2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

Main Event
Day: 5
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
Total Entries
987
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Players Left 1 / 987
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Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 4,000

End of Level 24 Chip Counts

Manigrasso Tripped Up by Liu

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante
Massimiliano Manigrasso
Massimiliano Manigrasso

Meanwhile at the next table Xuan Liu and Massimiliano Manigrasso were getting involved. It looked as though Liu had raised from the button preflop and Manigrasso had called from the big blind, but the flop action remains a mystery. When we caught up with them on the turn of the {10-Spades}{3-Spades}{2-Spades}{10-Diamonds} board Manigrasso was betting out 151,000 and Liu was calling. Again, the river action will forever remain hazy (our movements are somewhat restricted in the hushed and dark theatre) but we can tell you that the river was the {5-Diamonds} and at showdown, Liu's {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts} had Manigrasso's {10-Clubs}{6-Clubs} outkicked. She is up to 1.65 million, while he is down to 1.15 million.

Tags: Massimiliano ManigrassoXuan Liu

Cavecchi Getting Bogged Down

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante

Luca Cavecchi opened to 72,000 from the button and soon faced a reraise to 166,000 from Marco Bognanni in the big blind. Cavecchi called, and they saw a flop.

The flop in question came down {4-Hearts}{2-Clubs}{3-Diamonds} and Bognanni bet out 115,000. Undeterred, Cavecchi raised to 146,000. Bognanni tanked up for some time, and then three-bet to 395,000. Cavecchi quickly folded and is down to just 650,000. Bognanni's stack meanwhile has been fortified to over 1.7 million.

Tags: Luca CavecchiMarco Bognanni

Nicola Grieco Eliminated in 23rd Place (€25,000)

Level 24 : 15,000/30,000, 3,000 ante
Nicola Grieco
Nicola Grieco

Fabrizio Cataldi could never have guessed the carnage his action would have caused when he raised to 66,000 from under the gun. Nicola Grieco three-bet from the cut-off making it 200,000 to play. Rupert Elder was the man on the button and he promptly four-bet to 345,000. The small blind folded and Luca Cavecchi suddenly shouted "problemo!" from the big blind. He gave the table the usual Italian hand gestures and muttered a lot of words before folding what we can only assume to be a very strong hand.

Cataldi was the next person to speak when he asked Elder how much he had started the hand with and Elder replied, "two million." Cataldi put his hand over his mouth, shot a glance at Grieco and then decided to fold.

Grieco had 800,000 behind and he played with a tower of blue chips worth 200,000 before eventually announcing all-in. Elder called so quickly I thought he was going to fall off his chair. Everyone dived around the table to watch the demise of the Italian and the rise to the top of the chip counts by the youngster from the UK.

Grieco{a-Clubs} {k-Hearts}
Elder{a-Diamonds} {a-Spades}

Board: {j-Spades} {6-Clubs} {7-Diamonds} {8-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds}

Grieco was dead by the turn and Elder now has ~3,265,000 chips.

Tags: Fabrizio CataldiLuca CavecchiNicola GriecoRupert Elder