2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo

Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
€744,910
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,865,450
Entries
797
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Charania Shoves

Last Season's European Poker Your Grand Final winner, Mohsin Charania, is not having the best day, but what might have ended in him being eliminated from the tournament, turned out Charania's way.

Charania raised to 400 in the middle position and Jackson Genovesi made the call in the hijack seat. Action folded to Russia's Nadir Yusupov on the button and he three-bet to 1,350. Charania didn't think about it too much and pushed his stack of 11,500 in front of him. Genovesi folded, and Yusupov gave it a really long thought. He finally decided to let his hand go showing {A-}{K-}. Charania mucked his his cards and collected the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Mohsin Charania us
Mohsin Charania
EPT 1X Winner
13,550 -14,450

Tags: Mohsin CharaniaJackson GenovesiNadir Yusupov

Gimbel Keeps Growing

We missed most of the action on the hand, but came over when we saw that a load of chips were in the middle. The board read {A-Spades}{J-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{9-Diamonds} with roughly 22,000 already in the pot. Harrison Gimbel dropped in a stack of large denomination chips which was a bet that intended to move his opponent all in. Gimbel's opponent had roughly 16,000 behind and was making a decision for his tournament life. Eventually he opted to let go and Gimbel was awarded the pot.

Player Chips Progress
Harrison Gimbel us
Harrison Gimbel
EPT 1X Winner
52,500 6,000

Tags: Harrison Gimbel

Champ vs. Champ

Earlier, it was mentioned that two former World Series of Poker Main Event winners were seated at the same table with Joe Hachem and Jonathan Duhamel.

After an early-position player raised to 450, Duhamel, the 2010 WSOP Main Event champion, called from the hijack seat. Action then slid over to Hachem, the 2005 WSOP Main Event champion, in the cutoff seat, and he reraised to 1,500. The next three players folded, then the original raiser and Duhamel called.

The flop came down {K-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}{4-Hearts}, and action checked to Hachem. He bet 1,500 with only Duhamel sticking in to see the turn.

The turn was the {6-Diamonds}, and Duhamel checked. After Hachem fired 4,500, Duhamel folded.

Player Chips Progress
Joe Hachem au
Joe Hachem
47,000 17,000
Jonathan Duhamel ca
Jonathan Duhamel
26,500 2,000

Tags: Joe HachemJonathan Duhamel

Pushing Out Puchkov

We found Marco Fantini raise to 450 from the hijack only to have Konstantin Puchkov three-bet to 1,400 from the button. It folded back around to Fantini who wasted no time four-betting the action to 3,250. Puchkov flat called and the flop fell {5-Clubs}{10-Spades}{8-Diamonds}. Fantini led for 4,400 and Puchkov mulled over his decision for about thirty seconds before letting go of his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Konstantin Puchkov ru
Konstantin Puchkov
27,000 -3,000

Tags: Konstantin Puchkov

Fedeli Loses Interest Post Flop

Fabio Fedeli made a squeeze pre flop but then seemed to immediately lose interest when he was called in both spots.

The action folded to Athanasios Polychronopoulos in the cut-off and he opened to 450. Ilan Boujenah called from the button before Fedeli three-bet to 1,250 from the small blind. This caused Boujenah to smile and he called along with Polychronopoulos.

Fedeli hardly paid any attention for the rest of the hand and stared at the wall for most of it. The board ran out {q-Clubs}{7-Spades}{8-Spades}{5-Spades}{9-Clubs} and it was Polychronopoulos who bet the river, for 2,300, and took the pot as both opponents folded.

That was the last table in the overflow room and broke at the conclusion of the hand.

Player Chips Progress
Athanasios Polychronopoulos us
Athanasios Polychronopoulos
44,000 14,000
Ilan Boujenah il
Ilan Boujenah
23,500 -6,500

Tags: Athanasios PolychronopoulosFabio FedeliIlan Boujenah

Kuether Can't Call Despite Misclick

With a little bit over 10,000 in the middle, Joe Kuether checked the {A-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{5-Clubs} board. Jason Lavallee raised to 3,200, and Kuether made the call to see the turn.

On the turn, the {6-Clubs} fell, and both players checked. The {Q-Clubs} completed the board and added a fourth club. Kuether checked, and Lavallee fired 2,550. Kuether tanked for a bit, but ended up folding, and Lavallee won the pot.

As he was raking in the pot, Lavallee claimed that he "misclicked" on the river and meant to bet 7,050, mistaking the T500 chip for a T5,000 one.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Lavallee ca
Jason Lavallee
44,500
Joe Kuether us
Joe Kuether
14,000 -16,000

Tags: Jason LavalleeJoe Kuether

Jacks & Queens

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

With about 15,000 in the pot and a board reading {8-Spades}{K-Diamonds}{7-Spades}{A-Diamonds}, Charlie Combes checked from the big blind and Gani Jahaj did the same from the button. The action repeated itself on the {5-Spades} river, and it appeared the king and ace had frozen the action as Combes revealed {J-Spades}{J-Clubs}, which was no good against Jahaj's {Q-Spades}{Q-Clubs}.

With that, Jahaj chipped up to 50,000 while Combes dropped to 21,200.

Tags: Charlie CombesGani Jahaj

Mercier Back Above Starting Stack

With 1,200 in the middle, Farhan Madhani fired 600 into Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier. Mercier raised to 2,050, and Madhani called.

The river was the {6-Hearts} to pair the board. Madhani checked, then Mercier fired 5,700. Madhani tanked for a bit, then folded, and Mercier won the pot to move back into the black on the day.

Player Chips Progress
Jason Mercier us
Jason Mercier
31,000 1,000

Tags: Jason MercierFarhan Madhani

Majercik Rivers a Straight

Level 3 : 100/200, 0 ante

Italian Saman Ziarati in the middle position raised to 475 and Slovakia's Ondrej Majercik called in the cutoff seat. The rest of the table folded and the two saw {7-Spades} {10-Clubs} {5-Hearts} come on the flop.

Ziarati continued for 1,125 and Majercik called again. The dealer opened {9-Spades} on the turn and Ziarati bet another 1,525 only to be called b Majercik one more time.

The {8-Hearts} didn't trigger any betting action and Majercik showed {A-Spades} {6-Diamonds} for a ten-high straight, while his opponent opened a pair of threes {3-Spades} {3-Clubs}.

Level: 3

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0