Break
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
The players are on break for twenty minutes.
2014 PokerStars.it EPT Sanremo
€4,900 Main Event
Day: 4
Benelli Coolers Riehl
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Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Ludovic Riehl was in the cutoff and raised to 42,000. Andrea Benelli three-bet from the big blind to 107,000 as the other players went on their break.
Riehl then four bet to 402,000 and called when Benelli moved all in.
Riehl 
Benelli 
The cards ran out 
and Benelli doubled up plummeting Riehl down to 21 big binds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,190,000 | 600,000 |
|
514,000 | -715,000 |
Kravchenko Doubles Up
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Raul Mestre opened under the gun and was called by Andrea Benelli. Alex Kravchenko then moved all in from the big blind for 18 big blinds. Mestre folded and Benelli thought for a while before making the call.
Kravchenko showed the and it was a race for his tournament life against the 
of Benelli.
The cards ran out 
It looked grim on the flop for Kravchenko, but the turn gave him 16 outs, and the river duly delivered a flush and salvation for the PokerStars Pro.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,332,000 | -286,000 |
|
|
1,229,000 | -68,000 |
|
1,229,000 | 893,000 |
|
806,000 | 383,000 |
|
637,000 | -84,000 |
|
|
590,000 | -838,000 |
Much Needed Pot for Hakim
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
So far Andreas Goeller's bluffs haven't really worked. He keeps building up his stack, but his bluffs are getting called which results in a drop of chips every now and then.
Just now we saw him check-call a 44,000 bet from the small blind on 
. His opponent, Jeffrey Hakim on the button, checked the 
on the turn behind. The river was the and Goeller bet out 100,000.
Hakim thought about it for a long time, but eventually called. This time Goeller didn't muck, but his wasn't going to take it down. Hakim showed 
and won a much needed pot to gain some breathing room.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
700,000 | 150,000 |
|
485,000 | -215,000 |
Fundaro Doubles
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Ludovic Riehl opened for 43,000, Raul Mestre three-bet to 100,000 and Giacomo Fundaro four-bet shoved. Andrea Benelli then cold called the all in. Riehl and Mestre folded.
Fundaro was at risk with 
against the 
of Benelli.
The cards ran out 
and Fundaro doubled up.
Action Slows, Kravchenko Short
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Very quiet last twenty minutes on the feature table with no big pots and very little going beyond the flop.
Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko continues to wait for a spot and is now the small stack at the table with fewer than 2o big blinds
Feature Table Updated Chip Counts
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,618,000 | 118,000 |
|
|
1,428,000 | -22,000 |
|
|
1,297,000 | -3,000 |
|
|
721,000 | 78,000 |
|
|
423,000 | 23,000 |
|
|
336,000 | -264,000 |
Rocco Palumbo Eliminated in 19th Place (€20,100)
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
For the second time in a row Rocco Palumbo shoved allin. Ever losing that big pot to the quads of Andrija Martic he was short and needed a double up. His first shove got through, the second didn't.
He shoved from early position and big blind Stephen Chidwick snap called. Chidwick had jacks and was the favorite over Palumbo's nines. A jack on the flop left Palumbo hoping for runner runner, but it wouldn't be like that. By the time the turn was out, Palumbo was drawing dead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000 | 423,000 |
|
Busted |
Coren Leads Turn, Folds RIver
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Andrea Benelli opened for 40,000 and VIcky Coren was the only caller from the small blind.
A flop of 
was checked by both players. The turn card saw Coren lead out for 45,000 which Benelli called
.
The river saw a quick check from Coren and Benelli gathered his chips and bet out 80,000.
“Yes, yes, yes.” said Coren and mucked her cards.
Who'll Will Be Lacay's Successor?
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
It was season four that the PokerStars European Poker Tour first landed in Sanremo. A guy no one had ever heard of before won it; Jason Mercier. The tournament has attracted a little less players this year, but there's still almost half a million waiting for one of the remaining 19 players.
| Season | Date | Buy-In | # of Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Top Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | April 1-5, 2008 | €5,000 | 701 | €3,100,000 | Jason Mercier | €869,000 |
| 5 | April 18-23, 2009 | €5,300 | 1,178 | €5,713,300 | Constant Rijkenberg | €1,508,000 |
| 6 | April 15-21, 2010 | €5,300 | 1,240 | €6,014,000 | Liv Boeree | €1,250,000 |
| 7 | April 27-May 3, 2011 | €5,300 | 987 | €4,786,950 | Rupert Elder | €930,000 |
| 8 | October 21-27, 2011 | €4,900 | 837 | €3,734,694 | Andrey Pateychuk | €680,000 |
| 9 | October 6-12, 2012 | €5,300 | 797 | €3,865,450 | Ludovic Lacay | €744,910 |