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offsuit face-up. "Good fold," said a cheerful Hedlund, and showed him 
. He then turned his attention to offering fine wines to PokerNews' own Gloria Balding, and then proceeded to tell this blogger the story of Pippi Longstocking.
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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offsuit face-up. "Good fold," said a cheerful Hedlund, and showed him . He then turned his attention to offering fine wines to PokerNews' own Gloria Balding, and then proceeded to tell this blogger the story of Pippi Longstocking.
and then folded on the turn 
to a bet of 1,700. What was more interesting was the discussion that Timex was having with Jason Mercier during the hand about tournament structures.McDonald pointed out that the recent SCOOP tournament series run on PokerStars had such great structures that players were coming to the final table extremely deep in chips. "Compared to online, this structure sucks," joked McDonald.
Obviously, the EPT structure is excellent for live tournaments (one-hour levels, 200 big blind starting stacks). McDonald's point was that, because online poker plays so much more quickly than live poker, the 30-minute levels that were used for the high-stakes SCOOP events were a comparatively better structure.
, tallest German in the room Benjamin Kang bet 1,000 from the button. His opponent raised to 3,700, and after a medium-length dwell, Kang made a seemingly reluctant call.Turn:
Now Kang's opponent bet out 5,100 -- but Kang pushed for 14,900 total and then looked resolutely down at the felt.
His opponent thought about it for long enough that eventually Kang called the clock. "You show, I show," said Kang. Still he was in the tank, though, and finally he timed out (although for some reason the floor man missed out "five" from his ten-second countdown). Disgusted, he showed
. Kang turned over 
for the straight, and lamented his loss of value. "Oh no, why did I do that? I'm such a pussy. If I'd known..." Nevertheless, Kang is up to almost 30,000.
Level: 4
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
, and more than 6,000 chips were in the pot. McEvoy had the button and elected to check behind after his opponent checked. "I have a flush," McEvoy said, tabling 
. His opponent looked disgusted but couldn't come up with a better hand. McEvoy, a Team PokerStars Pro, now has approximately 20,000 in chips.
, and there was about 8,000 already in the middle of the table. First to act was Annette Obrestad, and she led out with a bet. Following that, a player raised, Felipe Sansonetti reraised, and Eric Mutrie put in a fourth raise. That was enough to fold the first two bettors, but Sansonetti quickly moved all in.That sent Mutrie deep into the tank, and he would take several minutes of careful consideration before deciding on his course of action. He eyed up his own stack, then the chips in the pot, moving onward across the table to his opponent's stack. He stared at the board, then up at the ceiling. After a few more shakes of his head, he finally, and reluctantly released his hand, open-mucking
. Everyone at the table seemed to know what Sansonetti was holding, and he did indeed table the , flopping all four eights. He dragged in a sizable pot without confrontation, moving up dangerously close to the 40,000-chip mark here in the early going.
Flop:
Paul Testud bet out 3,500, and the gent to his left pushed for 5,200 total. Braco unexpectedly called, as did Testud.
Turn:
Now it was Testud's turn to move all in for his last 3,800. Braco called that too. Four players on their backs, three of them all in.
Paul Testud:
The Unknown Player:
Pasquale Braco:
Albert Sapiano:
River:
Braco banged the table as his full house came in, and stood with both fists above his head in a victory pose as all three of his opponents left, all of them busted. Wow.
