2012 PokerStars.it EPT Campione

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.it EPT Campione

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a6
Prize
€640,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€2,764,500
Entries
570
Level Info
Level
32
Blinds
80,000 / 160,000
Ante
20,000

Solinas Hit By Fatal Bullets

Carla Solinas, the last woman in the tournament, has been knocked out - she was holding {A-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} but found herself in hot water against Simeon Naydenov's {A-Hearts}{A-Spades}. A nine on the flop but nothing more caused the Italian lady's swansong when the board came {9-Spades}{10-Clubs}{8-Diamonds}{10-Spades}{6-Diamonds}.

Naydenov has about 630,000 and is looking dangerous.

Player Chips Progress
Simeon Naydenov bg
Simeon Naydenov
630,000
200,000
200,000
Carla Solinas it
Carla Solinas
Busted

Tags: Carla SolinasSimeon Naydenov

Wrang Fancies His Turn at the Top

The chip lead has changed hands multiple times today. The latest to have a go at leading is Jannick Wrang.

Fabrice Soulier opened from the cut-off and both Wrang (SB) and Stefan Czischke (BB) called to the {5-Spades}{k-Clubs}{6-Spades} flop.

Czischke led for 25,000 and that was enough to force out Soulier. Wrang called and then led himself, for 41,000, on the {3-Spades} turn. Czischke wasted little time in moving all in. The Dane got the count and made the call with {q-Spades}{10-Spades} for a flush. Czischke opened {7-Spades}{9-Spades} for a smaller flush.

Czischke wasn't dead though as the {8-Spades} would make him a straight flush. It failed to appear on the {2-Clubs} river though and he busted in 40th place.

Player Chips Progress
Jannick Wrang dk
Jannick Wrang
1,280,000
310,000
310,000
EPT 1X Winner
Stefan Czischke
Stefan Czischke
Busted

Tags: Fabrice SoulierJannick WrangStefan Czischke

Busquet Bossing His Table

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

Olivier Busquet is a dangerous player. Olivier Busquet armed with a huge stack is a very dangerous player indeed because he will boss those around him if they let him.

Just now Panagiotis Gavriulidis opened to 17,000 from the hijack, Busquet called on the button and Fabrizio Leonardi put in the extra chips from the big blind. The dealer fanned out the {6-Diamonds}{4-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} flop and when Leonardi checked to Gavriulidis the Greek continued to 27,000 only to see Busquet move a tower of blues forward worth 100,000. This raise was enough to fold out Leonardi but Gavriulidis stuck around for almost a minute pondering a call, but he ultimately folded and Busquet added even more chips to his stack.

Busquet is certainly now on course to add an EPT title to his WPT gong.

Tags: Olivier BusquetFabrizio Leonardi

Robin - The Boy Wonder

Mario Nagel is looking very depressed. It'sbecause he's the latest victim of Robin Vlitalo's self-admitted run good.

Just a few hands before, Vlitalo had cracked Koen De Visscher's aces with jacks and in this hand he got into a raising war with the German Nagel.

Vlitalo raised to 16,000 but when Nagel made it 43,000 from the blinds, the Swede responded by four-betting to 78,000. Undeterred, Nagel five-bet to 178,000 and Vlitalo moved all in for 549,000 but Nagel quickly called.

Nagel: {Q-Hearts}{Q-Spades}
Vlitalo: {A-Hearts}{10-Spades}

The board came {J-Clubs}{6-Clubs}{2-Spades}{A-Spades}{K-Clubs} and Vlitalo doubled up to over a million, it's not the first time he's managed to get lucky in a big pot. Early on Day 1 the Swede managed to get 55,000 in preflop with ace-six offsuit against the pocket jacks of Vladmir Geshkenbein and managed to spike there also. This is not to say he's been playing bad, he's chipped up well today but is perhaps less scared of wagering his entire stack than some of the other players.

Player Chips Progress
Robin Ylitalo se
Robin Ylitalo
1,100,000
570,000
570,000
EPT Main Event Champion
EPT 1X Winner
Mario Nagel
Mario Nagel
175,000
-445,000
-445,000

Tags: Robin VlitaloMario Nagel

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000

Fabbrini Crippled, Busts

A battle of Italians saw a timely double for Stefano Demontis but left Marco Fabbrini's hopes in tatters.

The two Italians got all the chips in pre flop with a couple of big hands.

Fabbrini: {a-Hearts}{q-Clubs}
Demontis: {k-Spades}{k-Clubs}

The {4-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{8-Clubs} board went Demontis' way.

Two hands later Fabbrini's micro stack was all-in from the button and he was eliminated by Ronny Kaiser.

Player Chips Progress
Stefano Demontis
Stefano Demontis
450,000
70,000
70,000
Marco Fabbrini
Marco Fabbrini
Busted

Tags: Marco FabbriniStefano Demontis

Alexandre Andermatt Is Our New Chip Leader

Nicolas Chouity: Busted
Nicolas Chouity: Busted

Alexandre Andermatt of Switzerland is our new chip leader after dispatching of Nicolas Chouity.

Another of the big stacks, Balazs Botond, informed us that Andermatt raised, Chouity three-bet , Andermatt responded with a four-bet then called when the 2010 EPT Grand Final winner moved all in on him.

Chouity: {A-}{K-}
Andermatt: {Q-Spades}{Q-Diamonds}

The first two cards saw Chouity take the lead as they were the {A-Clubs} and {K-Spades} but the third card on the flop was the {Q-Clubs}! The {J-Hearts} turn gave Chouity some more outs to the chop but they failed to materialise because the river was the {J-Diamonds} and that as they say was that.

Chouity's exit not only propelled Andermatt to the status of chip leader with 1,320,000 chips but it also means David Vamplew is the only remaining former EPT Champion in the field.

Player Chips Progress
Alexandre Andermatt
Alexandre Andermatt
1,320,000
580,000
580,000
Nicolas Chouity lb
Nicolas Chouity
Busted
EPT 1X Winner

Tags: Alexandre AndermattNicolas Chouity