I have a funny feeling in my stomach (which is rumbling) that this will be the last level.
2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Luigi Pignataro and Nicolas Yunis are sat side by side and both have very healthy chip stacks for this stage of the tournament. Long time chip leader Yunis has just been over taken on the leader board by Pignataro in a hand that played out just seconds before the break.
Pignataro opened up from the button with a bet of 51,000. Yunis three-bet from the small blind making it 145,000 in total, the big blind folded and Pignataro called. Both players called the flop and the turn
and then we saw the
on the river. Yunis decided it was a good card to try and steal the pot with a bet 110,000 but Pignataro insta-called.
"You have ace-king?" Asked Yunis.
He didn't have ace-king. He had a very slowly played

Pignataro ~ 1,900,000
Yunis ~ 1,780,000
Simple hand, which is what we like at this stage of the competition. Dario Nittolo moved all-in and his bet was called by Rupert Elder.
| Nittolo | ![]() |
| Rupert Elder | ![]() |
Board:

Elder ~ 1,900,000
Luciano Longhitano raised to 50,000 on the button. Fabrizio Cataldi was seated in the big blind and he decided the three-bet was a good weapon of choice and he made it 110,000. Longhitano decided to peel one off from position and we saw a flop of
which they both checked. The turn of
was also checked before we had the
river. Cataldi bet 65,000 at the sight of this card and Longhitano called.
Cataldi won the hand with
for the straight.
Cataldi ~ 1,400,000
Longhitano ~ 860,000
Nicolino Di Carlo has just become our 27th place finisher, his 
no good against Rupert Elder's 
. The board came down an unequivocal 



and the young Elder, as it were, is up to 1.7 million.
26 players remain, and we'll be quitting for the day when we hit 24.
Switzerland's hopes have been dashed with the demise of Stefan Huber. His 
was miles behind Fabrizio Cataldi's 
when the chips went in, and it stayed that way all down the 



board. Meanwhile the chance of our first Uruguayan EPT winner just got slightly better - Cataldi is up to 1.4 million.
Joe Cada raised to 45,000 in the hijack and Max Heinzelmann re-popped to 114,000 on the button. Cada four-bet to 175,000, but Heinzelmann five-bet all in, and Cada swiftly gave it up.
Cada: 1.32 million
Heinzelmann: 950,000
Dario Nittolo shoved for 281,000 under the gun and it folded around - but while the button and small blind had still to act, Nicola Grieco got up and abandoned his big blind. His cards were mucked. Nittolo was understandably unhappy about this and TD Thomas Kremser was called over - as Grieco had already been issued with two penalties during the week, this time his penalty was for three rounds. He seemed determined to spend it arguing with the floormen at the rail.
Giuseppe Caciolo has been knocked out, reraising all in with 
against Massimiliano Manigrasso's 
and failing to spike on a board of 



. The end of the day is in sight...
Max Heinzelmann has just been introduced to his new table mate Freddy Darakjian. On a
board Darakjian bet 80,000, Heinzelmann raised to 200,000, Darakjian moved all-in and Heinzelmann snap-folded.
Heinzelmann ~ 600,000
Darakjian ~ 820,000
