After preflop raise we see the first barrel on the 
flop and Yordan Georgiev then fires 1,750 on the 
turn. Vincenzo Scarpitti makes the call from the button and then looks at his opponent with the Dr. Dre headphones on top of a hoodie after the Bulgarian made it 3,250 to go on the 
river. Ultimately the Italian called with 
and it was a split pot against 
.
Dragan Kostic opened the action with a raise to 400 from the under the gun plus two position. Two seats down Markku Koplimaa made it 1,075 from the hijack. The cutoff, button and both blinds folded and Kostic made the call.
Kostic checked to his Estonian opponent who fired out a 1,075 continuation bet. Kostic called rather quickly.
Both players checked the 
on the turn and the 
hit the river. Kostic checked again and Koplimaa bet out a hefty 3,525. Kostic thought about it for some time, but folded in the end.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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21,050
8,950
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8,950 |
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The Frenchman won his seat through one of the live satellites at the Casino Sanremo and already doubled up his starting stack in the first two levels. He just slipped back to 52,000 though after paying off the 
of Matteo Taddia for 6,400 on a 
river. Unable to beat that, Guillemain mucked his cards ...
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
52,000
52,000
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52,000 |
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40,000
40,000
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40,000 |
We didn't see the action until the 
turn, but there was already 8,000 chips in the middle. Marcin Kreft bet 3,500 and Dragan Kostic from Spain check-called before both checked the river. Kreft turned over and that was good enough to win the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
33,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Team PokerStars Pro Angel Guillen talked to us on the first break of the day about his start, food in Sanremo, and the upcoming final in Monte Carlo.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
The first break of the day just started. We'll be back in twenty minutes with more big bluffs, bad beats and big hands.
Carl Henrikss, a Swedish PokerStars player, was next to tangle with Vanessa Selbst. The flop was 
and Selbst, first to act, bet 500. She was raised to 1,000 by Henriksson in the cut-off and she made the call.
The turn card was the and again Selbst took the aggressive line with a bet of 2,600. Henriksson reached for chips and made it 6,300. After some thought and a Selbst stare for good measure she announced all in. A quick check of the exact count from Henriksson before his cards hit the muck.
Kitty Kuo returned to the table to be informed by Selbst, “I’m not gonna play small pots. I’m just going to play big pots.”
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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25,000 | |
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24,000
24,000
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24,000 |
