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

04-17-2010 16:02 UTC+2

Liv-ing Well

[user46392]

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 16:14 UTC+2

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 16:27 UTC+2

Stumpfed

[user76023]

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 16:34 UTC+2

Giuseppe Headed for a Diep Run

[user46392]

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 16:41 UTC+2

Duc and Cover

[user46392]

"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 16:45 UTC+2

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

[user46392]

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 16:53 UTC+2

Fast Lerner

[user46392]

One player who decided to take a shortcut through the press room on his way outside for the break was Derek Lerner. Normally this sort of behaviour would be met with outrage from the media, but as Lerner told us how he doubled up we didn't mind so much.

Turns out he raised under the gun and got a call to see a {K-?}

flop with two diamonds on. The chips went in and Lerner's pocket aces were well ahead of his opponent's {K-?}

; the rockets held up to double Lerner to 64,000.

Tags: Derek Lerner

Level: 13

Blinds: 1,200/2,400

Ante: 200

04-17-2010 17:02 UTC+2

Play On

[user66118]

We're back in business, and Level 13 is upon us.

04-17-2010 17:10 UTC+2

Recent Eliminations

[user66118]

Coming back from break, we're conspicuously absent one Kevin MacPhee. A quick ask around his table tells us that MacPhee got his chips in good with {A-Spades}

on a

. His opponent was drawing slim with {K-Spades}

for a huge pot, but MacPhee was unable to fade the six outer, ending his day.

In related news, Nicolo Calia was also eliminated just before the break.

Tags: Nicolo Calia