Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Buy-in
€4,600
Prize Pool
€3,734,694
Entries
837
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Break it Down
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Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
We're on a 15-minute break, cued by the Doobie Brothers.
Veldhuis Caught in the Middle
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Action folded to Shariar Soltaninassab in middle position and he raised to 1,700. Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis three-bet to 4,700 from the hijack seat. On the button, Oleksii Kovalchuk four-bet to 9,100. Action got back to Soltaninassab and he five-bet to 16,900. Veldhuis smiled and then folded before Kovalchuk also tossed them in.
Andrejkovics Busts Stammen
Keven Stammen was all in preflop with the 
and up against Milan Andrejkovics' 
. The board ran out 
and Stammen was eliminated with the ace on the river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
80,000
9,500
|
9,500 |
|
Busted |
Down to 420
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
In the first level, more than 60 players have already taken the walk back out the door. The board shows 420 players remaining, and the first break is just a few minutes away.
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Veldhuis Isolates, but Kovalchuk Three-Bets
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Antonio Chemi limped in from under the gun and Lex Veldhuis raised to 2,300 from the button. Oleksii Kovalchuk three-bet to 6,100 from the big blind and Chemi folded. Veldhuis also folded and Kovalchuk won the pot.
Veldhuis Climbing
An under-the-gun player raised to 1,800 and Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis called from one seat over. A player in middle position also called and the dealer ran out the 
flop. The original raiser bet 2,700, Veldhuis flatted and the player behind him raised to 12,000. After the first player folded, Veldhuis reraised to 28,000. His opponent moved all in and Veldhuis quickly called.
Veldhuis held the 
and his opponent the 
. Both players had flopped a straight, but Veldhuis held a big redraw.
The turn was the 
and gave Veldhuis an unbeatable straight flush to the ten. The river was the 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
67,500
|
67,500 |
|
||
Yunis Movin' On Up
On the turn of a 
board, we watched big stack Nick Yunis put out a two-thirds-pot bet of 9,700, and Joseph Cheong made the call to go heads up to the river. It brought the 
, and Yunis did not slow down. He made it 28,400 to see his hand, and Cheong shrugged and made a quick sighing call.
Yunis tabled 
for the flush, and Cheong mucked with a frown, dropping to about 31,000. On the flip side, Yunis is just a tick over 200,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
208,000
37,400
|
37,400 |
|
31,000
-38,200
|
-38,200 |
Neilson Check-Raises Chemi
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
With around 6,000 chips in the middle on the 
flop, Australian Daniel Neilson checked to Antonio Chemi. He bet 3,000, but Neilson came back with a check-raise to 7,800. Chemi folded and Neilson won the pot.