Yes, say we. Yes.
2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Main Event
Day: 1a
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Yes, say we. Yes.
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and getting paid on the river.
flop. His opponent in the hijack checked, and Thorsson bet 1,400 from the button. A call, and a turn.The turn was the
and Mr. Hijack checked again. Thorsson now bet 3,000. "How much?" asked his opponent inexplicably. He called.The river came down the
and once again Mr. Hijack checked. Thorsson now bet 6,500, and this time his opponent passed.Thorsson is up to a thoroughly respectable 35,000.
EPT Snowfest winner Allan Bække
Sam Chartier
Mike "Timex" McDonald taking a break from his poker sabbatical already
Clayton Mozdzen
Jesper Hougaard, as talkative and smiley as ever
EPT Warsaw third-placer Oleksandr Vaserfirer
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
With the volcano activity in Iceland causing massive ash clouds to sweep south, this has caused most of the UK's flights to be suspended today.
This means players such as James Akenhead, Chris Moorman, Lex Veldhuis, and Anthony Roux might not to be able to reach the tournament in time. The problem is exacerbated by the fact that the trains in France are on strike so getting here from Northern Europe is nigh on impossible.
From the big blind, Scott saw a flop in a three-way pot. The dealer spread out
, and the blinds checked. A bet of 525 from the third player drew a check-raise to 1,625 from the small blind. Scott called from the big, while the bettor folded to leave the blinds heads up the rest of the way.They watched the
hit fourth street, and the small blind put out another 4,000 chips. Scott called rather quickly, and the
filled out the board. This time the small blind checked, and his slid his cards into the muck when Scott checked behind. There was no need to show the winning hand as the pot was pushed to Scott, moving him to about 37,000.
Among the hordes, we have spotted the following folks:
- Team PokerStars Pro and aviator shades enthusiast Arnaud Mattern
- EPT Warsaw winner Joao Barbosa
- EPT Prague final tablist Stefan Matsson
- EPT Kyiv winner Max Lykov
- Team PokerStars Pro and all-round Russian legend Alex Kravchenko
- Amiable New Zealander Richard Grace
- WSOP bracelet winner and, more importantly, PokerNews Cup Alpine winner Marc Naalden
- EPT Prague winner and serial EPT do-weller Jan Skampa
- Humberto "SHAAAAAAAAAARRRRKKK!!!" Brenes
- Amsterdam Master Classics winner Kristoffer "sumpas" Thorsson
- Hendon Mobber Barny Boatman
Huge though this field may be, it's got itself some pedigree.
David Steicke
Dragan Galic
Marc Naalden
Andrew Chen
Michel Abecassis
Stephen "stevie444" Chidwick
And Team PokerStars Pros Humberto Brenes, Chad Brown, Michael Keiner, Irene Baroni, and Nicola Fedeli.
Phew. Plenty more names to come as we continue to explore the field.