Main Event | 2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

04-21-2010 11:35 UTC+2

Seat 2: Alexey Rybin, 29, Moscow, Russia - 1,890,000

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Rybin has prospered with gaming businesses back home in Moscow – so much so that when one of his opponents here in San Remo offered to pay euros to see Rybin's second card, he refused saying: "I don't need money, I only need chips." Later he told another player considering a call on the river: "One for free, two for chips." This is Rybin's second EPT; he does not consider himself a tournament player, specializing mainly in very high stakes live cash games in Moscow.

Alexey is already a VIP-member of Casino SanRemo after considerable success at the roulette tables. He is known for his open, kind and cheerful personality.

04-21-2010 11:34 UTC+2

Seat 1: Claudio Piceci, 39, Italy – 4,460,000

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Piceci is an Italian living in Siebnen, Switzerland. He works in insurance and mainly plays poker with friends in the Swiss Poker Casino. His best live tournament result before making the final of EPT San Remo was 16th place in the €1,000 CAPT Bregenz Open in Austria in February 2010 for €1,645. This is his second EPT – he also competed at EPT Snowfest but didn’t cash.

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04-21-2010 11:28 UTC+2

Final Table Is Go

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Good morning and welcome back to the Casino San Remo for the last time this year.

1,240 players started. Eight remain. Out in front with more than a third of the chips in play right now is young Swede Jakob Carlsson, but as we've seen time and time again, a chip lead going into the final table does not necessarily translate into a trophy and a title going away from it.

Among those still in contention we have Liv Boeree, 2008 European Ladies Champion. Atanas Gueorguiev, who final-tabled the Irish Open in 2009. Russian entrepreneur Alexey Rybin, whose passion for gambling has already earned him a VIP card at this casino for services to the roulette tables. And let's not forget Mike Piper, the online qualifier who is hoping to intimidate the opposition into submission with his awesome moustache-and-aviator combo.

Either way, things should be getting underway at around the noon mark, CET - that's in half an hour or so. Don't forget that EPT Live is up and running today as well, but don't stray away from this page as we'll be bringing you all the action, direct as it happens.