joachim Hein	213,500
10	2	Melanie Weisner	225,500
10	3	Cristiano Guerra	208,500
10	4	Mohamad Kowssarie	211,000
10	5	David Bach	112,500
10	6	Vitaly Lunkin	46,500
10	7	Maurizio Saieva	88,000
10	8	Luca Falaschi	169,500

11	1	Emil Mattsson	54,000
11	2	Kaj Garp	49,500
11	3	Christopher McClung	402,000
11	4	Francesco De Vivo	17,000
11	5	Etienne Archambeaud	121,500
11	6	Fernando Cimaglia	223,000
11	7	Jason Tompkins	141,500
11	8	Agris Klaise	198,000

12	1	Aniello Delli Santi	76,000
12	2	Luigi Pignataro	13,000
12	3	Paolo Astengo	19,500
12	4	Denys Drobyna	74,500
12	5	Dario Marinelli	89,000
12	6	Plamen Yakimov	78,500
12	7	Pedro Piazuelo	233,500
12	8	Linda Santaguida	92,500

13	1	Paul Testud	155,500
13	2	Gianfranco Mazzariello	230,000
13	3	Ferdinando Lo Cascio	179,500
13	4	Vojtech Ruzicka	276,500
13	5	Kevin Ayow	174,500
13	6	Ishak Noyan	54,000
13	7	Christopher Andler	120,500
13	8	Giampiero Tanzi	113,000

14	1	Antonio Chemi	41,500
14	2	Joseph Cheong	632,000
14	3	Mohamed Zamiti	244,500
14	4	Ondrej Vinklarek	396,000
14	5	Filippo Voconi	52,500
14	6	Sebastian Saffari	278,500
14	7	Govert Metaal	246,000
14	8	Shaun Deeb	99,000

15	1	Pierangelo Bonometti	82,000
15	2	Tyler Bonkowski	135,500
15	3	Christian Troger	133,500
15	4	Salvatore Salzano	76,000
15	5	Daniele Mazzia	183,500
15	6	Ayaz Manji	221,500
15	7	Domenico Cordi	302,000
15	8	Joni Mattila	143,000

16	1	Johnny Lodden	287,500
16	2	Antonio Pericolo	68,000
16	3	Toby Lewis	122,000
16	4	Stefan Ianuszewicz	150,500
16	5	Edmilson Oliveira	106,500
16	6	Peter Dragar	133,000
16	7	Giacomo Fundaro	170,500
16	8	Elio Fox	346,000

17	1	Taylor Paur	128,500
17	2	Christopher Williamsson	99,500
17	3	John Duthie	147,500
17	4	Vanessa Selbst	497,000
17	5	Antonin Teisseire	184,500
17	6	Lex Veldhuis	341,000
17	7	Steve O'Dwyer	148,500
17	8	Dario De Paz	326,500

18	1	Milan Andrejkovics	147,000
18	2	Ignat Liviu	38,500
18	3	Mihai Manole	92,500
18	4	Massimo Di Cicco	176,000
18	5	Riccardo Cugge	73,000
18	6	Andrew Chen	52,000
18	7	Tomas Cibak	162,000
18	8	Yorane Kerignard	74,000

10-24-2011 14:09 UTC+3

2010 WSOP November Niner Joseph Cheong Leads Into Day 3

donpeters

Welcome back to Day 3 of the 2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo Main Event. From the starting field of 837, 482 players returned to play yesterday for Day 2. The day was long and lasted seven levels, but that should make for some short days to come.

Remaining from the field are just 144 players and Joseph Cheong leads them all with 623,000 in chips. Daniel Neilson (584,500), Mustapha Kanit (577,000), William Thorson (508,500) and Sergey Tikhonov (504,500) round out the top five. Those are the only group of players above half a million in chips.

Team PokerStars Pro has a few of players still in the mix, but none of them hold a larger stack than Vanessa Selbst. She holds 497,000 in chips. Lex Veldhuis is the second largest stack out of the Team Pros with 341,000, Johnny Lodden comes in third at 287,500 and John Duthie rounds out the group with 147,500.

Outside of all the aforementioned players, 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event champion Elio Fox sits 11th overall while former EPT champions Kevin MacPhee and Mike McDonald will enter the day with 283,500 and 265,000, respectively.

