Main Event
Day 1b Started
2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Main Event
Day: 1b
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
Day 1b Delayed
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Good afternoon and welcome back to the grand old Casino San Remo, perhaps the loveliest stop on the EPT circuit. Yesterday we saw 438 players do battle, with 2010 EPT Berlin side event winner Leonid Bilokur coming out on top at the end of play on 187,900. We are unlikely to beat last year's field of 1,240, but this is still looking to be a very fine turnout and we're probably looking at a total field of around a thousand.
Among those expected to take to the felt today are reigning champion Liv Boeree, along with her fellow Team PokerStars Pros Bertrand "Elky" Grospellier, Luca Pagano and Dario Minieri, EPT Berlin winner Kevin MacPhee and 2010 World Champion Jonathan Duhamel.
After yesterday's long delay in starting the tournament following a rather slower than usual registration process (and you may notice that noon has been and gone) the official start time has been pushed back to a projected 1.30pm - although it could yet prove to be later still. We'll keep you posted on any further developments, but whatever happens we're going to see a great Day 1b commence at roughly lunchtime. See you then.
A Little Longer
Some players are sitting down but there are still many more attempting to get in, we've been told that the tournament will be starting at 2pm, so at the moment (pending further delays) that is the time when everything here will be kicking off.
And We Are Off!
We have just started here at Day 1b EPT San Remo. Here is a run down of the notables that we have spotted passing registration. Joe Cada, Liv Boeree, Vanessa Selbst, Juan Manuel Pastor, Manuel Bevand, Randy Nanononko, Barry Greenstein, Alex Wice, Nicolo Calia, Luca Pagano, David Vamplew, Davidi Kitai, Lex Veldhuis, Max Lykov, Erik Van Den Berg and Kevin MacPhee.
Level: 1
Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
Good Start For Greenwood
There was an early position raise to 250 and a call from Team Pokerstars Luca Pagano before Max Greenwood pulled out a squeeze play from the button. The price was 775 and both players paid their dues.
Flop: 
Both players checked to Greenwood who bet 1,500 and only the initial raiser called. They both checked the turn of 
before Greenwood squeezed 3,000 of value from his opponent on the river 
. Greenwood holding the ladies and his opponent mucked his cards unseen.
Boeree and Wice
Last years number one, Liv Boeree, has fittingly found herself seated on table number one. She shares that table with EPT Deauville third place finisher Alex Wice, Lex Veldhuis and reigning World Champion Jonathan Duhamel so we will keep an eye on proceedings.
In Boeree's first playable hand she called a pre flop raise in middle position and three players saw a flop including Wice in the big blind. The flop was 
and Wice quickly checked to the initial raiser who bet 500; Boeree called the 500 but Wice forced them both out of the hand with a 1,900 three-bet.
Straight Flush for Sudworth
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
There was a limp from under the gun and James Sudworth raised to 300 holding 
. The action folded around to the limper who made the call and they both saw a flop of 
- not a bad flop for the Sudworth hand.
The limper checked to Sudworth who bet 400 and the limper called. The turn 
gave James Sudworth a straight flush draw but is was also a scary card for the Brit and both players checked. The river was Sudworth's gin card 
. The limper bet 1,300 and Sudworth raised to 4,600 and the limper made the call before mucking his cards unseen after Sudworth laid out his straight flush.
Everyone (And Their Mother) is Playing Today
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Early Elimination
Level 1
: 50/100, 0 ante
We've already lost one player within the first half hour, apparently failing to fold 
on a 
board against the stone cold nut holding 
of a tablemate.