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

Lodden Picked Off (On the River?)

Johnny stares down that fateful board
Johnny stares down that fateful board
A short time after taking the majority of Johnny Lodden's chips, John O'Shea was gunning for the rest of them. Lodden opened with a raise to 450, and O'Shea came along in position. The flop brought {K-Spades} {J-Clubs} {8-Clubs} . Lodden check-called a bet of about 1,200.

Fourth street was the {Q-Spades}. Lodden again allowed O'Shea to bet, this time calling 2,200 to see the final card.

The river was the {J-Diamonds}, pairing the board. Lodden checked, and O'Shea announced that he was all in, having his man slightly covered. Lodden took just a few seconds to consider before sliding his remaining chips, approximately 6,000, into the center in one neat stack.

O'Shea tabled {A-Diamonds} {J-Hearts}, and it was the winner. A disgusted look befell Lodden as spun his cards into the air, landing face-down in the muck. He shook hands with the table, wished them luck, and then inched his way through the mass of humanity and out the exit.

Tags: Johnny Lodden

Brit-Watch

It's not going well for a number of UK players here today.

John Tabatabai, down to 1,500 after the blinds went through him, minimum-raised from the button and got called by the also short-stacked big blind. The big blind checked the {J-Clubs} {Q-Clubs} {6-Clubs} flop and Tabatabai stuck his last 1,200 in, but the big blind couldn't quite do it and passed.

Also not doing well are Steve Jelinek (4,000, and perhaps regretting the lengths he went to to get a seat), and Julian Thew -- up a little from his earlier 3,000, he's now on around 5,000 and remains cheerful.

On the other hand, the Milkybars may well be on Ben Grundy as he's just doubled up to around 18,000. It looks as though the chips went in on the flop or turn, although his opponent's hand is somewhat interesting.

Grundy: {7-Clubs} {10-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Spades} {8-Diamonds}

Board: {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Clubs} {4-Clubs} {10-Diamonds} {5-Spades}

Tags: Ben Grundy

A Few Chip Counts

Actually, just three.

John O'Shea: 23,000 after knocking out Johnny Lodden.

Patrik Antonius: 7,000, eating a suspicious-looking hamburger, and by the by acting as a kind of magnet for female railers and press members.

Sebastian Ruthenberg: 0, and wandering the casino.

Pagano Gives It Away

Luca Pagano has dropped a few chips, doubling up a short stack.

The shortie pushed all in on the flop, and Pagano called, deciding after a moment's thought that he was live. He wasn't, though.

Pagano: {A-?} {J-?}
Short stack: {4-Spades} {4-Hearts}

Board: {9-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} {7-Hearts} {7-Diamonds} {6-Hearts}

Tags: Luca Pagano

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

One More Name for the Leaderboard

It's hard to believe it took us more than three levels to spot Lee Nelson, but that's the way it goes when you have to climb over tables to get anywhere in the tournament room. He's here, and he's sitting behind an average chip stack.

Kollmann Pays on the River

Limped pots are always the most dangerous. Erich Kollmann got away from his relatively cheaply. He limped into the pot and took a three-way flop with the two players in the blinds. The board was all face cards: {K-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds}. Once the blinds checked, Kollmann fired a bet of 350. Only the big blind called.

The {5-Hearts} that hit the turn caused the players to check through to the river, another seeming blank -- the {2-Hearts}. The big blind bet 650 and Kollmann reluctantly paid him off. Kollmann nodded and mucked upon being shown {K-Hearts} {3-Clubs}, top pair of kings.

Tags: Erich Kohlmann

Patrizi Doubles Up

One Mr. A. Patrizi has doubled up with {Q-?} {J-?}, all in on a {K-?} {3-?} {10-?} flop against an opponent holding {K-?} {3-?}. An ace duly came on the turn ("No!," cried his opponent passionately), and his opponent failed to fill up on the river. As the chips were pushed towards Patrizi, there followed an intense and gesticulation-heavy discussion in Italian, presumably concerning how Mr. Patrizi had played the hand.

Antonius Still Here

We haven't called Patrik Antonius' name much yet today. His first table broke early, and as we've mentioned several times -- finding players in the room is a bit of a challenge. We finally spotted Antonius in time to watch him play a limped pot from under the gun. Four other players were in with him for an all-diamond flop of {2-Diamonds} {9-Diamonds} {3-Diamonds}. After the blinds checked, Antonius tried a bet of 700. That was enough to take down the pot. It gave Antonius some extra chips but left him below par at roughly 8,000.

Tags: Patrik Antonius

Luske Getting Impatient

Luske - are we there yet?
Luske - are we there yet?
Despite sitting on a slightly above-average stack of 13,000, Marcel Luske seems to have no time to waste. "Are we in the money yet?" he asked me. Seems a little unfair on the Day 1a players...

Tags: Marcel Luske