Now It Gets Interesting

Welcome to Day 3 of the 2009 PokerStars.it European Poker Tour San Remo Event. The internet in the media room seems to be restored. We're crossing our fingers it doesn't deteriorate by the time cards are back in the air.

We're getting down to the nitty-gritty now. 124 players are left from a starting field of 1,178. Only twelve eliminations remain until the bursting of the money bubble. 112 players will have something to show for their hard work; twelve will leave with a few choice words muttered under their breath.

The overall Day 1 chip leader was the man who changed his outfits more frequently than a runway model, Croatian Dragan Galic. Galic zoomed ahead of the rest of the field on Day 2 also, taking his 107,000 starting chips and turning them into almost 553,000. Given the number of extremely short stacks in the field, we find it unlikely that Galic will "pull a David Saab" and go from chip leader to bubble boy on the money bubble.

Once again, play is scheduled to start at 2pm local time, in about 45 minutes. However, Italy being Italy, expect things to kick off a little late. They haven't even started letting players in the building yet, never mind into the tournament area. When play does resume, keep your browser pointed to PokerNews.com for all of the action.