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

10-23-2011 16:56 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Nick Yunis	165,000
Dmitry Motorov	150,000 74,200	74,200
Joseph Cheong	122,000 91,000	91,000
Sorel Mizzi	112,000 47,600	47,600
Peter Jetten	50,000 50,000	50,000
Kyle Cheong	48,000 7,000	7,000
Steve O'Dwyer	42,000 18,600	18,600

Jennifer Harman	42,000 29,000	29,000

Mike Leah	34,000 2,700	2,700

Getting from the main tournament area over to the farthest few tables involves some serious work. In between the two areas is the entrance to the room, the bar, and the spectators' viewing area, and there is hardly a single-file path through the masses of humanity. Thankfully, there are only seven tables left over there, and they're breaking this way fast.

Here's the counts from the last few tables over there:

Player	Chips	Progress
Shaun Deeb	212,000 81,500	81,500

Brandon Cantu	195,000 15,000	15,000
Johnny Lodden	170,000 56,200	56,200

Tyler Bonkowski	155,000 30,600	30,600
Anton Wigg	148,000 4,800	4,800

Duy Le Thanh	140,000 3,200	3,200
Kevin MacPhee	108,000 8,800	8,800

Irene Baroni	104,000 26,400	26,400
Salvatore Bonavena	75,000 10,600	10,600

Xuan Liu	75,000 5,100	5,100
Bryn Kenney	37,000 2,800	2,800
Joel Dodds	36,000 3,300	3,300
Eugene Katchalov	27,000 4,000	4,000

Fatima Moreira de Melo	16,000 24,800	24,800

10-23-2011 16:40 UTC+2

Vanessa Rousso Out

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Donnie Peters

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Rousso only has one lifetime cash in EPT Main Events. She placed 39th in the EPT London Main Event in 2008 for £11,419. She won't be making this her second as she has just busted from the 2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo Main Event.

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10-23-2011 16:36 UTC+2

PokerNews Saturday Countdown Satellite

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Donnie Peters

Level 10 : 500/1,000, 100 ante

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10-23-2011 16:34 UTC+2

Neilson Waits to Bounce

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Donnie Peters

From middle position, Fabio Di Stefano raised to 2,200. Daniel Neilson from Australia reraised from the button to 4,900. Di Stefano made the call and the flop came down {A-Hearts} {7-Spades} {6-Diamonds} . Di Stefano led into Neilson with a bet of 5,000 and Neilson called.

The turn was the {10-Diamonds} and Di Stefano bet 6,700. Neilson called again.

The river was the {4-Diamonds} and Di Stefano checked with 20,000 chips left. Neilson set him all in. After a little bit, Di Stefano folded his hand and Neilson won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel Neilson	91,000 68,900	68,900

Fabio Di Stefano	20,000 33,200	33,200

Tags: Daniel Neilson Fabio Di Stefano

10-23-2011 16:30 UTC+2

Desgouttes Shoves on Benvenuti

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Donnie Peters

Michael Benvenuti and Florian Desgouttes checked the {J-Spades} {9-Clubs} {6-Clubs} flop to see the {7-Diamonds} land on the turn. Benvenuti bet 6,800 and Desgouttes made the call.

The river was the {2-Diamonds} and Benvenuti checked. Desgouttes moved all in for 32,900. Benvenuti tank-folded and when he did, the {A-Spades} flipped up form his hand. Desgouttes won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Benvenuti	77,000 38,900	38,900

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10-23-2011 16:15 UTC+2

Moschitta Busts Bedzinski

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Donnie Peters

Alessandro Furneri raised and Filip Bedzinski reraised to 4,600. Luca Moschitta reraised to 10,600 and play folded back to Bedzinski. He reraised all in for 29,600 and Moschitta called.

Bedzinski: {A-Hearts} {K-Hearts}
Moschitta: {K-Diamonds} {K-Spades}

The board ran out {J-Clubs} {6-Hearts} {3-Spades} {10-Spades} {9-Diamonds} and Moschitta won the hand to send Bedzinski to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Luca Moschitta	115,000 32,800	32,800

Filip Bedzinski	Busted

Tags: Filip Bedzinski Luca Moschitta Alessandro Furneri

10-23-2011 16:14 UTC+2

Shooting People

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Here's a batch of Day 2 shots from Mr. Stoddart. More to come.

10-23-2011 16:12 UTC+2

Bansi Takes a Piece of Metaal

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Donnie Peters

Action folded to Govert Metaal on the button and he raised to 2,200. Praz Bansi reraised from the small blind to 4,600 and Metaal called to see the {K-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {2-Diamonds} flop. Bansi bet 5,500 and Metaal mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Praz Bansi	127,000 33,200	33,200
Govert Metaal	76,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Praz Bansi Govert Metaal

10-23-2011 16:05 UTC+2

Timex Ticking Like a Watch

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From late position, Stefano Tripodi opened to 2,200, and Mike "Timex" McDonald three-bet to 6,700 from the small blind. Tripodi made the call, and off they went heads-up.

The dealer spread out {J-Clubs} {6-Clubs} {K-Clubs} , and McDonald continued out with another 6,600. Tripodi raised to 13,200, and McDonald tanked and reraised to 22,200. Tripodi shoved for about 60,000 total, and McDonald made the call to put a big pot up for grabs.

Showdown
Tripodi: {4-Clubs} {7-Clubs}
McDonald: {K-Spades} {K-Hearts}

McDonald had flopped top set, but he was trailing Tripodi's made flush. With the ol' seven-four. The turn {3-Spades} missed McDonald, but he found his full house on the river. The {6-Hearts} struck Tripodi like a bullet, and he has been eliminated.

Timex is up over 150,000 now.