2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a5
Prize
€930,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€4,786,950
Entries
987
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

A Few Chip Counts and a Little Round Up

Ramzi Jelassi was four-bet by our chip leader Kevin Vandersmissen and after folding called himself a coward and a chicken.

Giuliano Bendinelli three-bet and then four-bet David Vamplew in successive hands in an attempt to slow the Scotsman's pace down.

Benjamin Pollak eliminated Ivan Kudriavtcev after his {a-Diamonds} {k-Hearts} held up against the Russians {10-Spades} {9-Spades} in a pre flop all-in. Pollak now has 300,000.

Player Chips Progress
Georgios Manousos
Georgios Manousos
446,000 176,000
Alexey Rybin ru
Alexey Rybin
392,000 192,000
Benjamin Pollak fr
Benjamin Pollak
300,000 80,000
Max Heinzelmann
Max Heinzelmann
270,000 123,000
Andrew Teng gb
Andrew Teng
160,000 -20,000
Aleksi Savela
Aleksi Savela
104,000 -1,000
Richard Toth hu
Richard Toth
55,000 25,600
Phillip Meulyzer
Phillip Meulyzer
Busted
Sebastian Ruthenberg de
Sebastian Ruthenberg
Busted
Salvatore Bonavena it
Salvatore Bonavena
Busted

Kicked in the Testa

Level 14 : 1,500/3,000, 300 ante

Francesco Testa is out. He was already gone when we got there but the cards were still on the table - Testa's {8-}{8-} against the {a-}{k-} of a gentleman who awkwardly is in possession of an ID card that does not exist according to our list. The board read {k-}{10-}{k-}{3-}{3-} and we understand that the chips went in on the flop - Testa shoved, and apparently it took the unnamed gentleman four minutes to call. There was no suggestion that this was an intentional slowroll, but it still can't have been nice for Testa.

Tags: Francesco Testa

Level: 14

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 300

Fabrice Soulier Loses One Before the Break

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 200 ante
Fabrice Soulier
Fabrice Soulier

Fabrice Soulier has certainly read the poker instructional manual, "how to gather a big chip stack in a tournament."

He always seems to near towards the top end of the leader board and although he has just lost a pot that takes him below the 400,000 mark; he still remains a very strong contender.

He raised to 5,500 from the hi-jack and Aleksandr Khizhnyak defended his big blind holding {4-Spades} {6-Hearts}. The dealer gave us a flop of {2-Spades} {5-Spades} {4-Hearts} and Khizhnyak check-called a 9,500 Soulier bet with his teeny-weeny top pair. Both players checked the {6-Diamonds} turn before we saw the last card which was a {7-Clubs} river. Khizhnyak pushed out a value bet of 10,000 and as people bolted for the doors and the break Soulier paid him off before mucking his cards.

Soulier ~ 395,000
Khizhnyak ~ 210,000

Tags: Fabrice Soulier; Aleksandr Khizhnyak

Manousos Makes His Dad Proud

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 200 ante

Georgios Manousos, whose proud dad is eagerly railing him and sneaking into the tournament area whenever possible, is up to 270,000.

He was in the big blind and betting out 16,600 when we arrived on the turn of the {6-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{k-Spades} board. Fabrizio Cataldi tanked for a while in the cutoff and then made the call. They saw a river - the {9-Hearts} - and Manousos now bet out 26,300. There was another tank from Cataldi, but this one resulted in a fold. Manousos' dad was overjoyed.

Tags: Georgios ManousosFabrizio Cataldi

Many & Varied Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
520,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
403,000 53,000
Ruben Visser nl
Ruben Visser
390,000 150,000
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
320,000 149,000
Max Lykov
Max Lykov
305,000 133,000
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
EPT 1X Winner
300,000
Sergey Altbregin ru
Sergey Altbregin
280,000 -40,000
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
265,000 -10,000
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
230,000
Leonid Bilokur ru
Leonid Bilokur
205,000 -60,000
John Eames gb
John Eames
190,000 50,000
Ramzi Jelassi se
Ramzi Jelassi
EPT 1X Winner
175,000 -25,000
Morten Mortensen dk
Morten Mortensen
165,000
Diego Brunelli
Diego Brunelli
155,000 83,000
Francesco Nguyen
Francesco Nguyen
155,000 -19,000
Alain Roy fr
Alain Roy
145,500 -59,500
Mads Wissing dk
Mads Wissing
145,000 65,000
Yury Kerzhapkin
Yury Kerzhapkin
110,000 41,000
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
EPT 1X Winner
103,000 24,000
Luca Falaschi
Luca Falaschi
98,000 -52,000
Russell Carson ca
Russell Carson
90,000 45,000
Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
65,000 -32,000
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
EPT 1X Winner
64,000 -62,000
Erich Kollmann at
Erich Kollmann
50,000 -30,000
Aleksey Zharko
Aleksey Zharko
43,500 -38,500

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Roberts' Streets Are Piaved With Gold

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 200 ante

Brian Roberts appeared to have check-raised all in on a {4-Hearts}{6-Spades}{5-Hearts} after Piero Piave fired out 16,000 (having flatted Roberts preflop). Piave tanked for a couple of minutes before calling with a surprisingly strong {K-Hearts}{K-Diamonds} but he was behind to Roberts {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}, the latter staying ahead on the {9-Diamonds} turn and {3-Diamonds} river.

It's Better to be Lucky AND be Good (Part 2)

Level 13 : 1,200/2,400, 200 ante
Kevin Vandersmissen the luckbox
Kevin Vandersmissen the luckbox

Poor old Florian Schleps is going to take some time to get over this one!

Ramzi Jelassi started of this epic hand when he raised from early position. Kevin Vandersmissen, Florian Schleps and the big blind all called and the dealer gave us a flop.

Flop: {4-Spades} {9-Diamonds} {k-Clubs}

The big blind checked to Jelassi who bet 12,000 and Vandersmissen cold-called in the hi-jack. Schleps was seated on the button and he raised to 40,300. The big blind and Jelassi folded and Vandersmissen called.

Turn: {a-Spades}

Vandersmissen quickly checked and Schleps counted out a bet of 36,000 and pushed it confidently across the line. Vandersmissen made the call.

River: {a-Diamonds}

Vandersmissen snap-checked and Schleps moved all-in so confidently we thought he was a lock. Then Vandersmissen snap-called and flipped over {a-Hearts} {9-Hearts} for aces-full. A distraught Schleps flipped over {9-Spades} {9-Clubs} for nines-full.

Vandersmissen is now our chip leader with 520,000.

Tags: Florian Schleps; Kevin Vandersmissen; Ramzi Jelassi