Main Event
Day 1a Completed
2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€6,014,000
Entries
1,240
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
End Of Day 1a
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Just at the death, we lost Ludovic Lacay as he called a 12,500 bet on a
flop before shoving the 
turn when it was checked to him. He was fairly speedily called by 
and could only show 
. The 
changed nothing on the river and Lacay was out.We lost many big names today, including Jesper Hougaard, Erick Lindgren, Chad Brown and Barny Boatman. However, home hopes Dario Minieri and Luca Pagano, as well as former winner Arnaud Mattern have all survived into the second day.
At the end of the day, it is looking as though Russian Alexey Rybin is the chip leader having amassed a whopping 213,100 or so. A brief search around the room leads us to believe that no-one else has anything over the 200,000 mark.
That's all from San Remo for tonight. We'll see you at midday tomorrow for Day 1b!
Oh No, Dario!
To be honest, we're not even sure when the money went in. It looks like possibly on the flop or turn, but either way, it was Minieri's
up against Rusnak's 
.The board filled out thusly:
. Minieri was ahead on the turn, but the jack ball on the end cost him a big chunk of his chips. We're still waiting for Rusnak to stack up that double, but we can tell you Minieri is down to about 44,000 on the last hand of the night.
Significant Seven
Darioooooo
Mr. Minieri picked up a double up in the first level, and that's never good news for an EPT field. During an earlier break, Glo pulled aside Dario for a quick and energetic conversation. Have a look-see:
The Pena Is Mightier Than The Sword
on a 
board against Pena's 
. Neither the case king or ace came and Pena is sitting pretty.
Bits and Pieces
In the first, we joined the action on a turned board reading
. First to act, Danilo Mercuri put out a bet of 4,500. After some careful consideration, Ludovic Lacay made a raise to 16,000 straight. Mercuri hemmed and hawed and eventually folded, and Lacay first flashed the 
... then the 
. His semi-bluff was good enough, leaving Mercuri shaking his head as the next hand was dealt.*****
At the adjacent table, we turned around to see
on board, and a pot of close to 30,000 up for grabs. Michel Abecassis had slid out a bet of 10,700 when we walked up, only to see Jerome Guermeur raise all in with a covering shove. Abecassis had about 33,000 left in his stack, and the raise sent him spiraling deep into the tank. After a couple minutes, he apologized to his table, clearly struggling with a tough decision. After another few agonizing minutes, he open-mucked his !"Oh, Michel!" said one of his friends at the table. Guermeur couldn't resist; he exposed his airball
, exhaling deeply as the pot was pushed his way. Abecassis handled the situation like a true pro, tapping the felt and letting out a quiet, "Nice hand.""Michel, Michel, Michel..." repeated the unknown player.
Sorin Almost Folds, But Doesn't
Sorin:
Scaglione:
Ouch.
Board:
Scaglione doubled to a very healthy 110,000 (the average stack at this time is around 55,000) while Sorin dropped to around 45,000 and sat there shaking his head like a man who had known deep down that he should fold his kings but couldn't quite do it. Our hearts go out to him.
Hostrup Forces a Fold
"You show me if I fold?" said Martin sadly. Replied Hostrup: "Yes, I already showed this guy [pointing to the gentleman on his right], I have to show everyone.
"If I fold you show," repeated Martin, just to make sure. Yes, came the reply. Martin folded pocket queens face up. Hostrup showed him pocket fives. "Wow, you fold queens?" Hostrup said. "That's sick."
Inizan Up
being too much for 
on a 
board.