We saw a dejected-looking Max Pescatori stand up and pay his massage therapist. We made our way over to discover that our suspicions were true, the "Italian Pirate" had been eliminated from the tournament. We didn't catch the hand as the dealer had already mucked the cards, but we do know that Pescatori's fellow Italian Erion Islamay did the deed.
Bring on more Russians! Got aces twice vs them: flatted 4bet + doubled vs 68cc on K964cc then AA vs KK preflop for 13k wheee 80k #eptsanremoOctober 05 2012Follow
Aleksis Tsaousidis and Jason Wheeler saw the 
flop in a three-bet pot. Tsaousidis was up first and bet 3,500. Wheeler tanked, then raised to 7,600. Tsaousidis came back with a reraise to 13,500, and Wheeler gave it up.
When we arrived at the table on the 
flop, Kevin Iacofano had 4,000 in front of him over the top of Andrei Stoenescu's 1,300. After some tanking, Stoenescu reraised all in for 13,525. Iacofano called with the 
for top pair, but was well behind the 
for Stoenescu.
The turn was the 
and river the 
to give Stoenescu the double up.
Bulgarian PokerStars qualifier Grudi Hristov Grudev raised to 525 from under the gun, action folded to the Frenchman Fabrice Soulier in the middle position and he made the call.
The flop went 
. The Bulgarian checked, Saulier bet 750 and Grudev called. The dealer opened 
on the turn and the Frenchman lead again, this time putting in 2,150. Grudev check-called once again.
The river card was 
and Soulier fired 4,200. The Bulgarian showed courage and check-raised to 10,000. Soulier folded and Grudev collected the big pot.
On a 
board, a player checked to Scott Seiver and he fired 4,000. Seiver's opponent called and the 
hit the river. Seiver's opponent checked and he fired out 9,000.
"Save yourself the heartbreak," Seiver said. "It's a long tournament. Put those chips to better use somewhere else. You don't have to call if you know you're beat. If you call and win it's whatever, but if you call and lose you'll be mad at yourself the whole dinner break."
Eventually, Seiver's talking induced his opponent to call with 
. Seiver showed 
for an ace-high flush and scooped up the pot.
Mohsin Charania and Sam Chartier both hung around to the river in heads up pots, and it was at that juncture that they admitted defeat.
Charania opened to 400 from mid position and called when Roberto Vaira three-bet to 1,100 from the cut-off. The board ran out 
and the EPT Grand Final champ check-called bets of 1,500 and 3,000. He checked for a third time on the river and folded when faced with a 6,000 bet. He's getting very short now.
Chartier had similar river problem. He and Andrey Bondar both committed 3,200 pre flop to see a 
flop appear. Chartier led for 2,600 and was called. They checked through the turn before the Canadian check-folded to a 6,000 bet from Bondar on the river.
Lost the main event. I got in with 50% equity for a 40k pot and 80% equity for another 40k pot and lost both.October 05 2012Follow
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