| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000
284,000
|
284,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,503,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
1,481,000
119,000
|
119,000 |
|
|
1,417,000
532,000
|
532,000 |
|
|
1,072,000
435,000
|
435,000 |
|
|
1,002,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
|
|
972,000
108,000
|
108,000 |
|
|
966,000
134,000
|
134,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
910,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
|
878,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
|
|
833,000
98,000
|
98,000 |
|
|
822,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
780,000
146,000
|
146,000 |
|
|
733,000
83,000
|
83,000 |
|
|
724,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
|
636,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
|
633,000
360,000
|
360,000 |
|
|
576,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
554,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
550,000
372,000
|
372,000 |
|
|
527,000
248,000
|
248,000 |
|
|
513,000
118,000
|
118,000 |
|
|
507,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
502,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
500,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Players are on their first break of the day.
While having his back rigorously rubbed by a lovely looking masseuse, Darakjian opened to 30,000 under the gun and David Vamplew moved all-in from the button. Darakjian asked for a count and it was 264,000 and he made the call.
| Darakjian | ![]() |
| Vamplew | ![]() |
The dealer let the five cards slip from his hand and neither of them possessed the ace of jack that Vamplew was after. It did provide him with plenty more flush-outs on the turn but it just wasn't going to be the Scotsman's day.
Board:

Darakjian ~ 980,000
There is no doubt that poker is a game that creates plenty of tough decisions. Cole Robinson and Maurizio Sepede were just presented with two of their own and the clock was needed to help them both out.
On a final board of
with a chip or two above 130,000 in the pot, Cole Robinson fired out a bet of 125,000. His opponent was Nicolino Di Carlo and after weighing up his next move in his mind he raised to 250,000. Robinson took his shades off to have a think and even shared a laugh with his neighbour Ludovic Lacay. Eventually the floor was called for and Robinson folded.
Simultaneously, Maurizio Sepede had made a standard pre flop raise before Paul Ribaud three-bet to 104,000. The bet was a tournament committing bet and Sepede knew it. With anguish etched all over his face he went to move his stack into the middle many times before taking his hands off his chips and rubbing them together. The floor was called, the clock put on him and he started to pray. When the count reached 2 seconds he released his hand and Ribaud won the pot.
A small pot lost for 2009 WSOPE Main Event winner Joe Cada as he bet 35,000 on a 

flop to a check from Arturo Pierantoni. They both checked the
turn and
river and Pierantoni turned over 
. It was good, and Pierantoni took the pot.
Vegard Nygaard, who seems to have been permanently short-stacked throughout the last couple of days, has just doubled up yet again. He pushed all-in from the button with 
for 139,000 and got called by Luca Cavecchi's 
, there was a jack on the 

flop but then an
on the turn. The river brought no jack, king or ten - bringing instead the
and Nygaard survived once more.
The flop read 

when Riccardo Lacchinelli went all in and was called by Marco Fabbrini. It was relatively unexciting in the end though, although you wouldn't know it from the good-natured laughter and handshaking - they both turned over 
and following the
turn and
river they chopped it up.
Ludovic Lacay checked the turn of the 


board to Massimiliano Manigrasso who snap-bet. Ludovic called, and they saw the river.
The river in question was the
and Lacay now bet out 107,000. Manigrasso called, and turned over 
for a bluff on the turn but two pair, aces and threes, on the river. Lacay nodded for a moment before tossing away his 
for the better hand on the flop and turn. He got up and wandered around for a few moments, making a noise like a horse who's had his nosebag snatched away - he's down to 580,000. Manigrasso is up to around 650,000.
Xia Lin has been knocked out, he reshoved with 
against Rupert Elder's 
but there was an ace on the flop, Lin was eliminated and Elder is up to 575,000.
