2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
77
Prize
€680,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,600
Prize Pool
€3,734,694
Entries
837
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Harman Picks One Up

Jen Harman
Jen Harman

Mihai Manole opened from under the gun to 1,200. Thomas Mercier called from the small blind and Jen Harman called from the big blind. The flop came down {9-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{6-Spades} and all three players checked to see the {8-Spades} pair the board on the turn. After Mercier checked, Harman reached for some chips. She slid out a bet of 2,150. Manole folded and Mercier quickly followed him into the muck.

In her first-ever EPT event, Harman has built her stack up to 77,500 in chips. At the last stop in London, Harman's good friend and fellow high-stakes player Doyle Brunson played his first-ever EPT. He turned his cherry-popping EPT experience into a 77th-place finish and £9,000.

Player Chips Progress
Jen Harman
Jen Harman
77,500
47,500
47,500

Tags: Doyle BrunsonJen HarmanMihai ManoleThomas Mercier

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Ruzicka Flips With Ravn

Level 7 : 250/500, 50 ante
Pernille Ravn
Pernille Ravn

Pernille Ravn raised to 1,200 to open the pot, and Vojtech Ruzicka spent some time soaking in the big blind. He only had 7,800 chips left, and he eventually three-bet shoved. Ravn quickly called, and it was a flip.

Showdown
Ravn: {7-Hearts} {7-Clubs}
Ruzicka: {A-Diamonds} {10-Hearts}

Ruzicka had to sweat it until the river, but he finally found his double on the {4h] {3-Diamonds} {6-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {A-Spades} board. He's back up to 16,200 now, while Ravn takes a little knock back down to 66,000.

Tags: Pernille RavnVojtech Ruzicka

Delaney Puts the Pressure On Thorarinsson

Action folded to Anton Thorarinsson in the cutoff seat and he raised to 1,300. Ben Delaney reraised from the big blind to 3,000. Thorarinsson spent a long time in the tank, but eventually made the call to see the {8-Spades}{4-Clubs}{3-Hearts} flop. Thorarinsson had approximately 12,500 behind after he called preflop and Delaney put him to the test for all of it, firing all in. Thorarinsson quickly folded and Delaney won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ben Delaney
Ben Delaney
58,500
5,500
5,500

Tags: Ben DelaneyAnton Thorarinsson

Cheong Doubles Through Neilson

We may be in San Remo, Italy for this EPT event, but this hand saw two Australians duke it out in Daniel Neilson and Kyle Cheong.

The two were in action on the {8-Spades}{7-Spades}{5-Spades} flop with Neilson up first. He checked and Cheong fired 1,275. Neilson check-raised to 3,600 and Cheong made the call.

A fourth spade hit the felt when the {Q-Spades} landed on the turn. Neilson follow up his flop check-raise with a bet of 5,200. Cheong thought for a little bit and then called to see the river.

The {5-Clubs} paired the board on the river and Neilson moved all in for 17,525. Cheong began to think. At one point he told Neilson that he wasn't slow rolling him, but was rather just thinking things through to make sure it all made sense. He eventually made the call for less chips than Neilson moved in for.

Neilson tabled the {K-Spades}{9-Spades} for a flopped flush. Cheong tabled the {A-Spades}{3-Spades} for a better flopped flush and won the pot. He doubled up while Neilson was left crippled.

Player Chips Progress
Kyle Cheong au
Kyle Cheong
49,000
28,000
28,000
Daniel Neilson au
Daniel Neilson
2,825
-32,175
-32,175

Tags: Daniel NeilsonKyle Cheong

Level: 8

Blinds: 300/600

Ante: 75

One More Level

Level 8 : 300/600, 75 ante

The last level is underway with roughly 250 players remaining from the 359 that began the day. In 60 minutes, the remaining players will be bagging and tagging for the night.

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Massimiliano Forti
Massimiliano Forti
155,000
Marco Traniello it
Marco Traniello
139,000
39,000
39,000
Kevin MacPhee us
Kevin MacPhee
115,000
10,000
10,000
Tyler Bonkowski ca
Tyler Bonkowski
112,000
56,000
56,000
Jen Harman
Jen Harman
72,000
-5,500
-5,500
David Williams us
David Williams
69,000
10,000
10,000
Lex Veldhuis nl
Lex Veldhuis
67,000
31,000
31,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
66,000
-6,000
-6,000
Joseph Elpayaa us
Joseph Elpayaa
63,000
34,000
34,000
Andrew Chen ca
Andrew Chen
62,000
12,000
12,000
Jon Spinks gb
Jon Spinks
60,000
32,000
32,000
John Duthie gb
John Duthie
54,000
12,000
12,000
Mike Leah ca
Mike Leah
50,000
20,000
20,000
Tristan Clemencon fr
Tristan Clemencon
49,000
19,000
19,000
Shannon Shorr us
Shannon Shorr
49,000
20,500
20,500
$25K Fantasy
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
47,000
5,000
5,000
StakeKings
Steve O'Dwyer ie
Steve O'Dwyer
47,000
16,000
16,000
EPT 1X Winner
Carlos Mortensen es
Carlos Mortensen
46,000
5,000
5,000
Poker Hall of Famer
Brent Roberts us
Brent Roberts
46,000
16,000
16,000
James Dempsey gb
James Dempsey
41,000
-6,400
-6,400
Vitaly Lunkin ru
Vitaly Lunkin
40,000
-1,000
-1,000
Nicolo Calia it
Nicolo Calia
31,000
-3,500
-3,500
David Sands us
David Sands
30,000
Phil Collins us
Phil Collins
28,000
-2,000
-2,000
Toby Lewis gb
Toby Lewis
25,000
-5,000
-5,000
$25K Fantasy
EPT 1X Winner

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Hairabedian Crippled

Salvatore Moncada had just 5,800 chips left when he stuck them in preflop with {K-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}. Roger Hairabedian was similarly short-stacked, and he put Moncada to the test with {A-Diamonds} {5-Diamonds}.

The board ran out {9-Spades} {Q-Spades} {2-Hearts} {J-Spades} {5-Spades}, and Moncada shot out of his chair in celebration. It comes at Hairabedian's expense, though, and the Frenchman is left with barely two big blinds now.

Player Chips Progress
Roger Hairabedian fr
Roger Hairabedian
1,200

Tags: Roger HairabedianSalvatore Moncada

Liu Raises the River Against Furneri

Xuan Liu
Xuan Liu

When we arrived at the table, the pot had over 15,000 chips in the middle with the board reading {10-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{8-Hearts}. Alessandro Furneri bet 4,575 into Xuan Liu. She put in a solid raise to 16,300 and that sent Furneri into the tank. He thought for a couple of minutes, but folded his hand in the end and Liu won the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Xuan Liu ca
Xuan Liu
49,300
2,300
2,300
StakeKings

Tags: Alessandro FurneriXuan Liu