The European Poker Tour event in Sanremo is one of a number major poker festivals in Italy organised by Pagano Events, the family business of the Team PokerStars Pro Luca Pagano.
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Level: 29
Blinds: 40,000/80,000
Ante: 10,000
Angelo Recchia is on a roll after winning another pot. It wasn't a big one, but it was against chip leader, Jason Lavallee.
Lavallee opened to 160,000 with 
and called when Recchia three-bet to 280,000 in position. The flop fell 
and Lavallee check-folded to a 200,000 c-bet.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,900,000
-325,000
|
-325,000 |
|
3,200,000
295,000
|
295,000 |
The one-hour delay for the EPTLive broadcast means that time travel is possible in Sanremo. Although the television feed is in the past, PokerStars Blog boasts that they can visit the future.
Whatever it is, that would be the word we would use to describe the action on the final table right now.
Something has to break soon, or so we hope!
Ludovic Lacay raised to 160,000 from under the gun plus one and it folded around to Micah Raskin who moved all in. Lacay called only to find out that he was in pretty bad shape.
Raskin: 
Lacay: 
The board fell 
and Raskin was able to score a double up, boosting him to 2.5 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,600,000
-481,000
|
-481,000 |
|
||
|
2,500,000
685,000
|
685,000 |
Angelo Recchia raised to 160,000 from the cutoff with 
and Jason Tompkins defended from the big blind with 
. The 
flop was fairly intimidating, and Tompkins ended up check-folding to a bet of 150,000.
Not too exciting, but it's reminiscent of the sort of hands we've been seeing here in Sanremo as of late.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,100,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Ismael Bojang is the first player to be eliminated from this final table after more than 3.5 hours of play.
Jason Lavallee opened to 160,000 from early position and made a quick call when the German player three-bet all in for 1,500,000 from the next seat.
Lavallee: 
Bojang:
The board ran 
.
With that the Candian pro has extended his lead at the top.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,500,000
1,600,000
|
1,600,000 |
|
Busted |
Jason Lavallee raised to 160,000 from under the gun and it folded all of the way around the table to Micah Raskin in the big blind. He slid out a call and the flop brought 
. Raskin checked his action on this spade heavy flop and Lavallee checked right behind.
The 
hit the turn and Raskin led out for 300,000. Lavallee flat called and the brought a fourth spade on the board on the river. Raskin made the same bet as he did on the turn- 300,000 - and Lavallee went into the tank.
Eventually Lavallee called and showed no spades, but rather 
for top pair. Raskin showed 
for merely a pair of queens and Lavallee too down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,910,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
|
|
1,600,000
-900,000
|
-900,000 |
