Although field sizes in Sanremo fluctuate from the huge to the
monstrous, the tournament structure means that by day three and
beyond, we will always know what to expect.
Anestis Pantazidis opened from middle position only to have Philippe Ktorza three-bet to 1,250 right behind. When action reached Jason Wheeler in the small blind, he came in with a four-bet to 3,400. Gani Jahaj was next to act in the big blind and he wanted a piece of the action too so he five-bet to 9,100.
Pantazidis and Ktorza both folded, and the Wheeler showed and folded. Jahaj didn't show but indicated that it was a good fold. "I've seen him three-bet, and could see him four-bet, but never five-bet," Wheeler explained to PokerNews.
We're not sure what happened before that, but we stumbled upon the table just in time to see Italy's Alberto Musini three-bet before the flop to 2,450 and then Daniel Kannerstedt four-bet to 15,900. Another Italian at the table Alessandro Speranza then shoved all in making his fellow countryman Musini fold his hand. Kannerstedt, however wasn't ready to give up just yet and went all in as well.
Showdown:
Speranza:
Kannerstedt:
Speranza had Kannerstedt covered and the latter needed help to keep his tournament hopes alive. However, the board was far from helpful for the Swede as it didn't pair neither of his overcards leaving Speranza's queens in front and eliminating Kannerstedt from the tournament.
Salman Behbehani was cruising with more than 60,000 earlier today, but has less than 15,000 now. Running ace-king doesn't help with that trend.
There was a raise and a call before Christian Troger squeezed from the button. Behbehani was in the small blind and put in a four-bet and called when Troger shoved for 17,775. The other two players folded in between.
Though he may not be the biggest stack in the room, we found Mohsin Charania battling to win in a pot with an unknown opponent. The board read and Charania bet 1,250. This bet was called by his opponent and the paired the board on the river. Charania fired 3,500 - a bet that caused his opponent to fold.
Erion Islamay, the man who eliminated Max Pescatori earlier in the day, has another elimination to his name. This time it was Grudi Hristov Grudev from Bulgaria. A preflop raising war resulted Grudev being all in for roughly 33,000 and Islamay barely having him covered.
Showdown
Islamay:
Grudev:
There would be no chicanery as the board ran out an uneventful . Grudev collected his things and exited the tournament while Islamay increased his stack to 67,000.
board was far from helpful for the Swede as it didn't pair neither of his overcards leaving Speranza's queens in front and eliminating Kannerstedt from the tournament.
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paired the board on the river. Charania fired 3,500 - a bet that caused his opponent to fold.
. Grudev collected his things and exited the tournament while Islamay increased his stack to 67,000.
