Yesterday 24 players donned overalls to out so each other on the Pista Oleandri karting circuit in Sanremo. The driving, when not straight into a tyre wall, were spectacular…
It used to be a common sight: Irish poker players with mountains of chips going into the deep stages of EPT events. But even though big winners from the Emerald Isle have been a little scarce of late, Jason "blaaaaaah666" Tompkins is cruising during the deep stages of day four. PokerStars Blog caught up with the player carrying the hopes of Ireland
WSOP bracelet winner Vincent 'vingtcent' van der Fluit last night beat fast talking Canadian Jody Bertozzi to the title and trophy in Event #19, scooping some €42,500.
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With 132,000 already in the pot and the board reading Amerigo Santoro shoved all in for 333,000 and after a minute or so Marco Fantini answered with a call.
Santoro showed for a straight and Fantini mucked. The dealer caught Fantini's hand and opened . After recounting Fantini's stack it turned out that it was just 10,000 chips bigger than Santoro's leaving Fantini with almost nothing.
On the very next hand Fantini shoved his remaining 10,000 from under the gun, but had to wait before he found out if it was his last hand of the tournament as Dimitar Danchev on his immediate left raised to 35,000 and was called by Artem Metalidi in the big blind.
The dealer flipped on the flop and both players checked. They did the same on the turn and on the river. Danchev opened for a pair of aces which was good enough to beat Metalidi's .
Tiziano Mosca moved all in under the gun for 210,000 and received a call from Francesco Lorenzini in the hijack. The rest of the field got out of the way and the cards were turned on their back.
Showdown
Mosca:
Lorenzini:
Mosca was looking for either an ace or some diamonds, but he would be left wanting as the board ran out . With that, Mosca took his leave just shy of the dinner break; meanwhile, Matteo Colantoni was eliminated one table over.
We caught up to see the remnants of a hand where Artem Litvinov was able to get his stack of 169,000 all in against Ismael Bojang. Bojang held against Litvinov's on a board of .
The rest of the board fell and and Litvinov was able to double up with Broadway.
There's people who play with heart and passion, and then there's another level above and beyond, that's saved for Ludovic Lacay.
The Frenchman opened from the hijack and bet the flop. Francesco Lorenzini peeled from the big blind and called the c-bet.
On the turn the board read and Lorenzini check-called a 125,000 bet. The river fell and Lacay shoved for 434,000 when the action was checked to him for a third time.
Lorenzini had 481,000 back so the call was effectively for his tournament life. He thought for five minutes and then folded after Lacay called the clock on him.
Before Lacay dragged all the chips in he opened his holding of !
Amerigo Santoro shoved all in for 333,000 and after a minute or so Marco Fantini answered with a call.
for a straight and Fantini mucked. The dealer caught Fantini's hand and opened 
. After recounting Fantini's stack it turned out that it was just 10,000 chips bigger than Santoro's leaving Fantini with almost nothing.
on the flop and both players checked. They did the same on the 
turn and on the 
river. Danchev opened 
for a pair of aces which was good enough to beat Metalidi's 
and left the table.
. With that, Mosca took his leave just shy of the dinner break; meanwhile, Matteo Colantoni was eliminated one table over.
on a board of 
.
and 
and Litvinov was able to double up with Broadway.
and Lorenzini check-called a 125,000 bet. The river fell 
and Lacay shoved for 434,000 when the action was checked to him for a third time.