The cards are set to be in the 1400 CET (0500 PDT) so be sure to be here for when they hit the players' hands. It's going to be a fast and furious day of action and the money line is set at 128 players.

Tags: Joseph Cheong

Level: 16

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 500

10-24-2011 15:06 UTC+3

Shuffle Up and Deal!

donpeters

Level 16 : 2,000/4,000, 500 ante

The cards are in the air for Day 3 of the 2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo Main Event.

10-24-2011 15:06 UTC+3

Meet the Chip Leader

donpeters

Joseph Cheong, who turned 25 in June, was born in Seoul, South Korea, but immigrated to the United States at the age of six. He attended the University of California at San Diego and graduated with a degree in psychology last year. Cheong, who now lives in California, is no stranger to poker.

In 2010, Cheong made his biggest splash by making the World Series of Poker November Nine. He went on to finish in third place in that event for $4,130,049 after playing the largest pot in WSOP history against eventual champion and Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel.

Outside of his big, multi-million dollar score, Cheong has $673,726 in lifetime tournament earnings and should easily add to that in this event barring a nearly impossible collapse. He holds six other WSOP cashes and also cashed in the WSOP Main Event this year -- finishing 114th for $54,851.

While on hiatus from the WSOP Main Event in 2010, Cheong went on to place second in the EPT London £10,000 High Roller Turbo for £162,280 and then win the $5,000 No-Limit Hold'em event at the Festa Al Lago for $142,635. He also holds one WSOP Circuit gold ring. Needless to say, Cheong's done quite well for himself.

Here in San Remo, Cheong has done extremely well in setting himself up for a super deep run. He's entering the day with 158 big blinds, although he has been up and done for most of the tournament so far. Cheong has never cashed in an EPT Main Event and his only in-the-money finish on the tour was that High Roller runner-up result.

We'll have our eyes locked on Cheong all day today and you should, too. He's one of the brightest young superstars in the game with a free, aggressive style that is sure to have the chips moving.

Tags: Joseph Cheong

10-24-2011 15:14 UTC+3

Rohr Gone

donpeters

Jean-Philippe Rohr raised to 11,000 from the hijack seat and Jon Spinks reraised all in from the big blind. Rohr took a little time, but made the call with the {K-Hearts} {J-Spades} . Spinks held the {A-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} .

The board ran out {J-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {2-Clubs} {A-Clubs} and Spinks won the hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jon Spinks	410,000	55,000
Jean-Philippe Rohr	Busted

Tags: Jean-Philippe Rohr Jon Spinks

10-24-2011 15:16 UTC+3

Fox v. Lodden

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One of the battles we're going to be keeping a close eye on today is the pairing of Elio Fox and Johnny Lodden. They're on either side of the dealer at Table 16. In the last pot, Lodden called a raise to go heads-up with Fox to the {6-Clubs} {9-Clubs} {2-Spades} flop. Fox continued out with 15,000, and Lodden raised to 31,500. Fox called, but he would check-fold on the {10-Hearts} turn. Lodden's bet of 52,500 was enough to take it down, and the two men have essentially swapped starting stacks with that early little pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johnny Lodden	330,000	42,500
Elio Fox	305,000	-41,000

Tags: Johnny Lodden Elio Fox

10-24-2011 15:20 UTC+3

More for Cheong

donpeters

Joseph Cheong just busted Antonio Chemi form the tournament and is up to about 675,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Joseph Cheong	675,000	43,000
Antonio Chemi	Busted

Tags: Joseph Cheong Antonio Chemi

10-24-2011 15:24 UTC+3

O'Dwyer Eliminated by Selbst

donpeters

European Poker Tour London runner-up Steve O'Dwyer has just been eliminated by Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst. O'Dwyer was all in preflop with the {9-Spades} {9-Clubs} against Selbst's {K-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} .

Some of the dealers here have rather a slow run out of the cards during all-in situations and make them much more dramatic than they really are. The dealer in this case ran the {J-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds} {3-Spades} flop rather slow and O'Dwyer commented, "Ok, just get it over with already," so he could be on his way. The dealer kept at her own pace and first dealt the {A-Hearts} on the turn before rolling over the {8-Clubs} on the river.

Selbst is now over 500,000 in chips.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Selbst	615,000	118,000
Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer Vanessa Selbst