2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo

€5,300 EPT San Remo Main Event
Day: 2
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

Argento Turns to Gold

A massive double up for hoary-haired Italian Giuseppe Argento in probably the biggest hand of the tournament so far.

There was a jack on the board and his opponent was holding {A-?} {J-?} so the chips could have gone in preflop or on it, but we all rushed over to that table because as the board confirmed that Argento's pocket kings constituted the winning hand. He went absolutely nuts, slamming the table, shouting in Italian and knocking over a side table as he walked off to calm down. A few minutes later, a friend handed him a glass of water, which he downed gratefully, his hands still shaking. This is an emotional game. He's very definitely in second place now after Dragan Galic -- that hand netted him over 400,000 in chips.