Main Event Day 1a | 2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

04-27-2011 22:37 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Simeon Naydenov	97,000 1,000	1,000
Michael Eiler	85,000 6,575	6,575

Tom Macdonald	70,000 20,000	20,000
Konstantin Bucherl	66,000 7,000	7,000
Emiliano Bono	63,000 2,000	2,000
Joe Ebanks	42,000 7,000	7,000

Daniel Drescher	38,000 23,000	23,000
Pieter de Korver	32,700 12,700	12,700

Alessio Isaia	27,000 8,000	8,000
Jack Ellwood	26,000 500	500
Alec Torelli	24,000 2,800	2,800

Dominik Nitsche	17,000 5,500	5,500
Konstantin Puchkov	13,000 17,500	17,500
Ludovic Lacay	10,400 3,700	3,700

Soul Food

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante

Fabrice Soulier has been grinding a short stack for a while but just managed a vital double up to 14,000 when he was all-in with {q-Hearts} {q-Clubs} against Kasey Castle's {10-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} but the board came {3-Hearts} {a-Clubs} {a-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {a-Spades} and neither player improved.

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04-27-2011 22:19 UTC+2

Adin Suffers Some Subtraction

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Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante

Alessandro Adinolfo and Pieter de Korver both checked a flop of {a-Spades} {2-Hearts} {j-Diamonds} before Adinolfo fired out 2,300 on the {8-Spades} turn. De Korver made the call to see a {9-Hearts} river where Adinolfo checked this time, de Korver bet 4,300 but the Italian made the call.

De Korver turned over {K-Diamonds} {K-Spades} - and it was good.

Tags: Pieter De Korver

Level: 7

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 50

04-27-2011 21:53 UTC+2

Break Time!

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Players are now on a break.

04-27-2011 21:53 UTC+2

Levi Shot Down by Winchester

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Nicolas Levi has lost a pot that looked as though it amounted to over 20,000. We just caught the very end of it, but the board read {2-Clubs} {6-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds} {k-Spades} and Albert Winchester was betting out around 7,500 when we arrived. Levi thought about it briefly but ultimately folded, giving us a little shrug and a wink once the cards were in the muck.

He's still in good shape though - around 63,000, with the average at 40,000.

Tags: Albert Winchester Nicolas Levi

04-27-2011 21:51 UTC+2

Quads for Petino

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Arnaldo Petino is a veteran of the Italian poker circuit and he has just been moved to the direct right of Team Pokerstars Pro JP Kelly.

Kelly has done well since we reported on his all-in shove earlier on in the day and has built his stack up nicely. The action folded around to the two of them and Petino completed in the small blind and JP Kelly raised for 700 more from the big. Petino looked offended but then called the bet.

Flop: {j-Clubs} {3-Spades} {3-Hearts}

Petino checked in the dark and JP kelly checked after he saw the flop.

Turn: {6-Spades}

"Bet," said Petino before betting 3,375 and Kelly snap-called.

River: {3-Diamonds}

Petino started to mouth some words in his native tongue before finally deciding to bet 8,775 and Kelly had called before Petino's last chip had hit the felt. Petino turned over the {3-Clubs} for quads before also showing the {k-Spades} so he could collect the pot. Kelly showed the {j-Spades} before mucking the other card unseen.

Kelly ~ 50,000
Petino ~ 77,250

Tags: Arnaldo Petino; JP Kelly

04-27-2011 21:50 UTC+2

Torelli Got Me

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Alec Torelli has dropped to about 20,000 after he fired out 5,125 on a flop of {4-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {8-Spades} only for Cristian Tardea to check-raise to 12,000 from the small blind. Torelli made the call but then folded when Tardea moved all-in on the {2-Diamonds} turn.

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04-27-2011 21:41 UTC+2

Chip Counts of Those Who Dined Earlier

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Player	Chips	Progress
Kimmo Kurko	85,000 13,000	13,000
Sergio Castelluccio	83,000 10,000	10,000
JP Kelly	80,000 61,200	61,200

Andrew Teng	74,000 18,000	18,000
Niccolo Caramatti	59,500 4,500	4,500
Masa Kagawa	58,000 38,000	38,000
Martins Adeniya	57,000 8,000	8,000
Yury Kerzhapkin	55,000 10,000	10,000

Tobias Reinkemeier	54,000 10,000	10,000
Casey Kastle	53,000 2,000	2,000
Michel Abecassis	50,000 7,000	7,000
Martin Hruby	50,000 12,000	12,000

Ion Pavel	49,000 9,000	9,000
Frederik Jensen	45,000 4,000	4,000

Mickey Petersen	42,000 8,000	8,000

Joao Barbosa	40,800 2,800	2,800

Russell Carson	38,000 6,000	6,000

Rob Akery	37,000 7,000	7,000
Fabrizio Baldassari	35,000
Fernando Brito	35,000 10,000	10,000
	34,000
Almira Skripchenko	33,200 7,200	7,200
Diego Brunelli	32,500 2,500	2,500

Dermot Blain	32,000 15,000	15,000
Iulian Ruxandescu	30,500

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04-27-2011 21:39 UTC+2

Have I Got Shoes For You? No, No I Haven't.

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Arnaud Mattern - Stuck with a shoe-string budget

Arnaud Mattern has been knocked out, he lost a big pot when he bet/3bet all-in with {q-} {9-} on a {j-} {10-} {6-} board but ran into {j-} {j-} . This left the French Team PokerStars Pro crippled and his last few chips went in with {j-} {7-} which lost out to the small blind's {q-} {q-} .

No shoes for all the Pokernews Ladies, they are all very sad. You, dear reader, could always cheer them up by buying them shoes instead. Shoes make girls happy. Apparently.

Tags: Arnaud Mattern