€5,300 EPT San Remo Main Event Day 1b | 2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo

04-19-2009 23:47 UTC+3

Picking Up the Bill

[user46392]

Six players limp/checked their way to a {9-Hearts}

flop, and it proceeded to check around to Bill Chen, who moved all in for the princely sum of, er, 1,800. The gent on the button called, everyone else folded, and it was pretty much in the bag for lucky Chen.

Button: {A-Clubs}

Chen:

Turn:

River:

Chen nearly tripled up to 6,000, and grinned broadly.

Tags: Bill Chen

04-19-2009 23:37 UTC+3

One More Face Emerges

[user75032]

We're not sure how we missed Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick all day. He's been right under our noses, quietly keeping pace with the average stack. Chidwick, you may remember, is the player who won more than 100 seats for last year's World Series of Poker Main Event, primarily via the Steps system on PokerStars, but was unable to use even one of them due to being younger than 21 years old.

Chidwick's in the middle of the pack right now with 22,500 chips. Don't underestimate him though. It takes a fair amount of prowess to collect all those Main Event seats.

Tags: Stephen Chidwick

04-19-2009 23:30 UTC+3

More Chips for Sami

[user75032]

Sami Kelopuro has been getting a massage for the better part of the last hour. The massage hasn't softened his focus. He recently raised a pot to 1,200 preflop and was called only by the button. On a flop of {3-Diamonds}

, Kelopuro made a continuation bet of 2,000 chips. His opponent quietly folded without much thought.

Tags: Sami Kelopuro

Level: 7

Blinds: 200/400

Ante: 50

04-19-2009 23:15 UTC+3

Here We Go!

[user75032]

The last break is over. Cards are back in the air. Players are two hours from making it to Day 2.

04-19-2009 23:14 UTC+3

A Few Chip Counts from Just Before the Break

[user46392]

Richard Ashby: 2,550 and giggling
Michael Martin: 11,400
Mike Ellis: 20,000
ALexia Portal: 5,650

04-19-2009 23:12 UTC+3

Jelinek Still In

[user46392]

Steve Jelinek has enjoyed a recovery during the various dinner breaks -- down to around 3,000 for much of the day, he's back up to 13,500.

It turns out that he's had aces twice, but seen absolutely no action on either occasion. Instead, he doubled up with {J-?}