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

The Big Stacks Clash

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

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 {q-Diamonds} {k-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {4-Diamonds} with over 100,000 in the middle. Both players checked and the river card was the {10-Diamonds}. 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{k-Clubs} {j-Diamonds}
Rigano{4-Spades} {5-Diamonds}

Rigano ~ 1,080,000
Yunis ~ 1,600,000

Tags: Nicolas YunisPaolo Rigano

Not Nguyening

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Francesco Nguyen
Francesco Nguyen

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: {A-Clubs}{Q-Hearts}
Nguyen: {A-Spades}{7-Diamonds}

The board came {6-Diamonds}{J-Spades}{5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{7-Clubs} and Nguyen jumped out of his chair in celebration. Soon after though, Nguyen was all-in again, this time with {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs} against Arturo Pierantoni's {a-Spades}{q-Hearts} but couldn't catch a king on a {6-Clubs}{4-Diamonds}{9-Spades}{3-Spades}{q-Diamonds} board.

Tags: Arturo PierantoniJoe Cada

Un-Lacay

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante
Ludovic Lacay
Ludovic Lacay

Ludovic Lacay checked the turn of the {2-Hearts}{3-Spades}{j-Hearts}{3-Clubs} board to Massimiliano Manigrasso who snap-bet. Ludovic called, and they saw the river.

The river in question was the {a-Spades} and Lacay now bet out 107,000. Manigrasso called, and turned over {a-Diamonds}{4-Clubs} for a bluff on the turn but two pair, aces and threes, on the river. Lacay nodded for a moment before tossing away his {2-Clubs}{8-Clubs} 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.

Tags: Ludovic LacayMassimiliano Manigrasso

Play Your Riccards Right

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

The flop read {5-}{2-}{k-} 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 {q-}{k-} and following the {j-} turn and {7-} river they chopped it up.

Tags: Riccardo LacchinelliMarco Fabbrini

Gaardian Angel

Level 20 : 6,000/12,000, 1,000 ante

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 {a-Spades}{4-Hearts} for 139,000 and got called by Luca Cavecchi's {K-Spades}{J-Hearts}, there was a jack on the {6-Hearts}{J-Clubs}{Q-Diamonds} flop but then an {a-Diamonds} on the turn. The river brought no jack, king or ten - bringing instead the {9-Diamonds} and Nygaard survived once more.

Tags: Luca CavecchiVegard Nygaard