Francesco Lorenzini opened to 21,000 from middle position and it folded around to Alex Roumeliotis who moved all in for about 180,000 from the big blind. It folded back to Lorenzini and he thought for about forty-five seconds before finally calling with 
. Roumeliotis rolled up 
and was in dire need of some help.
The board ran out 
and Lorenzini's queens full of nines was able to eliminate Roumeliotis from the field. Lorenzini is now up to about 540,000.
With 
already on the board Charly Maracchione bet 36,000 from under the gun and Michele Di Lauro made the call in the cutoff. It was then Sofia Lovgren's turn to act and she folded her hand.
The dealer opened 
on the turn and Maracchione pushed in another 53,000. Di Lauro called and both saw the 
come on the river. Maracchione tanked for a while before making a 134,000 bet. It took a little less time for Di Lauro to make his decision and he pushed in his two blue towers of T5,000 chips for an all-in.
Maracchione didn't like it one bit and mucked his hand giving up the pot to Di Lauro.
Level: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 1,000
We are on the first 15-minute break of the day.
We recently found Matt Salsberg in a big confrontation with Lorenzo Sabato. We caught up to find Salsberg put the nail in Sabato's coffin.
Sabato made it 19,000 before the flop only to be three-bet by Salsberg. Sabato called and the duo saw 
fall on the flop. Sabato check-called a 65,000 bet and the turn was the 
. Sabato checked again and Salsberg fired 150,000. Sabato moved all in and Salsberg snapped him off.
Salsberg: 
Sabato: 
The 
hit the river and secured Sabato's elimination, boosting Salsberg to 1.25 million as the biggest stack in the room.
Michele Bianchi's day has come to an end after he busted to Atanas Kavrakov.
The two were heads up to a 
flop and Bianchi checked to face a 45,000 bet that he called. The turn fell 
and this is where things got really interesting.
Kavrakov bet 110,000 when his opponent checked to him again. Bianchi tanked for two minutes before he moved all in for 280,000 with 
. Kavrakov looked back at his cards and made the call with 
for two-pair.
The river came 
and Bianchi was led away to the payout desk.
Gabriele Nuzzo opened for 18,000 from the cutoff and Alexander Zayonts defended from the big blind. Both players then checked the 
flop, the dealer burned and turned the 
, and Zayonts check-called a bet of 24,000. Both players returned to checking on the river, and Nuzzo rolled over 
. Unfortunately for him, it was no good as Nuzzo flipped over 
for tens and fives.
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The last woman standing at this year's EPT Sanremo Main Event, Sweden's Sofia Lovgren, is showing that she will not be pushed around.
With the board reading 
, Micah Raskin bet 45,000, and, after thinking about it for a minute or so, Lovgren raised to 100,000. Raskin folded.
Mike Watson didn't start his day so well as he was crippled early on by Francesco Lorenzini. Watson was able to double back once through Guillaume Rivet, but he wouldn't last much longer.
Watson moved all in from the small blind, and Laurent Polito called from the big blind. Watson held the and Polito the .
On the flop, Watson got some help in the form of an open-ended straight draw when the fell. He also picked up a backdoor flush draw, but that didn't matter after the 
landed on the turn. What did matter is that Polito held the to take away some outs from the at-risk Watson.
The came on the river, which spelled the end of the line for Watson as he headed out the door. Polito stacked up to 645,000 and could is setting himself for another great performance in Season 9 of the European Poker Tour.
At the first stop in Barcelona, Polito took down the €10,000 High Roller for €270,229. He defeated a field of 111 entries and a final table that included the likes of Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Tobias Reinkemeier and Alex Bilokur.
On his record, Polito has two other EPT Main Event cashes. The first came in 2009 when he took 17th in the EPT Deauville Main Event for €15,500. Then in 2001, he took ninth in the same event for €50,000.
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