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2012 PokerStars.it EPT Campione
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.it EPT Campione
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,764,500
Entries
570
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000
Confusion on Table 3
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
Janosch Seifert was all in prefop for around 6,000 with Melanie Weisner having called but Alessandro Montagna had apparently thrown out just over 10,000 in chips and turned over 
.
Montagna's hand was still live but he now had to play face up and Weisner elected to call, the flop came out 
and Montagna bet 16,000. Weisner then folded and Seifert turned over 
and couldn't catch running queens on the 
turn and 
river.
Afterwards Olivier Busquet and Fabrice Soulier lamented how the flop was one of the very few that would definitely kill any action or the possibility of a Weisner bluff.
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Italians Dominate But Still Await a Second Winner
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
Still only one title for Italian players on the European Poker Tour. How long will it be before another local pulls off “a Bonavena”?
Read the full article on the PokerStars Blog.
No Action For Weisner's Set
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
The action folded around the table to Valarie Parodo in the cutoff and after a brief pause he tossed a single red 1,000 chip into the middle after announcing "raise." Melanie Weisner was on the button and she three-bet to 2,650, folding out the blinds but Parado decided to see a flop.
The duo shared a flop reading 
, Parado checked, Weisner continued with a bet of 2,700 and to her dismay her only opponent folded.
She smiled then flashed Parado for middle set.
Pistilli Isn't Afraid Of The Big Bad Wolfer
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
As we were scouring the tournament area for hands of interest we were alerted to the all too familiar sound of "all-in and call."
We hurried over to the table to see Marco Pistilli all in and at risk of elimination, the hopes of his tournament resting on his 
, which would need to hold up against the 
of Thomas Wolfer. The 
flop improved him to a set of fives but Wolfer still had outs to a straight. The 
on the turn may has well have been a deuce for the good it did for Wolfer and when the 
fell on the river Pistilli doubled to around 25,000.
Cooler Hand Goes Birizdo's Way
Level 6
: 200/400, 50 ante
From under the gun Istavan Birizdo opened the betting with a raise to 800 and it appeared that nobody wanted to play with him, that was until it was Jannick Wrang's turn to act on the button. He peeked at his cards and then three-bet to 2,450. Both blinds folded but Birizdo made the call.
The dealer burned a card before spreading out the 
flop. Birizdo checked then called a 2,100 bet from his opponent. The turn brought the into play and when Birizdo checked to Wrang the latter checked behind. Our river card was another ten, this one the 
and Birizdo lead into his opponent with a bet of 2,600. Wrang double checked his cards, discovered he was holding 
and made the call.
Unfortunately for him he had hit trips on the river just as the 
of his opponent had improved to a full house.
Kenney Doing the Killing this Time
Bryn Kenney has angered us, a lot. He dared to knock out the legend that is Salvatore Bonavena.
Chris Moorman opened proceedings with a raise to 1,000 from under the gun. He was called by Bryn Kenney a couple of seats along and the short stacked Team PokerStars Pro in the big blind.
The flop fell 
and Bonavena snap shoved for his last 6,000 chips with . Moorman folded but Kenney called with the drawing 
. The American received instant service on the 
turn and that was followed up with the 
river. The Gentleman known as Sal Bon (to us) shook Kenney's hand and made his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 22,750 |
|
Busted |
All Verboven Bar the Shouting
Fillip Verboven was all in for his last 7,800 with 
against Team PokerStars Pro Liv Boeree's but the Belgian failed to hit on a 
board.
Boeree is up to 45,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
45,000 | 10,700 |
|
Busted |
Springael into Action
Fabrice Soulier opened to 900 preflop and Leonardo Patacconi made the call before Joris Springael made it 3,000 from the big blind, the Frenchman and the Italian both called. The flop was 
and Springael led for 3,500 and Soulier called while Patacconi folded.
The came on the turn and Springael moved all in, Soulier snap-called.
Springael:
Soulier:
The river though was the and the players split the pot but Soulier joked, "You were lucky it wasn't a seven!"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000 | -4,000 |