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
13,550
-14,450
-14,450
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Mohsin CharaniaJackson GenovesiNadir Yusupov

Darcourt and Others Depart

Guillaume Darcourt's hair almost turned back to pink with the way he ran today.

He exit hand came when he got his chips in with pocket tens, racing again the big-slick of Iacopo Brandi. Brandi made trip aces to seal his French opponent's fate.

Before that, most of the damage was done when he flopped a set of sixes on a {j-}{6-}{9-} flop. An opponent held pocket nines and neither player budged.

Player Chips Progress
Guillaume Darcourt fr
Guillaume Darcourt
Busted

Tags: Guillaume DarcourtIacopo Brandi

Quick Start for Ramdin

Victor Ramdin
Victor Ramdin

David Peters limped under the gun only to have Justas Vaiciulionis raise to 800 from middle position. Victor Ramdin called from the big blind, as did Peters, and it was three-way action to the {6-Spades}{3-Hearts}{Q-Clubs} flop. All three players ended up checking, and the dealer burned and turned the {9-Clubs}.

At this point Ramdin led out for 2,000, Peters folded, and Vaiciulionis called. The Team PokerStars Pro didn't slow down on the {8-Clubs} river and fired out 4,500, which proved enough to take down the pot as Vaiciulionis folded his hand. With that, Ramdin is already up to 58,000.

Player Chips Progress
Victor Ramdin us
Victor Ramdin
58,000
28,000
28,000
PokerStars

Tags: Victor RamdinDavid PetersJustas Vaiciulionis

Fernandez Busts Rudd

Picking up with the action on a flop of {6-Diamonds}{6-Spades}{8-Hearts}, Daniel Rudd bet 1,000 and was called by Team PokerStars Pro Leo Fernandez. The {J-Clubs} hit the turn and Rudd fired again with a bet of 2,500. Fernandez inquired as to how much Rudd had left, put on his sunglasses, then opted to flat call.

The river brought the {Q-Clubs} and Rudd moved all in for 10,275. Fernandez counted out a call and after about a minute of thinking pushed it in the middle.

A dejected Rudd flung his {A-Clubs}{K-Diamonds} onto the table for merely ace-high. Fernandez tabled {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs} for the best hand and was able to send Rudd to the rail.

Player Chips Progress
Leo Fernandez ar
Leo Fernandez
53,000
23,000
23,000
PokerStars
Daniel Rudd gb
Daniel Rudd
Busted

Tags: Leo Fernandez

Georgiev's Got Aces

Having Sam Chartier, Jonathan Duhamel and Joe Hachem at the same table doesn't mean that all the action is going to circle just around them.

Iurii Dzetsyna from Ukraine raised to 450 from under the gun before the flop and Bulgarian Nikov Dobromir Georgiev on his left three-bet to 1,125. Next to act was Timo Pfutzenreuter from Germany and he made the call. The rest folded, including the three notable pros and the initial raiser Dzetsyna, leaving only two players to see the flop.

The dealer opened {K-Diamonds}{K-Spades}{3-Spades} flop, and both Georgiev and Pfutzenreuter checked. The German bet 1,400 on the {8-Hearts} turn with Georgiev check-calling. The river brought the {J-Hearts}, and both checked again. Georgiev opened the {A-Spades}{A-Hearts} for a two pair, and Pfutzenreuter showed the {A-Clubs}{Q-Clubs}. The aces were good, and the Bulgarian collected the pot.

Tags: Iurii DzetsynaTimo PfutzenreuterNikov Dobromir Georgiev

Seiver's Stack Severed

On a flop of {7-Diamonds}{8-Spades}{4-Hearts}, Wayne Bentley checked from the small blind to Scott Seiver who bet out 1,700. A late position opponent called and Bentley moved out a check-raise to 5,200. Seiver called and the late position player folded.

The turn was the {Q-Diamonds} and both players checked to finish the board off with the {8-Hearts}. Bentley quickly tapped the table again and Seiver sat shuffling chips for about forty-five seconds before finally checking behind. Bentley showed {9-Hearts}{9-Spades} and Seiver released his hand into the muck.

Player Chips Progress
Scott Seiver us
Scott Seiver
32,000
-21,500
-21,500

Tags: Scott SeiverWayne Bentley

Level: 4

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 25