There is an interesting trio of exceptional players grouped together on table 36. Alessio Isaia has the number 8 seat, Filippo Candio the number 9 seat and Maksim Kolosov the number 10 seat. Here is a hand featuring the two Italians:
Isaia, sporting a strange new-looking hairstyle (dyed half blond-half purple!), raised to 500 and Candio three-bet to 1,100. The action folded around to Robert Lux who was sat in the small blind and he couldn't wait to put his chips into the middle when he made a swift four-bet of 3,600.
Isaia was spinning a chip in his hand when he motioned for Lux to move aside so he could see his stack. Lux dutifully obliged and Isaia folded. Next up was Candio and he made the call.
Flop:
Lux was again very quick in betting and it was 4,200. In an identical performance Candio motioned for Lux to move out of the way, he eyed up his stack, and then folded his hand.
It's been a pretty good day for Portugal so far - not only is Joao Barbosa doing rather nicely, his fellow countryman Renato Almeida is now up to over 45,000 after Santiago Nadal shoved for around 4,500 from the button with . Almeida called from the big blind with , spiked on the turn of the board, and that was the end of Nadal.
EPT Warsaw winner Joao Barbosa has picked up a nice little pot after finding himself looking at a flop in position. Online qualifier Danilo Donnini checked from the small blind to Martin Jacobson under the gun, who bet 1,050. Barbosa called behind, Donnini called too, and they all three saw the turn.
The turn in question was the and this time it checked around to Barbosa who bet 2,500. Donnini called, Jacobson folded, and they went heads up to the river. It didn't go to showdown, though - Donnini checked for a third time, and when Barbosa bet again, he decided that he didn't like his hand that much after all and gave it up.
Barbosa is doing rather well now, on around 43,000. Jacobson by the by is in increasing trouble on around 14,000.
Sami Kelopuro had opened to 525 preflop with about 8,000 behind, Marc Inizan and Alfio Battisti both called behind him from the hijack and the button respectively to see a flop of .
Kelopuro led for 1,250 and Inizan raised to 3,000, Battisti moved out of the way, Kelopuro moved in and Inizan called.
Kelopuro:
Inizan:
The turn gave Inizan additional outs and the river provided an unlikely backdoor straight with which the Frenchman knocked out his Finnish foe.
We had missed the pre flop action and were faced with a board of and three people involved in the pot. Jake Cody, Felix Bleiker and David Sands. Cody checked, Bleiker bet 675 and Sands had raised to 1,425. Action back on Cody who check-raised to 3,825. Bleiker took a few minutes before folding and then the grey-hooded Sands quickly bumped it up a raise of 8,250. Cody rubbed his hands and cast a suspicious eye on Sands before eventually folding with a grin. Sands showed the lone . This hand left Cody with 29,000 and blinds of 150/300.
With the board reading , Matias Adrover Parera fired out 2,150 but Almira Skripchenko made it 6,000 to go with a little under 11,000 remaining.
Parera made the call to see a river before checking, Skripchenko did not move for a minute but then pushed all in for about 10,800. It was Parea's turn to tank and eventually he gave credence to the Frenchwoman's shove and folded the face up.
Dominik Nitsche has come into EPT San Remo on a high after winning a six figure sum during a recent event in Cyprus. Whether or not he can add the more prestigious title of EPT Champion to his resume remains to be seen but he is off to a decent start nonetheless.
Georgy Abashidze started the betting with a raise of 500 from early position and both NItsche and Gandrup Hansen both called. The flop had more spades on it than a Bob the Builder garage sale.
Flop:
Abashidze made a c-bet of 1,200 and both opponents called.
Turn:
Abashidze now bet 3,300; Nitsche made the call but Gandrup decided enough was enough and folded his hand.
River:
Abashidze bet 7,500 and Nitsche moved all-in. We don't have the exact amounts but we know NItsche had Abashidze covered. Abashidze folded and NItsche won the pot.
"I folded a 7-high flush," Abashidze told a silent Nitsche.
Ludovic Lacay opened to 500 on the button and Felix Bleiker casually called out of the big blind, the Swiss player then donk-leading for 525 on the flop of . To Lacay, donkleads can be like a red rag to a bull and he didn't waste too much time and quickly bumped it up to 1,600. Bleiker folded instantly.
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. Almeida called from the big blind with 
board, and that was the end of Nadal.
flop in position. Online qualifier Danilo Donnini checked from the small blind to Martin Jacobson under the gun, who bet 1,050. Barbosa called behind, Donnini called too, and they all three saw the turn.
gave Inizan additional outs and the 
, Matias Adrover Parera fired out 2,150 but Almira Skripchenko made it 6,000 to go with a little under 11,000 remaining.
river before checking, Skripchenko did not move for a minute but then pushed all in for about 10,800. It was Parea's turn to tank and eventually he gave credence to the Frenchwoman's shove and folded the 
face up.
