Main Event Day 4 | 2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo

10-09-2012 16:45 UTC+1

Player	Chips	Progress
Matt Salsberg	1,710,000 10,000	10,000
Inge Forsmo	1,060,000 365,000	365,000
Jason Lavallee	1,045,000 105,000	105,000
Jason Tompkins	970,000 230,000	230,000
Angelo Recchia	925,000 25,000	25,000
Artem Metalidi	855,000 5,000	5,000
Luca Moschitta	850,000 50,000	50,000

Michele Di Lauro	790,000 100,000	100,000
Giuseppe Ottaviani	680,000 130,000	130,000
Imed Mahmoud	650,000 260,000	260,000
Francesco Lorenzini	650,000 110,000	110,000
Sebastian Sturmer	645,000 30,000	30,000
Atanas Kavrakov	600,000 240,000	240,000
Ismael Bojang	570,000 570,000	570,000

Iulian Ruxandescu	565,000 265,000	265,000
Micah Raskin	540,000 135,000	135,000
Alberto Musini	525,000 105,000	105,000
Ludovic Lacay	515,000 200,000	200,000

Isaac Haxton	495,000 125,000	125,000
Marco Fantini	490,000 253,000	253,000
Artem Litvinov	480,000 25,000	25,000
[Removed:163]	465,000 15,000	15,000
Yevgeniy Timoshenko	445,000 80,000	80,000
Laurent Polito	440,000 70,000	70,000
Thomas Gabriel	435,000 275,000	275,000

Inge Forsmo is just smashing his opponents at the table scooping one pot after another. First he four-bet to 121,000 on the button before the flop after Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 26,000 in the middle position and then Jason Tompkins three-bet to 59,000 in the hijack seat. Both Timoshenko and Tompkins folded and Forsmo collected the pot.

Then on the very next hand Forsmo three-bet to 66,000 in the cutoff seat after Yevgeniy Timoshenko raised to 26,000 from under the gun. Timoshenko let off his hand and Forsmo flipped 8-3 offsuit.

Player	Chips	Progress
Inge Forsmo	1,166,000 259,000	259,000

Tags: Inge Forsmo Jason Tompkins Yevgeniy Timoshenko

10-09-2012 17:04 UTC+1

Four Italians Without A Title

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Level 21 : 6,000/12,000, 2,000 ante

Luca Moschitta is perhaps Italy’s best hope for a home win, but there are other hotly tipped locals who could prove dangerous.

Click through to the PokerStars Blog for more.

10-09-2012 17:04 UTC+1

Forsmo Continues to Thrive

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Chad Holloway

Things have been going good for Inge Forsmo over the last couple of days, and he shows no sign of slowing down.

In a recent hand, Forsmo opened for 25,000 and was met with a three-bet to 55,000 by Mauro Mancin. The rest of the field got out of the way, Forsmo four-bet to 125,000, and Mancin moved all in for 386,000. Forsmo made the call an it was off to the races.

Showdown

Mancin:

Forsmo:

Mancin got his money in good, but his face dropped a bit when the flop fell to give Forsmo the lead. Neither the turn nor river provided relief for Mancin, and he was bounced from the Main Event.

Player	Chips	Progress
Inge Forsmo	1,600,000 434,000	434,000
Mauro Mancin	Busted

Tags: Mauro Mancin Inge Forsmo

10-09-2012 17:05 UTC+1

Nhouyvanisvong No More

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On a monotone flop of , Charly Maracchione checked to Luca Moschitta who fired out 29,000. Eric Nhouyvanisvong flat called only to have Maracchione check-raise all in. Moschitta let go of his cards and Nhouyvanisvong called.

Nhouyvanisvong:
Maracchione:

Nhouyvanisvong was behind and looking for a club to make the nuts. The turn was of no help to him and neither was the river. Nhouyvanisvong was sent to the rail while Maracchione has boosted his stack to 550,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Charly Maracchione	550,000 275,000	275,000
Eric Nhouyvanisvong	Busted

Tags: Luca Moschitta Charly Maracchione Eric Nhouyvanisvong

10-09-2012 17:17 UTC+1

Feels Like Queens

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Chad Holloway

Action folded around to Iulian Ruxandescu in the small blind and he asked for a count of Justin Bonomo in the big. "I haven't looked yet, but it feels like queens," Bonomo said of his hand before telling Ruxandescu he had approximately 160,000.

Ruxandescu then moved all in, and Bonomo looked at his cards before quickly calling.

Showdown
Bonomo:
Ruxandescu:

While it wasn't queens, Bonomo had woke up with an even more powerful hand. The flop paired Ruxandescu, but he needed more help if he hoped to eliminated a tough competitor. The was useless, and so was the , which meant Bonomo received a much-needed double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Iulian Ruxandescu	450,000 115,000	115,000
Justin Bonomo	350,000 190,000	190,000

Tags: Iulian Ruxandescu Justin Bonomo

10-09-2012 17:27 UTC+1

Olofsson Busts

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Erik Olofsson pushed his stack of 134,000 from the big blind before the flop and Artem Metalidi answered in the hijack seat.

Showdown:
Olofsson:
Metalidi:

Metalidi had Olofsson covered, but needed to hit the board to eliminate the Swede. The flop went pairing Metalidi's jack and putting Olofsson on the verge of elimination. The on the turn made not change, while the on the river gave Metalidi trips sending Olofsson to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artem Metalidi	1,040,000 185,000	185,000
Erik Olofsson	Busted

Tags: Artem Metalidi Erik Olofsson

10-09-2012 17:42 UTC+1

You Gotta Love Lacay

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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 !

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Lacay	950,000 435,000	435,000

Francesco Lorenzini	481,000 169,000	169,000

Tags: Francesco Lorenzini Ludovic Lacay

10-09-2012 17:43 UTC+1

Litvinov Doubles Through Bojang

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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.

Player	Chips	Progress
Artem Litvinov	370,000 110,000	110,000
Ismael Bojang	360,000 360,000	360,000

Tags: Artem Litvinov Ismael Bojang

10-09-2012 17:55 UTC+1

Lorenzini Busts Mosca; Colantoni Gone

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Chad Holloway

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.