EPT9 Sanremo: Day 2 Update
Level 10
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
As expected the field is large and extremely tough. The total players were 797 with 430 returned today.
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo
Main Event
Day: 2
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
Timex Slipping
On a board of 
, a player checked to Mike "Timex" McDonald who stared his opponent down for a solid fifteen seconds before checking behind. The 
completed the board and it was once again checked to McDonald. McDonald fired out 3,600 and his opponent quickly called.
Timex tabled 
for a pair of queens but mucked his hand when his opponent showed 
. With this loss, McDonald is now sitting on a stack of about 38,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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38,000 | -37,000 |
Day 2 Photos
Salsberg Reclaims Top spot
Matt Salsberg spent long period at the top of the counts on day 1a, and he's trying to do similar today.
The TV writer/producer opened from under the gun and was called by Lukasz Pieniazek in the big blind en route to a 
flop.
Salsberg continued for 3,500 and the Pole check-called to the 
turn. Pieniazek had 16,300 behind and check-raised it all when Salsberg double-barrelled for 10,000. Call.
Pieniazek: 
for turned trips.
Salsberg: 
for flush and straight draws.
The river came 
to make Salsberg's flush. He gave a little fist pump and shook his departing opponent's hand. Salsberg clear at the top once more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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270,000 | 134,800 |
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Tough Times for Former Champ
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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40,000 | -29,500 |
Frankenberger vs. Ziyard
Andy Frankenberger opened for 2,200 from early position and received a call from Zimnan Ziyard in middle position. The rest of the field folded and it was heads-up action to the 
flop, which both players checked. When the turn, Frankenberger checked, Ziyard bet 4,000, and Frankenberger thought for a solid minute before folding.
It wasn't the most exciting of hands, but it gave us a good excuse to update you on their chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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50,900 | 50,900 |
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44,500 | -2,300 |
One for Peters
With around 7,500 in the pot and a flop of 
, Nikolay Tyurin checked from the small blind, the big did the same, and David Peters followed suit from middle position. Two more checks on the 
turn put action back on Peters, and this time he bet 3,300. Tyurin made the call and then checked the river. Peters did the same and tabled 
, which was good as Tyurin sent his cards to the muck.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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173,500 | 15,500 |
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69,000 |
Andrulis On The Comeback
We caught up to see a trio of players looking down at a flop of 
. Roger Hairabedian was the first to act and he came out swinging with a bet of 2,300. Atanas Kavrakov called from the next seat over and action was on Kristijonas Andrulis.
Andrulis fired out with a raise to 12,500 and Hairabedian released his cards immediately. Kavrakov thought for a solid thirty seconds before following the suit of the Frenchman and releasing his hand. Andrulis was able to pick up the pot and is now at about 40,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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77,000 | -10,000 |
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40,000 | 20,000 |
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Four Team Members at One Table
Over at Table 17, there are currently four members of Team PokerStars seated. Three of them — Chris Moneymaker, Salvatore Bonavena and Luca Pagano — are members of Team PokerStars Pro, while Luca Moschitta is a member of Team Online.
The Team Online member, Moschitta, has two Main Event cashes on the European Poker Tour; one from EPT Deauville in 2010, and one from EPT Sanremo in 2011. In total, he's earned €20,200 from those two cashes.
Moneymaker also has two EPT cashes on record, but they're worth a little more. In 2007, he took 17th at EPT London for £12,230, then in 2001, he placed 11th in the PokerStars Caribbean Adventure for $130,000.
Bonavena is the only one of the four with an EPT title, coming back in 2008 when he won EPT Prague for €774,000. He's also come 11th in the EPT Grand Final in 2010 for €80,000, 38th in EPT London in 2010 for £17,000, 17th in EPT Prague in 2010 for €15,000 and 29th in EPT London in 2011 for £16,000.
Last, but not least, is Pagano. Although he hasn't won an EPT event, Pagano has smoked the EPT for over $1.4 million in winnings. He's cashed in 20 different Main Events and has gone on to make the final table seven of those times. His largest score was at the EPT Grand Final in 2008 when he took sixth for €337,000.
Below are their current chip counts, and we'll be keeping a close eye on this table all day long.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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141,000 | 15,700 |
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75,000 | -1,300 |
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70,000 | 14,000 |
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40,000 | 200 |