Main Event Day 3 | 2012 PokerStars.it EPT Campione

03-29-2012 19:44 UTC+2

Romanello Booted Out by Botond

MarcC

We saw Roberto Romanello with the cut of a dejected figure hovering around the payout desk. I'm no Sherlock but this signalled bad news to me, and I had to investigate.

Sure enough the former EPT Prague champion had just been eliminated. He three-bet Balazs Botond's open to 33,000 and then called off for 245,000 when the Hungarian shoved on him. It was a race as Botond had pocket fives to Romanelllo's ace-queen. The board bricked and another former champion was downed.

Player	Chips	Progress
Balazs Botond	970,000 248,000	248,000
Roberto Romanello	Busted

Tags: Roberto Romanello Balazs Botond

03-29-2012 20:06 UTC+2

Fab for Soulier

[user76023]

Fabrice Soulier is up to 450,000 after he was all in preflop with {A-Hearts} {Q-Hearts} from the small blind against Balazs Botond's button raise with {A-Diamonds} {2-Spades} . The {K-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {8-Spades} {10-Hearts} {2-Clubs} board making the nuts for the Frenchman on the turn, Botond is still in second place though.

Player	Chips	Progress
Balazs Botond	770,000 -200,000	-200,000
Fabrice Soulier	450,000 200,000	200,000

Tags: Fabrice Soulier

03-29-2012 20:07 UTC+2

Vamplew Has Set paid Off

Matthew Pitt

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

We joined the action on former EPT London champion David Vamplew's table to see Piero Federici check call a bet of what looked like 25,000 on a {4-Spades} {2-Hearts} {J-Diamonds} flop. The turn brought the {6-Clubs} into play and Federici checked, Vamplew bet 53,000 and his Italian opponent made the call.

The river was the {8-Clubs} and Federici checked once again. Vamplew reached for chips, and whilst he was doing so Federici was reaching for his own so before Vamplew's chips had crossed the line Federici had called.

Federici: {10-Clubs} {10-Spades}
Vamplew: {4-Diamonds} {4-Hearts}

A decent pot for the Scot just before the break.

Tags: David Vamplew Piero Federici

03-29-2012 20:08 UTC+2

Dinner Time!

MarcC

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 500 ante

We're all starving so it's time to demolish the buffet. We'll be back in 75 minutes.

03-29-2012 20:55 UTC+2

Chips at the Dinner Break

MarcC

Player	Chips	Progress
Balazs Botond	980,000 210,000	210,000
Olivier Busquet	850,000 270,000	270,000
Jannick Wrang	800,000 250,000	250,000

Koen De Visscher	800,000 -300,000	-300,000
Giuseppe Biancoviso	780,000 355,000	355,000
David Vamplew	740,000 280,000	280,000

Alexandre Andermatt	740,000 110,000	110,000
Mario Nagel	620,000 45,000	45,000
Jose Manuel Nadal	590,000 80,000	80,000
Robin Ylitalo	530,000 180,000	180,000

Adrian Veghinas	500,000 125,000	125,000
Fabrice Soulier	470,000 20,000	20,000
Simeon Naydenov	430,000 225,000	225,000
Andrey Gulyy	430,000 -45,000	-45,000
Piero Federici	400,000 250,000	250,000
Stefano Demontis	380,000 95,000	95,000
Per Linde	380,000 55,000	55,000
Yuri Kerzhapkin	360,000 75,000	75,000
Ronny Kaiser	350,000 -300,000	-300,000
Ramin Hajiyev	350,000 155,000	155,000
Marco Della Monica	340,000 180,000	180,000
Juri Pietroboni	330,000 100,000	100,000
Michael Ruane	300,000 130,000	130,000
Salvatore Donato	290,000 20,000	20,000
Carlos Mora	290,000 -70,000	-70,000

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Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

03-29-2012 21:42 UTC+2

Atanas Out

[user76023]

Atanas Gueorguiev is the first casualty after dinner, he was all in with {A-Spades} {Q-Hearts} against Jannick Wrang's {K-Hearts} {K-Clubs} and the board came {10-Hearts} {5-Spades} {2-Spades} {7-Spades} {6-Clubs} to banish the Bulgarian.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jannick Wrang	970,000 170,000	170,000

Atanas Gueorguiev	Busted

Tags: Jannick Wrang Atanas Gueorguiev

03-29-2012 21:53 UTC+2

Double Up Or Go Home

Matthew Pitt

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Fabrizio Leonardi has obviously decided during the dinner break that he is going to double up or go home because he has had his stack in the middle four times in the last two orbits. Surely it's only a matter of time before someone makes the call?

Tags: Fabrizio Leonardi

03-29-2012 21:56 UTC+2

Millions and Millions for Busquet

MarcC

Last year Olivier Busquet cracked the $1,000,000 profit mark on PokerStars for Heads Up sit and goes, and now he's cracked the million-chip mark at EPT Campione.

He raised to 16,000 from under the gun and the action folded around to Marco Falanga in the small blind who announced a re-raise. He went to raise but dropped a few chips before he placed his bet. It turned out to an under raise and he was forced to min-raise to 24,000 - a lot less than he had originally intended.

Busquet made the call to the {6-Spades} {10-Hearts} {2-Hearts} where he shoved on Falanga when he continued for 36,000. Call.

Busquet tabled the drawing {4-Hearts} {3-Hearts} and Falanga opened {q-Hearts} {q-Spades} . The board ran out {7-Hearts} {10-Diamonds} to make Busquet's flush.

He's the new chip leader now!

Player	Chips	Progress
Olivier Busquet	1,000,000 150,000	150,000
Marco Falanga	Busted

Tags: Marco Falanga Olivier Busquet

03-29-2012 22:04 UTC+2

Linde Makes Himself At Home On His New Table

Matthew Pitt

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Per Linde has just been moved to the seat next to Olivier Busquet after the elimination of Marco Falanga just moments ago and he has wasted no time at all in taking on his new opponents.

The action folded around to Linde in the cutoff and he min-raised to 16,000. His only caller was Juri Pietroboni in the big blind so it was heads-up to the {4-Spades} {A-Clubs} {A-Diamonds} flop. Pietroboni checked then called a 16,000 continuation bet from Linde and the dealer put out the {10-Clubs} on the turn. Now Pietroboni lead into Linde with a bet of 34,000 and Linde called rather quickly.

The river was the {K-Diamonds} and Pietroboni went back to checking but when Linde bet 58,000 he instantly folded then went back to playing with his iPhone. Our guess is he was asking Siri what he was hoping to achieve with that particular line of action.

Tags: Per Linde Juri Pietroboni