Main Event
Day 1a Started
2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,786,950
Entries
987
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Welcome to PokerStars.it EPT San Remo!
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Welcome to San Remo, the penultimate stop on this season's European Poker Tour. Situated just inside the Italian border with France and close to both Monte Carlo and Nice, the EPT in San Remo is traditionally one of the very biggest of the year.
In 2010 it was Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree who bested a field of 1,240 to win the €1,250,000 first prize ahead of Swede Jakob Carlsson while Boeree's fellow Team Pro Jason Mercier took down this title at the first ever EPT San Remo back in 2008.
This year, we're expecting a bumper field once more - although it remains to be seen how (or if) the tournament will be affected by the current legal troubles in the United States. However, we are experiencing delays with registration so it does look as though we will start until perhaps 1pm.
It's Official! 1 Hour Delay
The queue for registration going out the door and down the stairs of the casino front entrance means that we are now running at an official one hour delay. We suspect that that could turn into an even longer delay if the numbers for this Day 1a are good. Benvenuti in Italia, and please stand by.
It's Even More Official! Another Hour Delay
There is still a large queue waiting to buy in to the tournament, hence the start of the event has been delayed a second time to 2pm (CET).
Almost Time to Begin
After the problems of registration and a complete lack of working internet in the media room, we're just about ready to start Day 1a of San Remo. Expecting to play today are Team PokerStars Pros Arnaud Mattern Viktor Blom, Henrique Pinho and Martin Hruby.
We should be getting underway in just a few minutes.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Finally
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
And after much delay, we've finally started.
How to Curb Youthful Aggression
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
How many times have you heard an elder statesman of the poker world say that the youth of today have taken the game to another level with their aggressive style of play?
Team Pokerstars Pro JP Kelly is a player you would categorise as a young and aggressive player and I am sure Paul Ribaud would not be offended if I called him the elder statesman in this example.
Kelly has the number nine seat and Ribaud occupies the number ten seat. It didn't take long for Kelly to find himself in the big blind and the only person standing in his way of stealing an uncontested big blind was Ribaud. Kelly bet 250 and Ribaud three-bet to 850 from the small blind and Kelly folded. A few hands later and Kelly limped into the pot, Ribaud raised it up to 650 and Kelly called. The flop was a king-tastic looking 
. Kelly checked and Ribaud took down the pot with a 1,250 bet.
Then on a board of 
Kelly and Ribaud were again at loggerheads. Kelly check-called a 1,225 Ribaud bet before the dealer gave us the 
on the river. Kelly decided to let Ribaud bet and he didn't disappoint the young Englishman. A 1,600 bet earning Ribaud his third consecutive pot against the Team Pokerstars Star.
Blom Gets His First Bluff Through Without Playing a Hand
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
Team Pokerstars Pro Viktor Blom has brought a fresh looking hair cut with him to EPT San Remo. Let's hope he is not superstitious because he is seated on table thirteen. He is sharing a table with Nicolas Levi. You don't often see Levi's hair because he is always sporting a trilby so we don't know if he is also sporting a new haircut but he has got a new trilby.
"I see you have managed to get your first bluff through," Levi said to Blom.
Blom looked surprised as he hadn't played a hand.
"You no longer have position on me," said Levi referring to the fact Blom had moved seats from his original seated position at the table.
The usual hyper-active Blom has been taking it easy in the first few hands but we are sure he will explode into life sooner rather than later.
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