Main Event
Day 2 Started
2012 PokerStars.it EPT Campione
Main Event
Day: 2
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
EPT Campione Main Event Day 2: Davide Andreoni Leads Overall
Hello and welcome back to our live coverage of the European Poker Tour Campione Main Event where today the 325 surviving players from Day 1a and 1b will combine for the first time in this tournament meaning once again the vast tournament area on the ninth floor of the Casino di Campione will be full to bursting.
When play does get underway the man everyone has to catch is Italian Davide Andreoni who finished Day 1a with what has turned out to be a tournament-leading stack of 175,100 chips. The man who ended Day 1a second in chips, Chile's Nick Yunis, will start Day 2 in second place and it should be interesting to see how he uses his 169,200 chips today against a much more experience group of poker players.
Amongst the huge crowd will be a handful of Team PokerStars pros in the shape of Arnaud Mattern, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, Liv Boeree, Eugene Katchalov (all from Day 1b) along with Luca Pagano and Alex Kravchenko ( from Day 1a).
Play kicks off at 14:00 CET and it could be a long, long day folks. There is the exclusive player's party tonight that is due to be held on a boat in the Laguno but after a brief conversation with the tournament director over breakfast this morning it appears we could be playing up to seven 75-minute levels today!
We're not too bothered about that prospect though as we will simply stock up on coffee, energy drinks and sugary snacks to ensure that you get to witness the action, as it happens, in the EPT Campione main event. Join us from 14:00CET when Homer, MarcC and YorkshirePud will be out amongst the stars trying to paint you a picture of the day's play.
Until then, it is power nap time!
EPT Campione Top 10 Chip Counts
| Position | Name | Chips |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Davide Andreoni | 175,100 |
| 2 | Nick Yunis | 169,200 |
| 3 | Nicolas Chouity | 165,800 |
| 4 | Andrea Benelli | 163,400 |
| 5 | Stefano Demontis | 154,700 |
| 6 | Grigorij Orlov | 154,200 |
| 7 | Primoz Adamie | 138,400 |
| 8 | Andrey Gulyy | 138,000 |
| 9 | Andras Kovacs | 131,900 |
| 10 | Claudio Leonardo Pagano | 130,700 |
We're Almost Ready
The players are busy restacking their chips and we will be underway momentarily.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Some Interesting Match-Ups
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
As you would expect with such a talented field of poker players, Day 2 of EPT Campione has thrown up a number of interesting match-ups around the room.
Over on one table we have two former EPT champions seated directly next to each other, David Vamplew having position on Liv Boeree whilst Boeree's other half Kevin MacPhee has to share a table with Tobias Reinkemeier and Melanie Weisner.
Plus at the far end of the room we have Bryn Kenney, Heinz Kamutzki and Team PokerStars Pro Arnaud Mattern all sat together. There should be fireworks!
Hope They didn't have a Last Longer Bet
I was stood by Craig McCorkell's table when Toby Lewis meandered up, dragging his heals. He looked at his horse and said, "I can't believe I busted before you!" This was more of an observation of stack sizes rather than a comparison of ability.
Lewis four-bet shoved with 
and it did not work out well for him.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,500
-900
|
-900 |
|
Busted | |
|
||
Rolling Romanello
Great start for Roberto Romanello after he managed a quick double up.
He was heads up with Sebastian Veghinas to a 
flop. The Romanian check-raised Romanello's 11,000 bet all-in, and the Welshman called off for 39,200 with 
.
Veghinas opened 
and stayed behind through the 
turn and river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
49,200
|
49,200 |
|
|
||
Missing Persson
That is the end of the tournament for Simon Persson, Team PokerStars Pro Matthias De Meulder had fired out 5,800 on the turn of a 
board before Persson made it 15,800 behind him.
The Belgian thought for about a minute or two before moving all in and Persson called off the rest of his stack turning over 
but De Meulder had pinged his gutshot with 
which held on the river for an six-figure pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
135,000
61,800
|
61,800 |
|
||
|
Busted | |
A Cagey Start
Level 9
: 400/800, 100 ante
Although we have already lost 12 players since the restart a few of the tables, particularly those with the so-called "big names" on them are playing much more conservatively.
On our rounds of the tournament area we saw the action fold around the Team PokerStars pro Liv Boeree on the button and the former EPT San Remo min-raised to 1,600. But she received no further action as both blinds folded. The very next hand Fabrizio Baldassari opened to 1,600 from UTG+1 and just as Miss Boeree had done just moments before, he picked up the blinds and antes.
Then over on a different table the action folded all the way around to Todd Terry in the small blind and he opted to complete rather than raise into Chris "Moorman1" Moorman. The Brit tapped the table to check and the pair shared a flop reading 
. Terry verbally announced "900" but as he was reaching to put the chips into the pot Moorman folded.
Bink for Vink
Ondrej Vinklarek is currently leading the Player of the Year race and he's just been given a lifeline in this tournament, all in preflop with 
against Faraz Jaka's 
he somehow got there with a card to spare on 
board. Jaka sees his stack cut in half.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
55,000 | |
|
27,000
-27,300
|
-27,300 |