Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,865,450
Entries
797
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Break Check
Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Players are now on their first 20-minute break of the day.
Pot to Moneymaker
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Level 2
: 75/150, 0 ante
Chris Moneymaker raised pre-flop to 400 from the button and found a customer in Hungarian PokerStars qualifier Andras Nemeth.
The flop brought the 
and Nemeth lead for 600. Moneymaker called and the dealer opened the 
on the turn. This time Nemeth checked only to see Moneymaker bet 2,600. Nemeth made the call and saw the river bring the 
. He checked again and Moneymaker fired 5,575.
Nemeth tanked for a while before folding his hand and giving away the pot to the 2003 World Series of Poker champion.
Karr Crashes
We saw McLean Karr in the hallway and asked how he was doing. "I'm out," he replied, "I got it in with the nuts."
Karr's tale of woe began when he raised to 350 from the hijack and the button three-bet to 900. The small blind flatted, Karr called the additional 550, and three players saw a flop of 
. The small blind was first to act and led out for 1,325, both Karr and the button called, and the 
hit the turn.
The small blind led out for a big pot-sized bet, and Karr responded by moving all in. The button got out of the way and the small blind snap-called.
| Showdown |
Karr:   |
Small Blind:  |
Karr had turned the nuts, but the small blind hit a set and could still win if the board paired. That's exactly what happened when the 
peeled off on the river. With that, Karr's EPT Sanremo Main Event came to an end in Level 2.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Veldhuis Doubles
We got to the table to find Lex Veldhuis all in for his last 22,975 before the flop against an unknown opponent. Veldhuis' opponent was pondering a call.
"What do you have like ace-jack? Or are you just going to drill me with kings?" said Veldhuis to his opponent.
Eventually his opponent called and showed 
. Veldhuis tabled 
and the two were racing for Veldhuis' tournament life.
The board fell 
and Veldhuis was able to score a double up to about 48,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000 | 15,000 |
Lykov Can't Beat Ace-High
The only ever EPT Kiev champion, Max Lykov, has gotten off to a profitable start despite losing a three-way pot towards the end of the second level of the day.
He was one of three players to see a 
flop and the action was checked to Sergey Baburin in late position who bet 1,000. Only Lykov called to the turn where he check-called a 2,200 bet. Both players checked the 
river and Baburin opened 
to beat out his fellow Russian Team PokerStars Pro who folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
36,000 |
One for Fox
Candido Goncalves limped from under the gun and the player in the cutoff did the same. Elio Fox then called from the small blind, Andrey Danilyuk checked his option from the big, and it was four-way action to the flop. Fox was first to act and wasted little time in leading out for 1,325, Danilyuk called, and the other two players folded, which brought about the 
turn.
Fox, who won the WSOP Europe Main Event in 2011, kept the pressure on with a bet of 1,125, and this time it proved to be enough as Danilyuk folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
34,500 | 4,500 |
Sets All Around
We caught up to see three players see a flop of 
. There were two checks to Team PokerStars Pro Jose "Nacho" Barbero and he led out with a bet of 775 only to have Marco Tognelli raise to 2,500. Zachary Korik called the raise and Barbero stuck around as well.
The dropped down on the turn and Tognelli checked. Korik decided to fire out on this street, betting 5,100. Barbero flat called and Tognelli called as well.
The trio saw the 
complete the board and Tognelli checked again. Kork fired 8,550 and Barbero went into the tank for well over three minutes before folding. Tognelli called and showed for a set of three. Korik tabled for a set of tens and Barbero slammed his hand on the table.
"I folded a set of fours!" said Barbero, upset that Korik over-called on the flop to hit his ten on the turn.
Korik was able to scoop up this massive pot and is currently sitting on 53,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
53,000 | 23,000 |
|
|
26,000 | -4,000 |
|
|
17,000 | -13,000 |
Veldhuis Folds Turn
From under the gun, Simone Ruggeri opened with a raise to 350. Team PokerStars Pro Lex Veldhuis called on the button before the player in the small blind reraised to 1,575. Ruggeri and Veldhuis both called before the dealer spread out the 
flop.
With three hearts in the middle, the small blind tossed out 2,200. Ruggeri folded, but the hand continued as Veldhuis made the call.
The turn was the , and the small blind kept his foot on the gas. He fired 5,200, but this time Veldhuis couldn't call. He gave it up, and his opponent showed the 
. Veldhuis dropped to 33,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
33,000 | -4,000 |
Boldini Folds Kings to Speidel
Five players created a pot of 5,500 and saw a flop of , and four checks put action on Nicola Boldini, who bet 3,000 from the button. The big blind and under-the-gun player both folded, and then Oliver Speidel woke up with a check-raise to 7,500 from early position. A player in between folded and action was back on Boldini. The Italian thought long and hard before folding 
face up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
36,000 | 6,000 |