[user66118]
Luca Pagano opened with a raise, and Day 1a chip leader Robert Cezarescu three-bet it right back to him. Pagano had been chipped down into the trouble zone, and he called off the rest of his now-short stack, turning over a meager . The news was not good as Cezarescu tabled .
The flop brought a bit of hope for the EPT's all-time leading casher as it came . That nine was the only help he'd find, though, as the turn and river and did nothing to get him over the hump. That's Pagano's 14th EPT cash, breaking his own record yet again. Still, the impeccably-dressed Italian couldn't help but show a bit of disappointment as he meandered toward the door.