With the board reading , Andrew Chen tanked for an age befoe making the call to Luke Fields' 7,150 bet. The river was the and Fields' set Chen all-in for his 15,000 or so by throwing out a bunch of 5k chips out to cover him.
Chen thought long and hard, much longer than he usually takes to make a decision before eventually folding in what was a fairly substantial pot.
Arnaud Mattern is down to just 20,000 after a spot of bother.
He'd fired on every street with on a board before finding his opponent pushing on the river. Mattern made the call but had run into in a rather cold spot.
Frank Rusnak opened to 1,025 from early position, and Dario Minieri three-bet to 2,875 a few seats over. The big blind elected to cold-call with a shrug, and Rusnak joined in the fun for a three-handed flop.
It brought and two checks to Minieri. He put out a continuing bet of 5,325, and that was enough to garner two quick folds and take it down right there.
"It's going to be a long day for that table if they're going to check-fold all day," we thought as we stepped away from the table. Little did we know Rusnak was reading our minds.
Just a few hands later, we paced back past the table. Rusnak had opened to 1,025 again, and Minieri was up to his old tricks. He saved a quarter and three-bet to just 2,850 this time, and Rusnak didn't waste much time with the call.
The flop came out , and Rusnak tapped the table. When Minieri bet 3,825 though, he stuck in a check-raise to 9,800, and that was enough to quickly fold the pesky Italian and earn the American the retaliatory pot.
Minieri's still on about 76,000 after that slap of the hand.
It looks like Martin Kabrhel raised and man of a thousand names (five, anyway) Joao Pedro Dos Santos Silva shoved from the big blind. Either way, Silva found himself in a predicament and soon headed for the rail.
La Skampa
The flop read and judging by the pot and bet sizes we hazard that Jan Skampa bet out from early position. Either way, his opponent Mauro Tarantini made it 3,600 to go from the button - to which Skampa responded by moving in for 15,700. After a pause, Tarantini sighed and folded, showing the .
Jesper Hougaard led out for 1,200 on a flop but had to fold when the player next to him reraised all-in. Hougaard mucked and got shown for his trouble.
Barny Boatman opened to 1,000 getting called by Shimon Danino in the small blind. But the latter quickly folded to a 1,000 bet on the board to pick a small pot. Hey, every little helps.
"You show?"
The board read , the pot comprised over 35,000 in chips, the players were just two - namely Dario Minieri (big blind) and Frank Rusnak (cutoff). A bet of 15,000 lay on the felt in front of Rusnak.
Minieri thought about it for a long time. He asked to see Rusnak's remaining chips (around 30,000) and for the dealer to spread the pot (over 35,000 as aforementioned). He continued to dwell up as a million media personnel, players and railers crowded around the table.
The dealer stared at Minieri. Minieri stared at Rusnak. Rusnak stared at Minieri's chips like a cat staring into a fish tank. If someone were to paint the scene it would make for an interesting composition. Eventually tablemate Anas Tadini called time.
Minieri continued to dwell, holding the requisite 15,000 in his hand as though he might call - but eventually he folded instead, leaving himself on a still fairly hefty 67,000. "You show?" he grinned hopefully at Rusnak. "No," was the straightforward answer.
When you come to a destination as charming as San Remo, it's not all about the poker. Our intrepid video team arrived a day early to scope out the sights and sample the scampi. Check out this brief tour of our host city this week with your travel guide, Gloria Balding.
We picked up the action on the turn in a three-way pot involving Luca Pagano.
The board showed . There had been some sort of flop action that put about 11,000 chips in the pot, and all three players checked on fourth street. The filled out the board, and that drew a leading bet of 5,000 from Serge Fourmaux. Pagano flicked the calling chip from his stack, and that was enough to fold the third player in the hand.
Fourmaux winced and tabled for one pair, and he seemed to know it was no good. Pagano flipped up , and his two pair was enough take down the pot. He's up to 41,000.