Main Event Day 2 | 2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo

10-23-2011 18:57 UTC+3

Player	Chips	Progress
Marco Traniello	260,000 122,300	122,300
Lex Veldhuis	227,000 20,000	20,000

Vanessa Selbst	175,000 10,800	10,800

Chris McClung	151,000 18,900	18,900
Samantha Cohen	148,000 75,200	75,200
Liv Boeree	133,000 -27,000	-27,000

Andrew Chen	126,000 62,800	62,800
Salman Behbehani	110,000 74,800	74,800
McLean Karr	95,000 37,400	37,400
Michael Benvenuti	92,000 15,000	15,000
Taylor Paur	90,000 -30,000	-30,000

Theo Jorgensen	68,000 24,800	24,800

Amit Makhija	60,000 -3,000	-3,000
Mickey Petersen	58,000 -11,100	-11,100

Sandra Naujoks	39,500 -31,900	-31,900

Brent Roberts	24,000 24,000	24,000
Giada Fang	24,000 24,000	24,000

Casey Kastle	Busted

From early position, Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst raised to 2,700. Action folded over to Sergio Castelluccio in middle position and he made the call. On the button, Radoslaw Wielewicki called and then Salman Behbehani called from the big blind.

The flop came down {Q-Hearts} {5-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} and action checked around to see the {K-Clubs} land on the turn. Behbehani checked, as did Selbst. Castelluccio bet 5,200 and play folded back to Selbst. She tanked for a long time and then put in a raise to 14,100. Castelluccio thought for a bit as well, but eventually folded his hand and allowed Selbst to take the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Vanessa Selbst	185,000 10,000	10,000

Tags: Radoslaw Wielewicki Salman Behbehani Sergio Castelluccio Vanessa Selbst

10-23-2011 19:24 UTC+3

Monsterpotten!

[user66118]

Kevin Ayow is on a tear today. He'd already claimed two knockouts today when we walked up to see him involved in the biggest pot of the tournament.

We only saw some of the action, Praz Bansi six- or seven-bet shoved for 111,500. By that point, he was heads up with Kevin Ayow, and he needed another 74,200 to match the shove. He spent a long hard soak in the tank, but he eventually made the huge call for around two-thirds of his own chips. With about 250,000 chips piled in the pot, the cards were on their backs.

Showdown
Bansi: {K-Spades} {J-Spades}
Ayow: {8-Hearts} {8-Spades}

Wow! When the dealer burned and turned up the flop, the {8-Diamonds} was visible right in the window. The flop brought a king too, but the {10-Diamonds} {K-Hearts} was a disaster for Bansi. He picked up a few outs on the {9-Spades} turn, but the river {2-Diamonds} has sent him on his way.

With that massive pot, Ayow has claimed the tournament life of Bansi and skyrocketed all the way up to 375,000. "My first thought was that he was squeezing," Ayow said as he stacked up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kevin Ayow	375,000 253,800	253,800
Praz Bansi	Busted

Tags: Govert Metaal Kevin Ayow Praz Bansi

10-23-2011 19:30 UTC+3

Jorgensen Doubles

donpeters

Team PokerStars Pro Theo Jorgensen raised to 3,000 and Robert August Deppe reraised to 7,500. Jorgensen four-bet to 22,000 and Deppe moved all in, having Jorgensen covered. Jorgensen quickly called.

Jorgensen: {9-Hearts} {9-Spades}
Deppe: {6-Hearts} {6-Clubs}

The board ran out {A-Spades} {A-Hearts} {4-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {5-Clubs} and Jorgensen doubled.

Player	Chips	Progress
Theo Jorgensen	95,000 27,000	27,000

Robert August Deppe	19,000 -51,000	-51,000

Tags: Robert August Deppe Theo Jorgensen

10-23-2011 19:30 UTC+3

Breaky Time

[user66118]

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 100 ante

We're on another 15-minute break, and the board shows that we've ticked under 300 players remaining. We've lost about 200 players in the first three levels.

10-23-2011 19:34 UTC+3

Updated Chip Counts

donpeters

Player	Chips	Progress
Sergey Tikhonov	378,000 221,400	221,400
Kevin Ayow	370,000 -5,000	-5,000
Joseph Cheong	305,000 15,000	15,000

Ondrej Vinklarek	304,000 228,700	228,700
Nicola Grieco	289,500 127,700	127,700
Domenico Cordi	255,000 93,100	93,100
Jon Spinks	255,000 188,800	188,800
Vanessa Selbst	221,000 36,000	36,000

Level: 12

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 200

10-23-2011 19:57 UTC+3

Maciukas Bests Veldhuis

donpeters

On the {7-Clubs} {2-Diamonds} {2-Clubs} {K-Diamonds} board, Marius Maciukas checked to Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis and he bet 10,800. Maciukas called and the river landed with the {10-Clubs} . Maciukas checked and Veldhuis checked.

Maciukas tabled the {A-Clubs} {9-Clubs} for a club flush and Veldhuis the {8-Diamonds} {7-Diamonds} . Maciukas' hand was best and he won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Lex Veldhuis	182,000 -45,000	-45,000

Marius Maciukas	74,000 -9,600	-9,600

Tags: Lex Veldhuis Marius Maciukas

10-23-2011 19:57 UTC+3

Another Three-Way

[user66118]

Dario Sammartino got his short stack of 15,600 into the middle preflop with {K-Spades} {K-Hearts} , and he found action from Fabrizio Leonardi ( {A-Hearts} {Q-Spades} ) and Jean-Philippe Rohr ( {A-Clubs} {K-Clubs} ).

The board ran {10-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} {7-Clubs} {10-Clubs} {4-Spades} , and Sammartino's kings held strong to triple him up. He's back to about 50,000 now, and Leonardi wins the side pot. It's the second time he's gotten lucky when all in with ace-queen, and he's lost a few chips in that exchange to drop to 21,200.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean-Philippe Rohr	75,000 45,400	45,400
Dario Sammartino	50,000 13,500	13,500

Fabrizio Leonardi	21,200 -1,800	-1,800

Tags: Dario Sammartino Fabrizio Leonardi Jean-Philippe Rohr

10-23-2011 20:00 UTC+3

Metaal Shown the Bluff

donpeters

Mihaela Marculet checked the {7-Clubs} {4-Hearts} {3-Diamonds} flop and Andrey Guliy bet 5,100. Govert Metaal raised to 13,000 and Marculet folded. Guliy reraised to 27,700 and Metaal called.