Mark James (bottom left, white t-shirt) bubbles the EPT Sanremo Main Event
Mitch Johnson from the United Kingdom opened under the gun with a min raise. Action quickly folded to Mark James who was one of the shortest players still in the tournament. James shoved from the button for 30,500 total and both blinds quickly folded. Johnson made the call.
Because of the hand-for-hand play, action was then halted. The tournament organizers ordered the dealer to wait till all hands on the other tables had been finished. After a minute or so it was time to open the cards to see what the situation was.
Mark James:
Mitch Johnson:
What started out as a fair fight would soon turn sour for James, as Johnson hit his set: . James needed runner runner something but was drawing dead on the turn: . While the tournament director announced James still had a flush draw, all other players involved knew it was done. The on the river was a blank and James exited the tournament.
With the departure of Mark James from the UK, the remaining 79 players are now all guaranteed €8,434.
The European Poker Tour Season 10 Player of the Year race is on, and as you know players have been accumulating points in all events throughout Season 10, regardless of the buy-in level. In addition, all of the Festival Events (Estrellas, UKIPT, Eureka, FPS, IPT) that combine with an EPT tour stop have been eligible for Player of the Year points. The winner of this season’s award will walk away with €50,000 in Main Event buy-ins, good for any PokerStars or Full Tilt sponsored event.
The Global Poker Index (GPI) points formula, which will be used to determine the EPT10 POY, is a bit complicated, but you can read about all the details here.
In the last day, Adrian Mateos Diaz jumped from ninth place to fifth, which in turn knocked Alex Bilokur, Jeff Rossiter, and Oleksii Khoroshenin down one spot each,
Here are the current top ten on the EPT10 POY Leaderboard:
Ole Schemion
Place
Player
Points
1
Ole Schemion
885.90 pts
2
Vanessa Selbst
762.05 pts
3
Thomas Muhloecker
748.82 pts
4
Dominik Panka
608.60 pts
5
Adrian Mateos Diaz
605.16 pts
6
Alex Bilokur
593.15 pts
7
Jeff Rossiter
590.27 pts
8
Oleksii Khoroshenin
577.93 pts
9
Georgios Karakousis
554.56 pts
10
Ami Barer
544.84 pts
We'll be bringing you daily updates on the Player of the Year race, so be sure to keep an eye out for those.
Swedish poker player Michael Tureniec is in with a good shout to be the first double champ (but there's some way to go yet). Sarah Grant caught up with him earlier today for a quick interview. Watch it at the PokerStars Blog.
There was no major pot in the last couple of minutes while hand-for-hand play went on. Tournament director Toby Stone announced that the next break will be postponed if we do not reach the money until the end of Level 16. Instead, play carries on without a break. If it takes more than 30 minutes to determine the bubble boy, the break will then be taken.
Jennifer Robles caught up with PokerStars Team Pro Victor Ramdin during the first break to speak about his table draw, his attitude on and off the felt and what he will do if he makes the money.
We are on the bubble now and it was Filippo Bisciglia who ended up in 81st place, two spots away from the money. First he tank folded in the big blind against the all in of Johnny Lodden for 23,000. He then min-raise folded from under the gun one orbit later when Shyam Srinivasan three-bet him.
The two would clash again exactly one hand later. Srinivasan raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Bisciglia defended his big blind. On the flop the Italian bet 30,500 with 30,000 behind and Srinivasan took some time before moving all in. Bisciglia tanked for minutes and ultimately made the call for his tournament life:
Bisciglia:
Srinivasan:
"Good call," said the Canadian. He commented the with, "Well, that is a good card for me." The river completed the board and the Italian was gone. Hand-for-hand mode activated!
With around 60,000 in the pot and a board reading , Iliodoros Kamatakis bet 31,000 only to have Belarus' Piotr Shautsou move all in. Kamatakis had about 75,000 behind, and he tanked for nearly two minutes before calling off.
Shautsou:
Kamatakis:
It was a good call for Kamatakis, and all he needed to do was dodge a queen and jack on the river. Sounds easy, but in this case it was easier said than done as the spiked! Shautsou slapped the table in celebration while Kamatakis shook his head.
Kamatakis then shook hands with Shautsou before taking his leave from the EPT10 Sanremo Main Event.
Meanwhile, Jorge Coello has also been eliminated from the tournament.
Not too long ago Nicolas Chouity had a very comfortable stack and table mate Zachary Korik was short. All things have changed now as Chouity has made his exit and Korik was the one responsible.
Korik, who doubled through Chouity not too long ago, opened to 8,000. Action folded to Chouity who shoved all in. The big blind folded and Korik instantly called before we even knew how much it exactly was.
There was good reason for Korik's quick call. With his decision wasn't too hard. Chouity was in trouble holding and was desperately looking for a third five or some other hand to stay alive.
Chouity already got up from the table and rightfully so, he wouldn't get lucky this time: . Chouity busts in 82nd place, a couple of spots short of the money.
Pius Heinz got it all in and was called by Stephen Chidwick on the turn of a board reading . Heinz showed and was in terrible shape against the of Chidwick.
The river cards was the and the 2011 WSOP Main Event winner fell agonizingly short of the money.
. James needed runner runner something but was drawing dead on the turn: 
. While the tournament director announced James still had a flush draw, all other players involved knew it was done. The 
on the river was a blank and James exited the tournament.
in the big blind against the all in of Johnny Lodden for 23,000. He then min-raise folded from under the gun one orbit later when Shyam Srinivasan three-bet him.
flop the Italian bet 30,500 with 30,000 behind and Srinivasan took some time before moving all in. Bisciglia tanked for minutes and ultimately made the call for his tournament life:
river completed the board and the Italian was gone. Hand-for-hand mode activated!
, Iliodoros Kamatakis bet 31,000 only to have Belarus' Piotr Shautsou move all in. Kamatakis had about 75,000 behind, and he tanked for nearly two minutes before calling off.
. Chouity busts in 82nd place, a couple of spots short of the money.
. Heinz showed 
