| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,997,000
187,000
|
187,000 |
|
|
1,675,000
255,000
|
255,000 |
|
|
1,430,000
45,000
|
45,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,277,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,132,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
|
1,125,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
947,000
103,000
|
103,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
945,000
445,000
|
445,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
890,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
862,000
93,000
|
93,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
859,000
39,000
|
39,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
710,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
686,000
124,000
|
124,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
617,000
382,000
|
382,000 |
|
|
615,000
406,000
|
406,000 |
|
|
608,000
142,000
|
142,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
580,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
|
|
553,000
79,000
|
79,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
528,000
440,000
|
440,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
523,000
227,000
|
227,000 |
|
|
491,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
456,000
106,000
|
106,000 |
|
|
446,000
272,000
|
272,000 |
|
|
391,000
74,000
|
74,000 |
|
|
380,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Ayaz Manji had just 177,000 chips left when he shoved all in from middle position. Mustapha Kanit made the call in the small blind, and big blind Joseph Cheong said he was going to call if Kanit hadn't, flashed an ace, and folded.
Kanit tabled
, and Manji said, "Nice hand." He was dominated, turning over a
that needed to do some catching up.
The
flop kept Kanit well in front, but the
turn was the best miss in the deck for Manji. He now had the open-ender and the flush draw to try and chase down, but the river
was a blank. Maji's days is done, and Kanit has just become the latest member of the Millionaires' Club. He's got about 1.1 million give or take.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,100,000
153,000
|
153,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
Etienne Archambeaud raised from early position to 33,000 and action folded to 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event Elio Fox in the big blind. He three-bet to 78,000. After a little bit, Archambeaud reraised all in for around 500,000 and Fox quickly folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
610,000
219,000
|
219,000 |
|
|
418,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
||
Action folded to Jan Bendik in the cutoff seat and he raised to 36,000. On the button, Barny Boatman reraised all in for 203,000. Play folded back to Bendik and he gave it a minute of thought. In the end, he folded his hand and showed the
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
755,000
107,000
|
107,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
250,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
||
Alessio Isaia, who sits fifth on Italy's all-time money list, raised from the hijack seat to 35,000. Former EPT champion Kevin MacPhee flatted from the cutoff seat and everyone else folded.
The flop came down paired with the 

. Isaia opted not to fire a continuation bet and checked. MacPhee seized the opportunity and bet 42,000. Isaia didn't contest and MAcPhee moved to over a million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,240,000
565,000
|
565,000 |
|
|
1,020,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
||
From the hijack seat, Team PokerStars Pro Johnny Lodden raised to 35,000. Joseph Cheong, who recently moved into the seat next door with over a million in chips, three-bet to 80,000. Action then folded to Andreas Samuelsson in the big blind. He took his time before four-betting to 185,000. Lodden was back up and thought about his decision. He had 507,000 chips behind and announced that he was all in, a total bet of 542,000. Cheong quickly mucked and then Samuelsson called.
Lodden tabled the 
. He was up against the 
for Samuelsson and in dominating position to double through.
The flop came down 

and Lodden smacked a full house straight away. The turn was the
to seal the deal before the
completed the board on the river.
Samuelsson lost half his stack on the hand while Cheong mentioned that he folded an eight preflop.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,188,000
660,000
|
660,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
1,070,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
585,000
692,000
|
692,000 |
|
|
||
The players are now on a 15-minute break.
Before the last break, three players got it all in preflop in what would turn out to be a huge mess of a pot.
Elio Fox was the shortest of the three players with 248,000, and he shoved from the button with
. Etienne Archambeaud was in the small blind, and he asked the dealer how much it was. The response was "Two hundred eight thousand," and Archambeaud reshoved with
. In the big blind, Richard Loth spent a long while considering, and he eventually made the call with
and a chance at the double knockout. It looked like Archambeaud had about 450,000 to start the hand, and Loth had a bit more than 500,000, a fact which would become important in a few minutes.
"I like my chances," Fox said as he sweated his all in.
The
flop gave him another four outs, and the
on the turn added another four to the chop, too. He needed a five, nine, or ten to stay alive, and the
river was just what the doctor ordered. Loth was livid with the bad news, letting fly with a short barrage of swearing and feet-stamping. It was a triple up for Fox, but the hand was just getting started, really.
The dealer pulled 208,000 from Archambeaud's stack... then he pulled another 208,000 from the same stack and began to push all those chips to Fox. There were two problems with that. First of all, it was supposed to 248,000, and Archambeaud had now paid twice. And Loth's chips were still untouched. Chaos ensued. Fox was upset that he was about to be shortchanged, and Archambeaud was livid that the dealer had announced the wrong amount. "It's a f***ing different thing!" he yelled. The dealer finally realized that he pulled 208,000 from Archambeaud twice, so he slid it back and tried to fix the chips, now in several clumsy piles. He made it look like 248,000, then got the 248,000 from Loth and gave that main pot to Fox. Settled.
But there were still a bunch of chips in between Archambeaud and Loth, and nobody seemed to know exactly where they belonged. We're fairly certain Archambeaud was covered, but he was given a 50,000-chip rebate and allowed to play on. In an instant, his mood changed from irate to thankful. It appears he's been the recipient of a second lease on life here thanks to the dealer's error, and it's still unclear exactly what happened over there.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
768,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
300,000
315,000
|
315,000 |
|
|
50,000
560,000
|
560,000 |
Play is currently delayed after the break while the tournament staff attempts to sort out what's going on at the table where "The Mess" happened. Read the post below to find out about it. We'll have details on the outcome shortly, our man Eric Ramsey has his nose right in the middle of it all as we speak.
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