Main Event Day 2 | 2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

04-17-2010 16:45 UTC+2

Time for a Break, Time to Stand Around Outside and Look Up at the Ash Cloud

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The usually super-sunny Cote D'Azur has turned a little less azure as the fallout from the Icelandic volcano has spread our way at last. Those pesky Scandie volcanic ash clouds, coming over here, stealing our sunshine.

04-17-2010 16:41 UTC+2

Duc and Cover

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"YES! YES! YES!!!!"

This was what alerted us to the fact that Thang Duc Nguyen was super-happy about Filippo Bisceglia getting his last in with {A-Diamonds}

on an

flop. Duc had him covered and furthermore drawing extremely slim against his own {Q-Clubs}

for top set.

Turn: {3-Diamonds}

leaving Bisceglia drawing dead

River: {3-Hearts}

Tags: Thang Duc Nguyen

04-17-2010 16:34 UTC+2

Giuseppe Headed for a Diep Run

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In one of those delightful blind-on-blind cooler situations, Giuseppe Diep got his whole stack in with {Q-Hearts}

and was called by Richard Lyndaker holding {A-Spades}

.

Board: {J-Diamonds}

Diep shouted, "YESSS!!!" and ran from the table, narrowly missing your blogger in his excitement. He returned to a 210,000 stack, while Lyndaker was crippled to 23,000.

04-17-2010 16:27 UTC+2

Stumpfed

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Patrick Carron is up to about 240,000.

It looked as though Frank Stumpf had led out for around 30,000 on the turn of a {7-Hearts}

board but Carron moved all-in for an additional 50,000 on top. Stumpf did the traditional sigh-call and flipped {9-Diamonds}

but found Carron had the farm, and then some flipping {5-Diamonds}

for the straight with a straight flush redraw.

The river was the {2-Diamonds}

and Carron made his straight flush and doubled up. Stumpf was left with just 50,000.

04-17-2010 16:14 UTC+2

Sarwer Rebuilds, Re-advances

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Jeff Sarwer is not one to sit idly and watch the game orbit past him. He's been relatively active in the last level or so (his table is six-handed, in fairness), and his stack has been a bit volatile as a result. We went to check on him and found him involved in another pot.

An opponent in early position came in raising, and Sarwer put in the lone call out of the big blind. The flop came down {6-Spades}

, and Sarwer knocked the table. When the raiser continued out with a bet of 6,000, Sarwer quickly announced, "Raise." He stacked out 16,600 chips, and his check-raise was good enough to take down the pot.

The jovial Sarwer has worked his way back to about 145,000, trending upwards over the last few orbits.

04-17-2010 16:02 UTC+2

Liv-ing Well

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The board read {J-Spades}

when we strolled by to witness Urs Kohler betting into Liv Boeree. Boeree pushed, Kohler called, and once Boeree had turned over {9-Hearts}

for a turned set Kohler mucked and paid up.

Boeree is up to around 120,000, a little above average.

Tags: Liv Boeree

04-17-2010 15:58 UTC+2

Shak'd Up

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Tobias Hausen got his last in slightly ahead with {A-Diamonds}

against Dan Shak's {K-Diamonds}

but then said, "Pffffff," when the board came down {10-Hearts}

to send him home with nothing.

Tags: Dan Shak

04-17-2010 15:58 UTC+2

The River Clyde

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Clyde Tjauw-Foe was nursing a short stack and finally made his move from late position. Maurizio Agrello made the call from the button and the blinds folded.

Foe showed a mere {A-Clubs}

, dominated by Agrello's {Q-Spades}

. The flop {6-Clubs}

did not help either player but the {2-Clubs}

turn was the best card in the deck for Foe (without actually putting him ahead). The {J-Clubs}

completed Foe's flush on the river, doubling him up to about 30,000 or so.

Tags: Clyde Tjauw -Foe

04-17-2010 15:53 UTC+2

Jelassi Ramz it Home for Wigg

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The board read {8-Spades}

and Anton Wigg bet out 12,600; Ramzi Jelassi made it 40,000 to go. Wigg thought about it for a while before announcing all in and then let out the mother of all sighs when Jelassi immediately announced call.

Jelassi: turned over {A-Spades}

for a full house, trying really hard not to smile
Wigg: attempted to muck first, but had to show {5-?}

for a flopped gutshot draw/nothing

Ramzi moved on up to 320,000 while Wigg was relegated to the rail. The EPT Copenhagen champion was grinning by the time he left and shook hands with his tournament assassin and fellow Swede. As he passed another table on his way out, he was heard telling a buddy, "Ah, I made a sick bluff." Indeed.

Tags: Anton Wigg Ramzi Jelassi