Main Event
Day 4 Started
2011 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Main Event
Day: 4
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
Day 4 Table and Seat Draw
| Table | Seat | Name | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Sebastian Saffari | 517,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Christopher Williamsson | 135,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Jesus Cortes | 260,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Christopher McClung | 1,202,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Nick Yunis | 199,000 |
| 1 | 6 | David Bach | 423,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Lex Veldhuis | 687,000 |
| 1 | 8 | John Duthie | 319,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Robert Cezarescu | 193,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Eli Bohbot | 512,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Elio Fox | 652,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Joni Mattila | 119,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Salvatore Sproviero | 420,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Vojtech Ruzicka | 309,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Denys Drobyna | 232,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Daniel Neilson | 853,000 |
| 3 | 1 | Cristiano Guerra | 168,000 |
| 3 | 2 | Linda Santaguida | 220,000 |
| 3 | 3 | Alessio Isaia | 818,000 |
| 3 | 4 | Kevin MacPhee | 476,000 |
| 3 | 5 | Maurizio Saieva | 608,000 |
| 3 | 6 | Frida Broberg | 294,000 |
| 3 | 7 | Vanessa Selbst | 400,000 |
| 3 | 8 | Pierangelo Bonometti | 106,000 |
| 4 | 1 | Salvatore Salzano | 223,000 |
| 4 | 2 | Angelo Tarallo | 840,000 |
| 4 | 3 | Etienne Archambeaud | 304,000 |
| 4 | 4 | Andreas Samuelsson | 419,000 |
| 4 | 5 | Tyler Bonkowski | 173,000 |
| 4 | 6 | Mike McDonald | 648,000 |
| 4 | 7 | Jan Bendik | 491,000 |
| 4 | 8 | Mick Graydon | 115,000 |
| 5 | 1 | Francesco Favia | 169,000 |
| 5 | 2 | Eduard Kapitonov | 303,000 |
| 5 | 3 | Jon Spinks | 414,000 |
| 5 | 4 | Carla Solinas | 481,000 |
| 5 | 5 | Mustapha Kanit | 648,000 |
| 5 | 6 | Joseph Cheong | 833,000 |
| 5 | 7 | Ignat Liviu | 111,000 |
| 5 | 8 | Piero Monzio Compagnoni | 220,000 |
| 6 | 1 | Giacomo Fundaro | 537,000 |
| 6 | 2 | Sergey Tikhonov | 262,000 |
| 6 | 3 | Rocco Palumbo | 147,000 |
| 6 | 4 | Dmitry Vitkind | 327,000 |
| 6 | 5 | Daniele Vesco | 65,000 |
| 6 | 6 | Gianluca Trebbi | 201,000 |
| 6 | 7 | Yorane Kerignard | 434,000 |
| 6 | 8 | Aleksandar Kostadinovic | 763,000 |
| 7 | 1 | Patrick Gastaldi | 574,000 |
| 7 | 2 | Luca Fiorini | 205,000 |
| 7 | 3 | Ayaz Manji | 439,000 |
| 7 | 4 | Richard Loth | 151,000 |
| 7 | 5 | Javier Ferrero | 780,000 |
| 7 | 6 | Luigi Pignataro | 70,000 |
| 7 | 7 | Ferdinando Lo Cascio | 363,000 |
| 7 | 8 | Gianluca Marcucci | 284,000 |
| 8 | 1 | Daniele Mazzia | 391,000 |
| 8 | 2 | Gianfranco Mazzariello | 210,000 |
| 8 | 3 | Dimitar Danchev | 575,000 |
| 8 | 4 | Ondrej Vinklarek | 152,000 |
| 8 | 5 | Gianluca Cedolia | 99,000 |
| 8 | 6 | Andrey Pateychuk | 456,000 |
| 8 | 7 | Johnny Lodden | 793,000 |
| 8 | 8 | Barny Boatman | 292,000 |
Unbagging For Day 4
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We're down to just 64 players here at the PokerStars.it EPT San Remo, and we're about 20 minutes away from the start of Day 4. A brisk pace has brought us this far this fast, and we've still got three days of poker left to play before we crown our champion.
Chris McClung is currently in the cat-bird seat, the only player to clip the one-million-chip mark yesterday. The remaining field is littered with dangerous players, though, and Australia's Daniel Neilson leads the chase pack with 853,000. Joseph "subiime" Cheong had the lead when play began on Day 3, and he still sits comfortably in the top five here at the halfway post. And rounding out the top five is Alessio Isaia, perhaps one of Italy's best poker players.
Team PokerStars Pro will be represented by the same four that bore the patches yesterday, too. It's Johnny Lodden carrying the torch with 793,000, and Lex Veldhuis begins in the top ten, as well, with 687,000. Vanessa Selbst (400,000) and the EPT's founder, John Duthie (319,000) are the other two, and everyone's got enough chips to splash around a little bit today.
Cards go live in just a few minutes, so don't wander off on us.
Level: 19
Blinds: 4,000/8,000
Ante: 1,000
Game Time!
Level 19
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
The cards are in the air, and we have 35 minutes left in Level 19.
No Fun For Fundaro
On a 
flop, we watched Sergey Tikhonov check-call a bet of 38,000 from Giacomo Fundaro. The Italian was on the button, and Tikhonov in the small blind, and they went as far as the turn 
. Tikhonov checked again, and Fundaro took his cue to bet another 61,000 at the pot. After a long soak in the tank, though, Tikhonov check-raised the minimum, and Fundaro was forced to give it up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
415,000 | -122,000 |
|
390,000 | 128,000 |
Yunis Chipping Up
Nick Yunis has won the large majority of pots at his table, including this one here.
From middle position, Sebastian Saffari raised to 16,000. Nick Yunis called from the small blind and David Bach called from the big blind to see the 
flop come out. After Yunis and Bach checked, Saffari bet 28,000. Yunis put in a check-raise to 84,000 and Bach folded. With 449,000 behind, Saffari also gave it up and Yunis won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
449,000 | -68,000 |
|
364,000 | 165,000 |
Here Comes Cheong
Joseph Cheong has just claimed the tournament life of Eduard Kapitonov. Kapitonov got the last of his stack in bad with 
against Cheong's 
.
There was no help for Kapitonov on the 
board, and Cheong moves up over the million-chip mark with that knockout. We'll tentatively call it 1.1 million, but we'll have to wait for him to stack up before we can get a better count.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,100,000 | 267,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Three-Bet LIke a Fox
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
Daniel Neilson raised from under the gun to 17,000 and 2011 World Series of Poker Europe Main Event champion Elio Fox reraised from the cutoff seat to 43,000. After some back and forth as to how many chips they each had behind, Neilson decided to fold.
Tens and Nines for Bach
Level 20
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
David Bach opened with a raise to 21,000 from the cutoff seat and Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis called from the button. In the big blind, Sebastian Saffari also came along.
The flop came down 
and action was checked by Saffari. Bach then bet 37,000 and Veldhuis folded. Saffari made the call.
The turn was the and both players checked to see the 
land on the river. Both players checked again.
Bach tabled the 
and Saffari mucked his hand.