Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo
Main Event
Day: 3
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
Level 16
: 2,000/4,000, 500 ante
Players are on a 15-minute break. They will come back to resume hand-for-hand play.
Another Double on the Bubble
Maksim Semisoshenko raised to 8,000 from the hijack only to have Mike Watson three-bet to 20,000 from the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded, and then Semisoshenko moved all in for 87,000 total. Watson made the call, and after action at the other tables completed, the cards were turned up.
| Showdown |
Semisoshenko:   |
Watson:   |
Semisoshenko was way out in front, but the 
flop made things interesting by giving Watson a king. Unfortunately for him, he would not catch another as the 
turn and 
river gave Semisoshenko a double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
197,000 | 81,000 |
|
190,000 | 79,200 |
A Double On The Bubble
Media and players alike crowded around the table once the words "All in" and "call" echoed throughout the tournament room. Thomas Gabriel was all in before the flop for his last 94,000 and was called by Michele Di Lauro. The hands were turned over to reveal that Gabriel was way out in front.
Gabriel:
Di Lauro: 
The door card made the room gasp, as it was the 
, giving Di Lauro the potential of many ways to make a winning hand. The rest of the flop, however, was lackluster for him as it came 
and 
.
The 
turned and sealed the deal for Gabriel's grasp on the hand. The rivered, giving him a full house and he was able to double up on the bubble.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
190,000 | 5,400 |
No Cash For Ainsworth
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Team PokerStars Pro Jude Ainsworth was close to cashing here in San Remo, but got eliminated just before the money bubble burst. He shoved his stack of around 60,000 preflop and was called by Fernando Cimaglia.
Ainsworth: 
Cimaglia:
Cimaglia had Ainsworth covered and the Irish pro needed help from the board to survive. And although he hit the queen on the flop, Cimaglia hit his king as well as the board ran out 
, sending Ainsworth out of the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | -12,900 |
|
Busted |
More Day 3 Photos
Viacheslav Sent Home in 123rd Place
Igin Viacheslav found himself all in preflop for his last 22,500 holding 
and out in front of Lorenzo Sabato's 
. The 
flop was safe for Viacheslav, but the 
turn was a dagger through his heart. The 
river improved Sabato to trips, and Viacheslav was sent home empty handed in 123rd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
450,000 | 25,000 |
|
Busted |
Akkari Busts Just Short of the Money
Andre Akkari knew he had a battle on his hands when he came back today. He had to get his 46,300 stack moving to have any chance of cashing. It didn't work out well for him.
He was down to 37,000 when he three-bet all in from early position over an under the gun raise from Isaac Haxton. It was Haxton himself who filled us in on these details and he informed us that a player in the small blind tried to isolate with a raise to 55,000. The American, sat with pocket kings in the hole, put a stop to that and shoved.
He successfully isolated Akkari and managed to win the pot and take the scalp of the Team PokerStars Pro.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
337,000 | 188,200 |
|
Busted |
Quoss Crippled
With the board reading 
and over 60,000 already in the pot, Fabian Quoss checked his option over to Imed Mahmoud. Mahmoud slid out a bet of 30,000 and Quoss went into the tank.
"Did you trap me?" asked Quoss to no response.
After about two minutes passed, Quoss finally opted to called. Mahmoud triumphantly tabled 
for a full house and Quoss flung his hand to the muck. Losing this pot has crippled Quoss as he's now sitting on about 40,000 while Mahmoud is up to roughly 235,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
235,000 | 5,000 |
|
40,000 | -49,100 |
Crisari Wants the Money
Silvio Crisari raised to 11,000 before the flop from the button only to find Simon Mattsson three-bet to 100,000 in the big blind. This was more than enough to put Crisari all in and he took all the time he could before making his move.
The dealer was even forced to call the floor to take time on Crisari. The floor explained that due to the upcoming money bubble players were allowed to take more time before making all in decisions, however, such right should not be abused. Crisari apologized to the rest of the table for taking so long and after a couple of minutes he finally openly folded his hand showing .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
60,000 | -2,700 |