Arnaud Mattern is up to 40,000 after winning a pot against someone he described as a "good thinking player."
Mattern had opened preflop with and was called by said player as well as the blinds to see a flop of . The French Team PokerStars Pro bet 800 on the flop and he was called in position while the blinds both folded.
Mattern bet 2,600 on the turn and again he was called, the river coming an . Now Mattern bet 6,200 - "I was really polarising my range here," but his opponent was a non-believer and the made the call only to much upon seeing Mattern's ace queen.
Chris Moorman opened to 400 preflop with former EPT Winner Aaron Gustavson calling next to him while Peter Akery also called from the blinds to see a flop of flop.
Akery led out for 1,125 on the flop and Moorman folded but Gustavson made the call to see a turn, this time Akery bet 3,000 which was too much for the American, the latter releasing his hand.
The European Poker Tour (EPT) is one of the biggest and baddest tours on the planet. People flock from all over the world to play in these events and interestingly a few tribes seem to develop. As we parted for the break the various members of the tribes gathered together to share their bad beat stories as they walked down the hall. Two people who seem to travel in two different tribes are Jack Ellwood from the UK and David Sonelin from Sweden. Both players have created fierce reputations online and travel in circles with former EPT winners. Ellwood travels to events with Jake Cody and Sonelin the same with Kent Lundmark.
Both players are attached at the hip over at table 31. Sonelin is sat in seat 9 with a set of shades on that wouldn't have looked out of place on the face of Eric Estrada in CHiPs. Ellwood is sat quiet as a mouse in seat 10.
Ellwood didn't play in many pots while we were watching but Sonelin got involved in one or two.
Sonelin raised from the cut-off with a bet of 375, Alberto Musini three-bet out of the small blind making it 1,025 to play and Sonelin called. The flop was and a 1,600 Musini bet won the pot.
Then we caught a hand on a flop of Andreas Lutz bet 2,200 and Sonelin called. The turn completed the flush , Lutz checked and Sonelin bet 10,000 and it covered the Lutz stack. With his stack on the line Lutz eventually decided to fold and Sonelin took down the hand.
Will Sonelin or Ellwood follow in the footsteps of Cody or Lundmark?
It could well happen. Since Team PokerStars Pro Arnaud Mattern so enjoyed his several minutes literally walking in Laura Cornelius' shoes, he has announced that if he makes the final table here in San Remo this week, he will buy every woman in the press room a pair of shoes. We at Pokernews like to be unbiased in these matters, but we'll be honest - a good few of us are now fervently rooting for the Frenchman. We reckon it's a shoe-in...
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and was called by said player as well as the blinds to see a flop of 
flop.
turn, this time Akery bet 3,000 which was too much for the American, the latter releasing his hand.
and a 1,600 Musini bet won the pot.
Andreas Lutz bet 2,200 and Sonelin called. The turn completed the flush 
, Lutz checked and Sonelin bet 10,000 and it covered the Lutz stack. With his stack on the line Lutz eventually decided to fold and Sonelin took down the hand.
