The €2,000 No-Limit Hold'em side event continued with Day 2 yesterday, and the fiekd has been whittled down to just 38 players. All are in the money, and it's Faraz Jaka leading the way with 628,000 in chips.
The top 48 spots were paid out from the 450-player field, and everyone left is guaranteed a minimum of €5,200. Notables that cashed on Day 2, but busted are Timothy Adams (44th — €4,370), Vicent van der Fluit (42nd — €4,370), Andrey Gulyy (41st — €4,370) and Calvin Anderson (40th — €5,200).
Other notables big stacks include Jonathan Little (485,000), Melanie Weisner (478,000) and Ronny Kaiser (460,000).
The event will return to action at 3:00 PM local time today for Day 3 in hopes of grinding down to a winner. There's €210,000 up top for the champion, so it should be a great finish to the event.
For further information, see the recap on the PokerStars Blog, which includes all payouts and a full table draw. A recap of the event will be posted following the completion of the event.
We missed the hand but the details of a huge pot were passed on to us, and the conclusion saw a new chip leader emerge.
Inge Forsmo flopped trip fours and got Micah Raskin to commit all his chips with pocket sevens. The American was halfway out of the door but the river came a seven to make him a full house.
Although all ins are not that uncommon here on Day 5 of the EPT Sanremo Main Event, "all-in and call" is, however, not a frequent occurrence. However, that is exactly what happened when Thomas Gabriel shoved from the cutoff seat for 219,000 and Negjdel Avdylaj reraised all in for around 1,600,000. The rest of the table folded and the two went for a showdown.
Showdown
Gabriel:
Avdylaj:
The flop went and both players missed. The on the turn made it look like there's going to be no winner in this one, but things turned all the way around as the dealer flipped the on the river pairing Gabriel's queen and giving him a double up.
It has not been a good day for Inge Forsmo. He was unlucky in that huge pot before, and now he just called off his entire stack with ace high to bust.
The Norwegian opened to 50,000 from the cut-off and was called by Negjdel Avdylaj before Jason Lavallee three-bet to 178,000 from the small blind.
Only Forsmo called to see a flop where he called a 205,000 c-bet from the Canadian. The turn came and Lavallee shoved with .
Forsmo didn't think long and called off his remaining 810,000 with for ace high! Lavalle stared hard trying to find a draw or something in his opponent's hand. When he realised the situation he shook his head.
Angel Recchia raised to 50,000 from under the gun only to be three-bet to Michael Benvenuti to 123,000 from the next seat over. It folded back to Recchia and he called.
The flop was [2s} and Recchia checked. Benvenuti bet 98,000 and Recchia flat called. The turn was the and Recchia check-called a bet of 166,000.
The completed the board and Recchia checked for a third time. Benvenuti moved all in for his last 431,000. Recchia tanked for about ninety seconds before releasing his hand, awarding Benvenuti the pot.
At table #3 Ismael Bojang shoved his short stack of 342,000 from the hijack seat and found a caller in Jason Lavallee in the big blind.
Showdown:
Bojang:
Lavallee:
Bojang was a 4 to 1 favorite and Lavallee needed to hit one of the remaining two sixes in the deck to bust Bojang. The flop went , but the two tens didn't favor any of the two. The on the turn was of no use and neither was the on the river. Bojang survived the showdown and doubled his stack.
On a flop reading , Angelo Recchia checked to Jason Lavallee who bet 67,000. Recchia slid out a check-raise to 155,000 and Lavallee called.
Fourth street was the and Recchia continued for 275,000. Lavallee called and the rolled off on the river. Both players quickly tapped the table and Recchia showed for tens and jacks. Lavallee, however, showed and was able to scoop a pot to put him over three million in chips.
Jason Tompkins three-bet to 169,000 from the big blind before the flop and Ludovic Lacay called from the cut-off seat. The flop came and Tompkins fired another 148,000. Lacay made the call and both players saw the come on the turn.
Tompkins checked and so did Lacay. Dealer burned and turned the on the river. Tompkins lead for 244,000 and Lacay answered this with a raise, pushing in three big piles of T5,000 chips and one yellow pile of T25,000 chips for a total of 600,000.
It was a tough decision for Tompkins to make and he thought about it for a couple of minutes. Tompkins finally made the call, but it turned out to be a bad one as Lacay flipped for a straight. Tompkins folded and saw Lacay collect the massive pot of 1.5 million.
and both players missed. The 
on the turn made it look like there's going to be no winner in this one, but things turned all the way around as the dealer flipped the 
on the river pairing Gabriel's queen and giving him a double up.
flop where he called a 205,000 c-bet from the Canadian. The turn came 
and Lavallee shoved with 
.
for ace high! Lavalle stared hard trying to find a draw or something in his opponent's hand. When he realised the situation he shook his head.
and that was that for Forsmo.
and Recchia checked. Benvenuti bet 98,000 and Recchia flat called. The turn was the 
, but the two tens didn't favor any of the two. The 
and Recchia continued for 275,000. Lavallee called and the 
rolled off on the river. Both players quickly tapped the table and Recchia showed 
and was able to scoop a pot to put him over three million in chips.
and Tompkins fired another 148,000. Lacay made the call and both players saw the 
for a straight. Tompkins folded and saw Lacay collect the massive pot of 1.5 million.
