€10,000 High Roller Day 1 | 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo

Level: 2

Blinds: 150/300

Ante: 25

10-09-2012 20:05 UTC+2

Player	Chips	Progress
Ilan Boujenah	50,000
Marc-Andre Ladouceur	50,000
Alex Roumeliotis	50,000
Joseph Cheong	50,000
Michael Tureniec	50,000

Sam Trickett	50,000
Ramsey Ajram	50,000
Bryn Kenney	50,000
Igor Kurganov	50,000
Kyle Julius	50,000

From middle position, Benny Spindler raised to 700. The player in the hijack seat called, then Kristijonas Andrulis reraised to 2,400 out of the cutoff seat. Play folded back to Spindler, and he made it 6,000 to go. The hijack seat and Andrulis folded, giving Spindler the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Benny Spindler	49,000 -1,000	-1,000
Kristijonas Andrulis	31,350 -18,650	-18,650

Tags: Benny Spindler Kristijonas Andrulis

10-09-2012 20:33 UTC+2

A Few More Names

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Player	Chips	Progress
Torsten Brinkmann	50,000
Tobias Reinkemeier	50,000
Christophe Benzimra	50,000

Keven Stammen	50,000

10-09-2012 20:46 UTC+2

Kornuth's Squeeze Works

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From the hijack seat, Ben Vinson raised to 800. The cutoff seat called, Anatoly Gurtovoy called from the button, and then CHance Kornuth reraised to 3,150 from the small blind. Everyone folded, and Kornuth won the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chance Kornuth	124,000 45,000	45,000
Ben Vinson	26,000 -24,000	-24,000
Anatoly Gurtovoy	22,000 -28,000	-28,000

Tags: Ben Vinson Chance Kornuth Anatoly Gurtovoy

10-09-2012 20:54 UTC+2

High Rollin'

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EPT Sanremo €10,000 High Roller in action

10-09-2012 21:25 UTC+2

More Players Join Up

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Player	Chips	Progress
David Peters	50,000
Shannon Shorr	50,000
Michael Ferrell	50,000
Justin Bonomo	50,000

10-09-2012 21:28 UTC+2

Mercier Eliminated

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When the action was caught up with, Team PokerStars Jason Mercier was all in on the turn of a board against Bryn Kenney. Mercier held pocket nines, but was behind Kenney's pocket jacks. The river couldn't provide a nine for Mercier, and he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Bryn Kenney	92,000 42,000	42,000
Jason Mercier	Busted

Tags: Bryn Kenney Jason Mercier

10-09-2012 21:30 UTC+2

O'Dwyer Busts

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On the flop, Steve O'Dwyer was all in with the for a flush draw. His opponent, Michael Tureniec, held top pair with the .

The turn was the and gave O'Dwyer some extra outs to a wheel. The river was the , though, and that wasn't what O'Dwyer needed as he was eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Tureniec	68,000 18,000	18,000

Steve O'Dwyer	Busted

Tags: Steve O'Dwyer Michael Tureniec

10-09-2012 21:33 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts

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Player	Chips	Progress
Luca Pagano	135,000 40,000	40,000

Philipp Gruissem	91,000 41,000	41,000
Igor Kurganov	69,000 19,000	19,000
Dan O'Brien	65,000 15,000	15,000
John Duthie	58,000 8,000	8,000
Michael Ferrell	57,500 7,500	7,500
Joe Kuether	51,000 1,000	1,000
Todd Terry	51,000 1,000	1,000
McLean Karr	49,100 -900	-900
David Peters	48,000 -2,000	-2,000
Eugene Katchalov	47,500 -2,500	-2,500

Roger Hairabedian	46,500 -3,500	-3,500
Vanessa Rousso	40,500 -9,500	-9,500

Kyle Julius	32,000 -18,000	-18,000