2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
€930,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,786,950
Entries
987
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

A Smattering of Chips For You

Player Chips Progress
Simeon Naydenov bg
Simeon Naydenov
97,000 1,000
Michael Eiler de
Michael Eiler
EPT 1X Winner
85,000 -6,575
Tom Macdonald
Tom Macdonald
70,000 20,000
Konstantin Bucherl
Konstantin Bucherl
66,000 -7,000
Emiliano Bono
Emiliano Bono
63,000 -2,000
Joe Ebanks us
Joe Ebanks
42,000 7,000
Daniel Drescher
Daniel Drescher
38,000 23,000
Pieter de Korver nl
Pieter de Korver
32,700 12,700
Alessio Isaia it
Alessio Isaia
27,000 -8,000
Jack Ellwood gb
Jack Ellwood
26,000 500
Alec Torelli us
Alec Torelli
24,000 2,800
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
17,000 -5,500
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
13,000 -17,500
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
EPT 1X Winner
10,400 -3,700

Soul Food

Level 7 : 300/600, 50 ante
Fabrice Soulier
Fabrice Soulier

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.

Tags: Fabrice SoulierKasey Castle

Adin Suffers Some Subtraction

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

Levi Shot Down by Winchester

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 WinchesterNicolas Levi

Quads for Petino

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

Torelli Got Me

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.

Tags: Alec Torelli

Chip Counts of Those Who Dined Earlier

Player Chips Progress
Kimmo Kurko fi
Kimmo Kurko
85,000 13,000
Sergio Castelluccio it
Sergio Castelluccio
83,000 10,000
JP Kelly gb
JP Kelly
80,000 61,200
Andrew Teng gb
Andrew Teng
74,000 18,000
Niccolo Caramatti
Niccolo Caramatti
59,500 4,500
Masa Kagawa
Masa Kagawa
58,000 38,000
Martins Adeniya gb
Martins Adeniya
57,000 8,000
Yury Kerzhapkin
Yury Kerzhapkin
55,000 -10,000
Tobias Reinkemeier de
Tobias Reinkemeier
54,000 10,000
Casey Kastle si
Casey Kastle
53,000 2,000
Michel Abecassis fr
Michel Abecassis
50,000 7,000
Martin Hruby cz
Martin Hruby
50,000 12,000
Ion Pavel
Ion Pavel
49,000 9,000
Frederik Jensen dk
Frederik Jensen
45,000 4,000
Mickey Petersen dk
Mickey Petersen
EPT 1X Winner
42,000 8,000
Joao Barbosa pt
Joao Barbosa
EPT 1X Winner
40,800 2,800
Russell Carson ca
Russell Carson
38,000 6,000
Rob Akery gb
Rob Akery
37,000 7,000
Fabrizio Baldassari it
Fabrizio Baldassari
35,000
Fernando Brito pt
Fernando Brito
35,000 10,000
34,000
Almira Skripchenko fr
Almira Skripchenko
33,200 7,200
Diego Brunelli
Diego Brunelli
32,500 2,500
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
32,000 -15,000
Iulian Ruxandescu ro
Iulian Ruxandescu
30,500

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

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante
Arnaud Mattern - Stuck with a shoe-string budget
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