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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
British Highs and British Lows
If form was only based on the last three days then Chris Brammer and Chris Sly are two of the hottest players on the planet.
Brammer came to Sanremo on the back of his 5th place finish for €207,648 at the World Series of Poker Europe, and Sly took down the €2k PLO last night for more than €50k.
Brammer is going along very nicely with 88,000 chips, partly thanks to raising Wilfried Harig off his hand on a 
flop.
Sly was going along very nicely earlier on but is struggling a bit now. He dropped to 22,500 after doubling up Marius Pospiech. The latter shoved for his last 8,325 on the river of a 
board. Sly called with 
only to be shown 
by Pospiech.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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88,000
58,000
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58,000 |
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22,500
-27,500
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-27,500 |
Braco Survives
The Frenchman Frederic Bussot-Fuentes raised to 900 and was called by the German Enrico Etienne Rudelitz as well as Italy's Niccolo Domeniconi. However, another local Pasquale Braco had bigger plans and shoved all in for 6,800. Bussot-Fuentes made the call while Rudelitz and Domeniconi both folded.
Showdown:
Braco: 
Bussot-Fuentes: 
The Frenchman was in the lead and his Ace King still looked good after the 
flop. However, the 
on the turn was all what Braco needed to keep him alive and 
on the river saved his tournament life giving the Italian a double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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16,700 |
Morozovs Runs Into Julius' Aces
Kyle Julius raised from the cutoff only to have Mihails Morozovs three-bet to 3,600 from the big blind. "About twelve thousand," Morozovs when asked how much he began the hand with. Julius then took a stack of chips, enough to cover Morozovs, and spiked them in the pot. The Latvian called off and the cards were turned up.
| Showdown |
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It was a bad spot for Morozovs, and the 
flop afforded him to relief. Neither the 
turn nor river would be the nine Morozovs needed, and he was sent to the rail in the closing minutes of Level 5.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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48,000 | |
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Busted |
O'Dwyer on a Steady Climb
Simon Mattsson opened for 700 from middle position and received a call from Steve O'Dwyer in the hijack. Mikko Turtiainen then called from the big blind and three players took a flop of . Two checks put action on O'Dwyer, and he promptly bet 1,350. Two folds ensued and O'Dwyer was pushed the pot.
It wasn't much of a hand, but it gave us a good excuse to let you know he is up to 67,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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67,000
37,000
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37,000 |
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Nick Abou Risks the Lot
Nick Abou Risk didn't last as long as he liked, post dinner, after he ran a big hand into a monster.
We missed some of the pre flop action but we what we saw was Abou Risk raising to 8,100 from the button and Niclas Martinsson re-raising and calling when Abou Risk shoved.
Martinsson: 
Abou Risk: 
The board ran 
.
Abou Risk hit an ace on the river but was already drawing dead by the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Conte Sends Guidetti to the Rail
"Seat open Table 1," we heard a dealer shout. We made out way over just in time to see Daniele Guidetti getting up from his seat. He had 
laid out in front of him on a 
. We're not sure when the money went in, but we do know that Maxime Conte held 
and was being pushed a sizeable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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92,000
34,000
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34,000 |
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Busted |
It's All Over for Joentausta
Finland's Aku Joentausta raised to 2,000 from the big blind and Richard Trigg three-bet to 4,500 on the button. Joentausta tanked for a while until finally pushing his stack of around 20,000 in front of him. Trigg had way more than that and he instantly called.
Showdown:
Trigg:
Joentausta: 
The young Finn's chances were slim and the 
board didn't help, he was eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
"S***, I had the Best Hand"
With a board reading 
and about 4,000 in the pot, Daniel Negreanu bet 3,000 from under the gun only to have Sweden's Simon Mattsson raise to 15,000, which prompted the Team PokerStars Pro to snap-fold.
"I didn't have a queen," Mattsson admitted.
"S***, I had the best hand," Negreanu said with a little laugh.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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18,225
-2,175
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-2,175 |
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Fly Away Now Little Birdies
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