Main Event Day 1a | 2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

04-15-2010 20:06 UTC+2

Kabrhel Going Down

[user46392]

Former giganto-stack Martin Kabrhel has taken a bit of a hit, doubling up table shortie Joao Candeias to 26,000. Candeias held pocket jacks, Kabrhel pocket fours, and no-one hit a thing on the board.

In fact Kabrhel seems to have taken a few hits lately - from a high of 100,000 around an hour ago, Kabrhel has sunk to 60,000.

Tags: Martin Kabrhel

04-15-2010 20:05 UTC+2

Lykov Five-Bet Folds

[user46392]

Wow, some curiousness as Paul Pires-Trigo raised in mid-position and Max Lykov reraised out of the big blind. Pires-Trigo re-popped, and Lykov now five-bet to a total of 27,000. Pires-Trigo gave it some brief thought, and then pushed to cover Lykov. Lykov looked dejected for a few moments, and then folded.

Having invested a very sizable chunk of his stack in this failed endeavour, Lykov was left with 37,000.

Tags: Max Lykov

04-15-2010 19:54 UTC+2

No-Go For Ainsworth

[user66118]

In early position, Jude Ainsworth opened with a raise to 1,600. In the next seat over, Claudio Rinaldi three-bet him up to 4,950. The table folded back around to Ainsworth, and he sat in the tank for a minute. He eventually mumbled something to Rinaldi, though we couldn't make out the conversation above the sound of 600 stacks of chips ruffling. Whatever it was, Ainsworth smiled broadly, and even the stoney-faced Rinaldi cracked a bit of a smirk.

Ainsworth promptly returned his cards to the muck, forfeiting his raise and leaving himself about 46,000 for the next hand.

Tags: Claudio Rinaldi Jude Ainsworth

04-15-2010 19:41 UTC+2

Rainy Day for Dussol

[user46392]

By the time we strolled by, the board read {2-Spades}

and Didier Jean Dussol was betting out 10,000 in the cutoff. To his immediate left on the button, Simon Charette made it 25,000. Back to Dussol who shoved, and then back once more to Charette who rather dramatically announced, "I call."

Dussol: {8-Hearts}

Charette:

"It's not over yet," said Charette, but a moment later it was.

River: {6-Hearts}

With that, Charette is up to 110,000.

Tags: Simon Charette

04-15-2010 19:41 UTC+2

Blog it For Us

[user66118]

All right, ShoutBoxers, it's your turn! We just watched a big pot play out on Table 33, and we're going to let you try your hand at blogging. We'll post the hand history here and on our Facebook page. You can log on and reply to the post with a hand write-up, and we'll post the best one on here in about an hour. It's the first time we've tried this, so let's see how many PokerNews bloggers-in-training we have out there.

Here's the hand:

Giuseppe Liberto: POST small blind 300
Riccardo Mazzitelli: POST big blind 600
Table ANTE 50

Thomas Eaves: FOLD
Michael Tureniec: RAISE to 2225
Melanie Weisner: CALL
Bardetsky Stanislav: FOLD
Moritz Kranich: RAISE to 14175 (ALL IN)
Marin Truvnev: FOLD
Enrico Delfino: RAISE to 14725 (ALL IN)
Serge Madec: FOLD
Giuseppe Liberto: FOLD
Riccardo Mazzitelli: FOLD
Micheal Tureniec: FOLD

Table talk (Weisner): "How much does he have? I'm going to need a full count."

Weisner: TANK

Table talk (Weisner): "This is going to be the worst call ever."

Weisner: CALL

SHOWDOWN:
Weisner: {9-Diamonds}

Kranich:

Delfino:

Table talk (Weisner): "Oh my god, please hold one time!"

BOARD: {J-Spades}

Table talk (Mazzitelli): "I folded ace-queen too."
Table talk (Weisner): "You guys had two combined outs. Unreal."

Tags: Enrico Delfino Melanie Weisner Moritz Kranich

04-15-2010 19:30 UTC+2

Paolini's Boots Aren't Made For Walking Yet...

[user76023]

Renato Paolini has doubled up through Alex Kravchenko to around 20,000. Paolini's timely pick up of {A-Clubs}

coincided with the Russian getting {10-Clubs}

and the

board helped neither.

04-15-2010 19:09 UTC+2

Minus One

[user66118]

Returning from break, we're short one Elena Ichim. Her chips are missing, and her seat is being occupied by a much less attractive man. We think it's safe to say she's been eliminated.

I know, we're sad too.

Tags: Elena Ichim

04-15-2010 19:06 UTC+2

To Play or To Eat

[user66118]

Half of the field are back in their chairs, and we're playing Level 7 the first time through.

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

04-15-2010 18:56 UTC+2

Dinner, Part I

[user66118]

That's six whole levels in the books, and we've reached another break. One half of the room has been sent off for their dinner, while the other half will return in 15 minutes to play on for another hour.

Thanks to the split dinner, we don't get a break today. So if you're in San Remo, bring us snacks!