On the Brink of Disaster
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Mr. Small Blind:
Brink:
The smart money would normally have been on Mr. SB there, but the board came down
to double up Brink to a still rather shaky 160,000.
2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€6,014,000
Entries
1,240
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
Mr. Small Blind:
Brink:
The smart money would normally have been on Mr. SB there, but the board came down
to double up Brink to a still rather shaky 160,000.
Kicked Out Of Schul
held firm against Nick Schulman's 
on a 
board.
Gimbel Getting There
against the 
of Papesch Domi.We just glimpsed the board, and there was a king on fourth street and nary an ace or any straight cards for Domi. He looked awfully frustrated as he shipped more than 200,000 of his chips across the table, and Gimbel has vaulted his way up to about 440,000.
We're still a long way away, but Gimbel is in the hunt to become the first player to win a Main Event trophy on more than one of PokerStars international tours.
Losing His Hed
lost to 
on a 
board. He then complained to all who would listen that he never ever wins coinflips.
Check the Deck
Knebel:
Baravalle:
Oh. Well that's not much fun. There were no four-flush theatrics on a clean board that came
, and they'll chop up the blinds and antes plus some of Shak's money.***
The very next hand, Alfio Battisti opened the pot to 25,000 from middle position, and Paul Knebel moved all in again. Battisti quickly folded, and Knebel flashed
and grinned widely. Anyone want to count that deck dow?
Grazie Thank You Amazing
Showdown
Graziano:
Vinklarek:
The
appeared right in the door, which had to make Vinklarek breathe a little easier. In the end, the board ran out 
, and that earns him the double up, knocking Graziano down to 235,000 in the process.
Mercier Out
Jason Mercier: all in with
Paul Berende: covering with
Board:
With that, we lose the 2008 champion, and more importantly the last man standing of Team PokerStars Express London-to-San Remo Coach Trip Bus Party.
Bichon Finds an Out
Mercier already had the chips in hand, and he took 2,000 back and plunked in the call to put his fellow Team PokerStars Pro at risk. Mercier turned up
, and he had Bichon's lowly in a very bad way.The first four cards off the deck were safe, but an ugly
rivered on a board of 
to earn Bichon the unlikely three-out double."God, wow!" Mercier fought the words out. "F**king sick." It was no fun, but Mercier is clearly used to that sort of thing as he just leaned back in his chair smirking.
"Sorry, Jason," Bichon apologized, sounding as sincere a way as any new doubler up can. Mercier replied with something witty that we couldn't quite hear, and he'll have to fight back from 115,000 if he wants to stay in the hunt for his second EPT San Remo title.
Trouble For Hedlund
"I need a beer," said the Swede.
He ended up showing the
and mucking before continuing, "Wow, I shove on everyone else on this table but you...I shove versus everyone but this guy, I know you have ...I need another beer now."At this point he moved all-in for about 80,000 and Lars Magnussen on the button called all-in for about 20,000.
Hedlund, "It was a bluff, this," as he turned over
and Magnussen showed .The board came out
but the river caused Hedlund to let out a high-pitched scream as Magnussen's 6-kicker played."F*** my luck is so f***ing normal. It's like a 95% split!"
Hedlund then turned to an Italian reporter and said, "Can you get me a beer? Oh, you're working...Well I'm out now, someone bring me a beer."
Take a Haik
and found himself in some hot water against Alexander Roumeliotis' .The
board failed to help him out any, and Haik headed for the payout desk, mumbling something in French to some fellow countrymen who'd appeared from nowhere.