2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo

€5,300 EPT San Remo Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€1,508,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,713,300
Entries
1,178
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

Milkybars Aren't On Him

Ben "Milkybar Kid" Grundy is busto in rather unfortunate circumstances.

He raised in mid position and both blinds called.

Flop: {J-?} {6-?} {4-?}

It checked to Grundy, who bet. The small blind folded, the big blind raised, Grundy shoved, and a mere call later they were on their backs.

Grundy: {Q-?} {Q-?}
Big blind: {J-?} {J-?}

Turn and river: contained no queens.

Tags: Ben Grundy

Portal to Another Dimension

Portal - won't be shown the door just yet
Portal - won't be shown the door just yet
Also steaming ahead on the double-up express is young French mademoiselle Alexia Portal. She got it in with {A-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} against an opponent's {K-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts}, we believe on the flop of a {3-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} {J-Clubs} {5-Hearts} board, and is now up to a respectable 23,000.

Tags: Alexia Portal

Keep Your Chen Up

After his impressive (more than) double up, Bill Chen has apparently been on a rampage. He found a few more chips from somewhere, and eventually got involved on a {2-Clubs} {A-Clubs} {6-Hearts} flop. His opponent bet a chunky 3,850, and Chen pushed for another 10,000 or so. After some dwelling and squirming, his opponent called, and Chen couldn't have been more ahead.

Chen: {A-Hearts} {10-Hearts}
Unhappy opponent: {9-Hearts} {7-Hearts}

Turn: {J-Diamonds}
River: {K-Clubs}

Chen resumed giggling, and well he might, as he is now up to around 30,000 after spending much of today on less than ten big blinds.

Tags: Bill Chen

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here

Sami Kelopuro and Ljubomir Josipovic have turned into a two-man wrecking crew on Table 3. Each player has accumulated more than 60,000 chips, with Josipovic's 67,000 chips seemingly vying for the tournament lead. The two players are located at opposite ends of the table and no doubt are enjoying hammering the unfortunate opponents caught in between.

Tags: Ljubomir Josipovic

Donev Donates to Lundegren

Donev - does not need raincoat indoors
Donev - does not need raincoat indoors
With a sizable pot amassed by the turn of the {10-Hearts} {9-Hearts} {A-Spades} {2-Spades} board, Martin Lundegren checked to Ivo Donev on the button. Donev, almost entirely obscured behind his shades and the hood of his entirely unnecessary raincoat, bet 9,000. Call.

Come the {6-Clubs} river, Lundegren checked again. Donev removed his hood -- for after all, it seldom rains in the card room. He thought things over, counted his chips, counted Lundegren's chips, and then checked behind.

Lundegren: {10-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds}

Donev didn't actually show, but said he had {A-?} {K-?}.

Lundegren is propelled up to 36,000, while Donev dips to around 23,000.

Tags: Ivo Donev

Muratori Moratorium

Flood - sucked out
Flood - sucked out
How the mighty have fallen.

Francisco Muratori, very recently among our chip leaders, is down to a much less impressive 23,500. Not sure how the rest went, but at least some of it went to new tablemate Liam Flood. "I sucked out on him," whispered Flood to me, "I made a flush on the river against him."

Flood now up to a fairly commanding 30,000.

Tags: Francisco MuratoriLiam Flood

Mercier Says "Merci" for Chips

The board was showing {7-Spades} {10-Clubs} {7-Clubs} {9-Spades} in a three-way pot. Isabelle Mercier was on the button and bet 2,300 when action was checked to her. Both of her opponents called, for a sizable three-way river that fell {A-Spades}. Everyone checked, with Mercier turning over {A-Hearts} {10-Spades} first. That two pair, tens and aces, was the winning pot and pushed Mercier's chip count up to 16,000.

Tags: Isabelle Mercier