2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Huber Uses a Spade to Dig The Grave of Masini
Armando Masini has been eliminated by Stefan Huber in slightly fortunate circumstances. Huber using his to complete a flush against the top pair of Masini. We are not sure at what point all the action went down.
Masini | |
Huber | |
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The Big Stacks Clash
At the start of day four both Paolo Rigano and Nicolas Yunis were sitting on two of the biggest stacks in the room. They are sharing a table so it is inevitable that the two are going to share some card time. In their first big encounter Yunis came out on top.
We joined the action on the turn and the board was with over 100,000 in the middle. Both players checked and the river card was the . Rigano was first to act and he bet 75,000. Yunis sighed before making the call but there was no need because it was good.
Yunis | |
Rigano |
Rigano ~ 1,080,000
Yunis ~ 1,600,000
Not Nguyening
Francesco Nguyen managed to double up his 121,000 stack against Team PokerStars Pro Joe Cada after the Italian pushed all in preflop over the top of the American's raise. Cada called fairly quickly after everyone else folded.
Cada:
Nguyen:
The board came and Nguyen jumped out of his chair in celebration. Soon after though, Nguyen was all-in again, this time with against Arturo Pierantoni's but couldn't catch a king on a board.
Last Salvo Fired
Antonio De Salvo was just knocked out by Fabrizio Cataldi.
De Salvo:
Cataldi:
Board:
Elder Buries Lin
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.
Un-Lacay
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.
Play Your Riccards Right
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.
Gaardian Angel
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.
Long Walk Off a Less Short Pierantoni
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.