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Mr Now-Busto pushed on the
flop with, as it turned out, 
, and McDonagh called pretty sharpish with 
. Zero help from the 
turn or 
river, and he now has a whole week to spend simply enjoying the sights and sounds of San Remo.
2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo
€5,300 EPT San Remo Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,713,300
Total Entries
1,178
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000
Players Left 1 / 1,178
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Mr Now-Busto pushed on the
flop with, as it turned out, , and McDonagh called pretty sharpish with . Zero help from the turn or river, and he now has a whole week to spend simply enjoying the sights and sounds of San Remo.
That's excellent news for the players, but it does make things a bit tight on the tournament floor. The "tournament room" is actually three different connected rooms. Two are separated by a drink-and-snack bar, and the third is around a corner. Poker tables are jammed in very close together, making it a bit of an adventure to walk the floor.
Representing America, we have last year's winner Jason Mercier, Greg Raymer and Chad Brown. From Germany, Sandra Naujoks, Jan Heitmann, George Danzer and Benjamin Kang. From Scandinavia, there's Annette Obrestad, Albert Iversen, Andreas Hoivold and Jesper Hougaard, and France has turned out Arnaud Mattern and Antony Lellouche. No one seems particularly shy about getting their chips in the middle and playing some hands, so it should be a very interesting day.
Level: 1
Blinds: 25/50
Ante: 0
San Remo is a popular tourist destination at all times of year, but April is a delightful time to be here. The days aren't too hot and the evenings aren't too cool. It's the kind of weather that makes you want to have a lazy day in the sun smoking cigarettes and eating delicious, simple Italian fare, and then follow it up with a night of drinking and partying. That's exactly how we spent our day yesterday after arriving from Nice, France via train. Being in San Remo is like stepping into yesterday, a time when the Internet, mobile phones and constant communication hadn't taken over everyone's lives, a time when people still slowed down for each other and could spend ten minutes talking to a perfect stranger. The city is charming.
This is the second season that the European Poker Tour has included a stop in San Remo. Judging by the number of people at the opening party at Victory Morgana Bay last night, this stop has become extremely popular with the players. Rumors were floating around the party that the event, which features three separate Day 1 flights, might sell out. We won't know that for sure until we take our seats in media row on the tournament floor at 2pm local time later today, but if it does we would imagine the tournament organizers would be over the moon.
Day 1a starts in about two hours. PokerNews will have all of the tournament action from the first flop to the last river on Thursday. We hope you'll join us for the making of the latest EPT champion.
