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
Entries
987
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Level: 25

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 4,000

End of Level 24 Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Rupert Elder gb
Rupert Elder
EPT 1X Winner
3,265,000 -35,000
Diego Bolzoni
Diego Bolzoni
2,094,000 542,000
Luigi Pignataro it
Luigi Pignataro
1,994,000 198,000
Roberto Spada
Roberto Spada
1,890,000 -10,000
Fabrizio Cataldi
Fabrizio Cataldi
1,816,000 618,000
Joe Cada us
Joe Cada
1,754,000 135,000
Marco Bognanni it
Marco Bognanni
1,624,000 -76,000
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
1,620,000 433,000
Andrew Teng gb
Andrew Teng
1,569,000 229,000
Max Lykov
Max Lykov
1,528,000 -472,000
Nicolas Yunis cl
Nicolas Yunis
1,451,000 -830,000
Kamal Choraria
Kamal Choraria
1,390,000 441,000
Costantino Russo
Costantino Russo
1,224,000 -13,000
Antonino Venneri it
Antonino Venneri
1,150,000 95,000
Max Heinzelmann
Max Heinzelmann
1,116,000 -329,000
Massimiliano Manigrasso
Massimiliano Manigrasso
957,000 -603,000
Luca Cavecchi
Luca Cavecchi
749,000 99,000
Luciano Longhitano
Luciano Longhitano
745,000 -78,000
Marco Fabbrini
Marco Fabbrini
517,000 -33,000
Francesco De Vivo
Francesco De Vivo
364,000 14,000

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