2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

Main Event
Day: 3
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

Rigano Flops a Full House

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

We joined the play with a board showing both flop and turn - {q-Hearts} {q-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {a-Spades}. Paolo Rigano checked from the big blind and Georgios Manousos also checked in the cut off. The river was the {2-Hearts} and there was 70,000 in the pot. Rigano bet 41,500 and Manousos made the call. Rigano peeled over {4-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} for a flopped full house.

Tags: Georgios ManousosPaolo Rigano

Lacchinelli Lacks

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

The flop read {3-Clubs}{a-Clubs}{5-Diamonds} when Francesco Delfoco went all in. Riccardo Lacchinelli called, and they were on their backs.

Delfoco: {a-Spades}{q-Hearts} for top pair
Lacchinelli: {j-Clubs}{10-Clubs} for a flush draw

Turn: {q-Spades} giving Lacchinelli straight outs too

River: {8-Diamonds} bringing Lachinelli absolutely nothing.

Delfoco doubled to 340,000 and Lacchinelli was left with just 70,000. They shook hands like gentlemen. Lovely to see in this day and age.

Tags: Francesco DelfocoRiccardo Lacchinelli

Bold and the Plain Ugly

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

Nicola Boldini is up to 750,000 after managing to get his stack in with {a-}{k-} against Germano Martucci's {4-}{4-} on a flop of {q-}{4-}{3-}, Boldini was down and out but the {2-} turn combined with the {5-} made Boldini an unlikely wheel. Martucci is left with 300,000.

Casey's Kastle Has Been Stormed

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante
Casey Kastle
Casey Kastle

Casey Kastle has been eliminated.

He was down to approx. 34,000 when he tripled up holding {k-} {7-} versus {8-} {8-} and {q-} {q-} after spiking a King. He then put the lot in the middle with {8-Hearts} {8-Clubs} and was called by his opponent holding {3-Spades} {3-Clubs} and his opponent spiked a three to end his mini-rejuvenation before it had even started - on the {j-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{7-Diamonds} board.

Tags: Casey Kastle

Wanted: Ted or Alive

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante
Ted Forrest
Ted Forrest

Wow, that was weird.

Ted Forrest called a raise of 16,000 from Kevin Vandersmissen to see a flop of {A-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{8-Spades}. The five-time bracelet winner check-called a bet of 15,500 before suddenly open shoving 195,000 on the {6-Spades} turn. Vandersmissen snap-called with {A-Diamonds}{6-Hearts} and Forrest showed an inferior {a-Clubs}{10-Spades} which stayed behind on the {6-Diamonds} river.

Tags: Ted ForrestKevin Vandersmissen

Benvenuto Loses Back to Back Pots

Level 18 : 4,000/8,000, 500 ante

There is certainly not a dull moment when Gianluca Benvenuto is in the action. He just made a standard raise from under the gun when Rupert Elder three-bet from the button with a bet of 46,000. The blinds mucked their cards and Benvenuto four-bet to 120,000. Elder, who recently cashed in EPT Berlin as well now in EPT San Remo five-bet jammed. Benvenuto asked for a count and it was 344,000 and he folded his hand.

Then in the next hand he was responsible for doubling up former EPT champion Carter Phillips. Phillips made a raise with {7-Clubs} {7-Hearts} and Benvenuto decided to move Phillips all-in when it folded round to him in the big blind. Phillips was expecting it and he made the call. Benvenuto was holding {a-Clubs} {9-Spades}, the board remained free of both digits and Phillips moved up to 132,000

Tags: Rupert ElderGianluca BenvenutoCarter Phillips

Level: 18

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 500

End of Level 17 Chip Counts (full)

Player Chips Progress
Paolo Rigano
Paolo Rigano
1,176,000 6,000
Max Lykov
Max Lykov
864,000 284,000
Nicolas Yunis cl
Nicolas Yunis
819,000 409,000
Germano Martucci
Germano Martucci
797,000 -30,000
Roberto Spada
Roberto Spada
775,000 75,000
Luciano Longhitano
Luciano Longhitano
740,000 236,000
Leonid Bilokur ru
Leonid Bilokur
663,000 218,000
Diego Bolzoni
Diego Bolzoni
663,000 180,000
Kevin Vandersmissen be
Kevin Vandersmissen
656,000 127,000
Nicolino Di Carlo
Nicolino Di Carlo
639,000 139,000
Alessandro Fasolis
Alessandro Fasolis
620,000 170,000
Gianluca Bernardini Benvenuto
Gianluca Bernardini Benvenuto
586,000 -44,000
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
586,000 16,000
Max Heinzelmann
Max Heinzelmann
584,000 124,000
Fabrice Soulier fr
Fabrice Soulier
550,000 16,000
Dario Nittolo it
Dario Nittolo
541,000 229,000
Simeon Naydenov bg
Simeon Naydenov
533,000 283,000
Kimmo Kurko fi
Kimmo Kurko
524,000 191,000
Nicola Boldini
Nicola Boldini
520,000 282,000
Giuseppe Caciolo
Giuseppe Caciolo
511,000 362,000
Luigi Pignataro it
Luigi Pignataro
500,000 68,000
Andrew Teng gb
Andrew Teng
498,000 -32,000
Gerasimos Deres se
Gerasimos Deres
497,000 274,000
Cole Robinson
Cole Robinson
478,000 -67,000
Georgios Manousos
Georgios Manousos
474,000 234,000

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