Evelyn Ng has been eliminated from EPT San Remo. The man everyone now hates on the table is Arnaud Lombard. We didn't see the action but we did see the board and know that it was Ng who moved all-in on the river.
Board:
Ng moved all-in for her last 6,425 with 10,000 in the pot and Lombard called with . Ng held .
Earlier in the day we reported on the Ted Forrest double up hand (AA v KK) and the unfortunate loser was Dennis Bejedal. After that hand Bejedal was down but not out until just moments ago when Manuel Coppola finished him off.
Amerigo Santoro opened with a raise of 825 and Bejedal moved all-in for 5,525. Coppola was next to act and he made the call. It was obvious by the look on his face that Ted Forrest had a difficult decision to make but eventually he surrendered his hand. Back to Santoro who folded and we had heads up action.
Bejedal:
Coppola:
Board:
Coppola doubled up after unknowingly spiking the only remaining ace in the deck.
"I would have won a big pot off you then. I folded ace-jack," said Forrest.
"I folded ace-queen," Santoro chipped in.
Well Coppola didn't fold his ace-king and he now has 86,875
Many thanks to our roving reporter Gloria Balding for this little gem that saw 2009 World Champion Joe Cada's stack increase to almost 70,000.
The flop read rainbow and Cada check-called 3,000 from his one opponent. Cada check-called another 6,000 on the turn and checked a third time on the river - but this time when his opponent bet 12,000, Cada went all in.
Johnny Lodden has doubled up to 17,000 thanks to the good old power of a coinflip. He was all-in with against Mauro Corsetti's and caught the flop before having a real sweat when the turn gave Corsetti a straight flush draw but the was a blank river.
Dario Minieri became our latest casualty just before the break. The board read and Minieri was holding , which proved insufficient against his opponent's . The Team PokerStars Pro is now free to dine at leisure at whichever one of San Remo's fine restaurants he chooses.
For all those fortunate enough to have made it this far and still have chips, there will be a split dinner break at the end of this level. This means that in around 40 minutes half the field will take an hour for dinner while the other half plays Level 6, and then they will swap. All the lucky dealers, floor staff and media will get to experience the excitement of Level 6 twice.
Team PokerStars Pro Ruben Visser is up to a whopping 132,000. The biggest hand he was involved in was an 85,000 pot with the chips going in preflop, Visser's playing his opponent's . There was an ace on the flop, but Visser's queens made a flush to put him up to 110,000. Since then he's been abusing his big stack status and is currently our overall chip leader.
Quoc Trung Nguyen has doubled up after he apparently check-called all three streets of a board with against Desiderio Boncioli - the latter having aggresively played betting all streets and moving in on the river.