2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

Main Event
Day: 4
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

Pignataro Ahead of Yunis - Just.

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante

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 {3-Hearts} {q-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {2-Clubs} and then we saw the {k-Diamonds} 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 {a-Clubs} {q-Spades}

Pignataro ~ 1,900,000
Yunis ~ 1,780,000

Tags: Luigi PignataroNicolas Yunis

Cataldi Gets Some River Value From Longhitano

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante

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 {k-Hearts} {j-Spades} {9-Diamonds} which they both checked. The turn of {a-Spades} was also checked before we had the {q-Hearts} river. Cataldi bet 65,000 at the sight of this card and Longhitano called.

Cataldi won the hand with {a-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} for the straight.

Cataldi ~ 1,400,000
Longhitano ~ 860,000

Tags: Luciano LonghitanoFabrizio Cataldi

2 More to Go

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Rupert Elder
Rupert Elder

Nicolino Di Carlo has just become our 27th place finisher, his {a-Clubs}{3-Spades} no good against Rupert Elder's {a-Spades}{9-Diamonds}. The board came down an unequivocal {5-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{7-Spades}{9-Hearts}{q-Hearts} 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.

Tags: Nicolino Di CarloRupert Elder

Huber-Kill

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Fabrizio Cataldi
Fabrizio Cataldi

Switzerland's hopes have been dashed with the demise of Stefan Huber. His {a-Spades}{j-Diamonds} was miles behind Fabrizio Cataldi's {a-Hearts}{q-Diamonds} when the chips went in, and it stayed that way all down the {6-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{5-Diamonds}{a-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds} board. Meanwhile the chance of our first Uruguayan EPT winner just got slightly better - Cataldi is up to 1.4 million.

Tags: Stefan HuberFabrizio Cataldi

Almost a Maximillionaire

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Max Heinzelmann
Max Heinzelmann

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

Tags: Max HeinzelmannJoe Cada

Grieco Penalty King

Level 23 : 12,000/24,000, 2,000 ante
Nicola Grieco
Nicola Grieco

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.

Tags: Nicola GriecoDario Nittolo