Ludovic Lacay has just escaped elimination by the skin of his teeth.
The board was 
and Aleksi Savela had put Lacay all-in. Lacay made the call and he was in a world of hurt.
Savela: 
Lacay: 
There were a few cards in the deck that would save Lacay and one of them was the 
.
"Split pot," said a grateful Lacay after the dealer gave us that very card.
Joe Ebanks raised to 700, Dmitry Vitkind three-bet to 2,000 to his direct left and then the table big stack Anthony Picault sorted all the nonsense out with a 5,200 four-bet. Both Ebanks and Vitkind folded quite quickly.
In the next hand there was an early position raise by Gianluca Mattia to 700, Ebanks and Vitkind made the call. The flop was 
Mattia bet 1,525, Ebanks called but Vitkind folded. The turn was and both players checked. The dealer then gave them the very straight-connecting looking . Mattia tested the water with a 2,700 bet and Ebanks decided it was better not to get his feet wet and folded.
Level: 5
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Breaktime number two. Back in 15 minutes.
By the by, the players will be taking a split dinner break after Level 5. The lucky bloggers, dealers and floor staff get to experience Level 5 twice.
Anton Wigg has doubled up his shortish stack of 7,750 after picking up 
at the same time that Team PokerStars Pro Vadim Markushevski turned over 
. The board came 
changing nothing and last year's Copenhagen winner doubled up to about 16,000.
EPT Berlin runner up Max Heinzelmann has taken a smallish hit and is back below his starting stack as a result. Dave "Doc" Sands meanwhile is up to double his starting stack.
We caught the hand on the turn, the board reading 
and three players still with cards. Filippo Mucci checked from under the gun and Heinzelmann bet 2,500. In the cutoff Dave Sands called, Mucci did too, and they all three continued to the river.
The river came down a nothing-y 
and this time it checked around to Sands. He bet 8,750, and it was enough to push both his opponents off the pot.
JP Kelly raised to 750 in the cut-off and the player in the small blind three-bet to 2,200. Kelly had 17,700 behind and he made the call.
Flop: 
The small blind bet 2,500 and JP Kelly called. Both players checked the turn of and the dealer gave us a 
on the river. The small blind bet 5,000 and Kelly moved all-in for 13,000. The small blind screwed up a sigh expression on his face before folding his hand.
Mayu Roca lives in Colombia and he has done a lot of European travel in the past few months. It has been a worthwhile experience as well with a 2nd place finish at WPT Bratislava and 86th finish at EPT Berlin netting him $120,000. Here he is doing what he does best which is accumulating chips.
Lucille Cailly raised to 575 from early position and the action folded around to Roca who three-bet to 1,200 and Cailly sitting on a stack of 18,050 folded.
Then Jean Charles Depoterre raised to 800 from middle position before Roca three-bet to 2,100 on the button. The two of them had the largest stacks on the table and it got interesting when Depoterre four-bet to 5,800. Roca made the call and we saw a flop. Both players checked the 
flop. The turn was the 
, Depoterre bet 2,800 and the bet was called by Roca. The river was the , Depoterre bet 9,000 and Roca quickly called.
Roca:
Depoterre: 
Today's field numbered 438 at the belated start of play; of those, 390 remain at this time. Given that Day 1b is traditionally much bigger than Day 1a, we're probably going to be a little down on last year's numbers - but not that much, all things considered. Good work, San Remo.
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