2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo

€10,000 High Roller
Day: 2
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€253,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€10,000
Prize Pool
€823,200
Entries
84
Level Info
Level
24
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Terry & Behbehani Sent to the Rail

With around 65,000 in the pot and a board reading {2-Hearts}{J-Hearts}{5-Spades}{Q-Clubs}{7-Diamonds}, Brandon Barnes moved all in and put the pressure on Todd Terry, who had just 44,200 behind. Terry thought long and hard before tossing in what seemed like a resigned call, but ended up mucking when Barnes rolled over {5-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}. "Good game guys," Terry said before taking his leave.

Meanwhile, Salman Behbehani was eliminated from the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Brandon Barnes us
Brandon Barnes
300,000
50,000
50,000
Todd Terry us
Todd Terry
Busted
Salman Behbehani us
Salman Behbehani
Busted

Tags: Salman BehbehaniTodd TerryBrandon Barnes

Benzimra with the Nuts

With 30,000 in the pot and a board reading {Q-Hearts}{A-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{A-Diamonds}{7-Spades}, Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano bet 8,000 from the big blind only to have Christophe Benzimra moved all in from the cutoff for 28,600. Pagano didn't seem excited to make the call, but he did so nonetheless.

Benzimra then rolled over {A-Spades}{Q-Diamonds} for the nuts, and Pagano shook his head, flashed the {A-Clubs} and then sent his cards to the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Luca Pagano it
Luca Pagano
124,000
-36,000
-36,000
PokerStars
Christophe Benzimra fr
Christophe Benzimra
101,000
51,000
51,000
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Christophe BenzimraLuca Pagano

Gruissem on the Rise; Baharan Eliminated

Shahin Baharan opened for 11,000 and was met by a three-bet to 22,000 fro, Philipp Gruissem on the button. The blinds both folded, Baharan moved all in for roughly 100,000, and Gruissem snap-called.

Showdown
Baharan: {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}
Gruissem: {K-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}

Baharan was behind and in need of some help, but he would find none as the board ran out {9-Spades}{7-Spades}{10-Clubs}{2-Spades}{J-Spades}. With that, Gruissem has chipped up to 335,000, most of which came in this level.

Player Chips Progress
Philipp Gruissem de
Philipp Gruissem
335,000
212,000
212,000
Shahin Baharan se
Shahin Baharan
Busted

Tags: Shahin BaharanPhilip Gruissem

Metaal Doubles Big Through Duhamel

With a big pot in the middle and a board reading {4-Diamonds}{Q-Spades}{A-Diamonds}{J-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}, Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel put out a big bet of 90,000, which was enough to cover Govert Metaal, who was sitting on the button with 70,400.

Metaal thought long and hard before sliding in a call, and he was glad he did as his {K-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds} flush bested Duhamel's {K-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}. With that, Metaal doubled to the chip lead while Duhamel was left with just 24,500.

Player Chips Progress
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
270,000
135,000
135,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
24,500
-130,500
-130,500
PokerStars

Tags: Govert MetaalJonathan Duhamel

Metaal Busts Duhamel

Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel was all in for 24,800 from under the gun. The man who just doubled through him, Govert Metaal, made the call from the cutoff seat, and everyone else folded.

Duhamel showed the {K-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}, and he was up against the {A-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} for Metaal.

The flop, turn and river ran out {7-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{5-Hearts}{10-Hearts}, and it was Metaal's straight that busted the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion.

Player Chips Progress
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
290,000
20,000
20,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
Busted
PokerStars

Tags: Govert MetaalJonathan Duhamel

Redraw for the Final 24 with Approximate Chip Counts

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante
TableSeatPlayerChips
521Igor Kurganov80,000
522Kristijonas Andrulis180,000
523Justin Bonomo106,000
524Evgeny Chernyshev96,000
525Govert Metaal288,000
526Igor Yaroshevskyy196,000
527Eugene Katchalov107,000
528Luca Pagano85,000
    
531John Duthie187,000
532Joel Nordkvist47,000
533Keven Stammen290,000
534Kent Roed100,000
535Joseph Cheong340,000
536Mikalai Pobal75,000
537Carlo Savinelli155,000
538Dan O'Brien220,000
    
541Alexander Kopylkov218,000
542Brandon Barnes300,000
543Franck Kalfon115,000
544Benny Spindler315,000
545Andrey Bondar175,000
546Philipp Gruissem290,000
547Christophe Benzimra90,000
548Michael Tureniec87,000

Nordkvist vs. Cheong

Joseph Cheong opened for 5,000 from middle position only to have Joel Nordkvist move all in from the big blind for 47,200. Cheong made the call and discovered the bad news.

Showdown
Nordkvist: {A-Hearts}{K-Diamonds}
Cheong: {K-Spades}{Q-Hearts}

The {J-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{8-Clubs} flop made things interesting as it Cheong an open-ended straight draw, but Nordkvist was able to fade it as the {2-Hearts} appeared on the turn followed by the {Q-Clubs} river.

Player Chips Progress
Joseph Cheong us
Joseph Cheong
315,000
-25,000
-25,000
Joel Nordkvist se
Joel Nordkvist
100,000
53,000
53,000

Tags: Joel NordkvistJoseph Cheong

Quick Fall for Chernyshev

With approximately 30,000 in the pot and a board reading {8-Diamonds}{5-Spades}{2-Spades}{4-Diamonds}, Evgeny Chernyshev bet 32,000 from the big blind and was met with an all-in raise to 84,900 from Eugene Katchalov in middle position. Evgeny Chernyshev took his time but eventually made the call.

Showdown
Chernyshev: {8-Clubs}{7-Spades}
Katchalov: {A-Hearts}{3-Hearts}

Chernyshev got the money in drawing dead, and he didn't seem to pleased about it. After the meaningless {Q-Clubs} was put out on the river, the stacks were counted down and Chernyshev was left with just 8,000.

In the very next hand, Luca Pagano raised to 5,200 from middle position and Chernyshev moved in from the small blind. Pagano made the call and ended up having Chernyshev crushed.

Showdown
Chernyshev: {6-Spades}{5-Spades}
Pagano: {K-Spades}{6-Diamonds}

The board ran out {2-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds}{7-Hearts}{2-Diamonds} and Chernyshev's day came to an end.

Player Chips Progress
Eugene Katchalov ua
Eugene Katchalov
200,000
93,000
93,000
PokerStars
Evgeny Chernyshev ru
Evgeny Chernyshev
Busted

Tags: Evgeny ChernyshevEugene Katchalov