EPT9 2012: Day 1b Update
Level 4
: 100/200, 25 ante
The Casino Sanremo is filling up with poker's biggest names!
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,865,450
Entries
797
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Staszko vs. "The Magician"
Action folded to Team PokerStars Pro Martin Staszko in the hijack and he opened for 450. Antonio "The Magician" Esfandiari defended from the big blind and the two saw a flop of 
, which both checked. When the dealer burned and turned the 
, Esfandiari checked and then folded to a bet of 500 from Staszko.
It wasn't much of a hand, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on their counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,500
6,500
|
6,500 |
|
18,500
-11,500
|
-11,500 |
|
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Vitkind Takes Some Nachos
On a board that read 
, Jose "Nacho" Barbero checked to Dmitry Vitkind who fired 1,825. Barbero called to see the river pair the board with the 
. Barbero checked his option again and Vitkind shot out 4,600. Barbero released and the pot was pushed the way of Vitkind.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
47,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
40,000 |
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 25
ElkY Exits
Action folded to Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier who raised to 400 from the hijack. Alfonso Donnarumma three-bet to 1,200 from the button and it folded back to ElkY who flat called.
The two saw a flop of 
fall and Grospellier led out for 1,775. Donnarumma quickly called and the 
paired the board on the turn. Grospellier kept up with aggression, pushing out a bet of 4,400. Donnarumma stuck around.
The 
fell on the river and turned out to be quite the action card. Grospellier bet 15,500. Donnarunna took one quick look back at his cards, heaved a breath and moved all of his chips in. ElkY shrugged and called, only to see Donnarumma turn over 
for a full house.
Grospellier let out a laugh and showed 
for a rivered flush. Grospellier shipped all of his stack over to Donnarumma and quickly got up from the table. Donnarumma is now sitting on about 68,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
68,000 | |
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Busted | |
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Two Small Ones
- France and Italy's best battled and France won the day.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Dario Alioto had made it to the river of a
board. ElkY bet 6,675 into a pot that had swelled to 7,525. Alioto tank-folded. - Moments later on and adjacent table Ben Vinson was proving hard to shift on a
board. He check-called a 1,025 bet on the flop before both players checked down the rest of the way. Vinson had got here with 
, beating out .
Vinson's mate, Chris Sly, is at the same table and cruising on 50,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
50,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
|
||
|
24,000 | |
|
21,000 | |
|
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Some More Tweets from Sanremo
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
About starting stack halfway into lvl 3 100/200. Moved to new table and only know @smokrokflockOctober 06 2012Follow
Day 1b of EPT Sanremo with fellow highroller champ @MarcAndre_FDawg, battling for canine supremacy. Up to 49k from 30k starting after lvl 2.October 06 2012Follow
@DNChips came all the way to #EPTSanremo to play 10-handed with one Italian and 8 other superstars. #managga!October 06 2012Follow
Bianchi Rivers a Full House
Level 3
: 100/200, 0 ante
With 2,200 already in the pot and 
on the board, the 2011 WSOP champ and Team PokerStars Pro Pius Heinz bet 1,100. His fellow countryman Rene Roseler folded while Russia's Mikhail Aleksandrov and Italy's Fabio Bianchi both called.
The turn card was 
and all three checked. The on the river was followed by a 2,700 bet from Bianchi. Heinz folded and Aleksandrov called. Bianchi showed 
for a full house - jacks full of deuces and Aleksandrov mucked his hand.
Queen-Jack All Around
Action folded over to Team PokerStars Pro Daniel Negreanu, and he was seated in the hijack seat. Negreanu raised to 400 and received calls from Edwin Salca in the small blind and Ronny Kaiser in the big blind.
The flop came down 
with both Salca and Kaiser checking over to Negreanu. The Team Pro fired a continuation bet of 750, and Salca called. Kaiser opted to up the amount with a check-raise to 2,000. Negreanu called, then Salca also came along.
On fourth street, the 
landed. Salca checked, Kaiser bet 4,100, and Negreanu called. Salca gave it up, leaving Negreanu and Kaiser the only two to see the river.
The completed the board, and Kaiser checked. Negreanu checked behind and it was time for the showdown.
Kaiser showed the 
, and Negreanu tabled the . Both held the same hand and chopped up the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
26,300
3,300
|
3,300 |
|
20,400
-9,600
|
-9,600 |
|
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Pocket Tens Do the Trick for Bonomo
After Eddie Tasbas opened for 525 from the hijack, Justin Bonomo three-bet to 1,450 from the cutoff. The button and small blind both folded, and then Denmark's Soren Hansen opted for a four-bet to 3,500 from the big blind. Tasbas got out of the way, Bonomo called, and the duo watched the flop come down .
Hansen led out for 3,500 and then checked the turn after Bonomo had called. The latter tossed out a bet of 6,000, Hansen called, and then both players checked the 
river. Bonomo tabled , and it was good as Hansen simply mucked his hand. With that, Bonomo increased his stack up to 64,500.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
64,500
34,500
|
34,500 |