With a very short Vicky Coren-Mitchell in the big blind, Raul Mestre opened the cutoff for 60,000. Andrija Matric in the small blind made the call, Coren-Mitchell folded.
Both players checked the flop. Matric bet out 65,000 on the turn and 135,000 on the river. Mestre called both times, but couldn't beat the of Matric.
It’s likely that the theatre at Casino Sanremo is usually a bit livelier than this. But if tomorrow’s final is the day for players to get some much earned attention, the penultimate day is pretty much the opposite. Today is all about dividing the field in half. Those that survive will have their picture taken and their story told. Those that don’t will be forgotten in short order. This is what today is about, and in that latter category is Vincenzo Scarcella, as the PokerStars Blog reports here.
Casino Sanremo. Picture courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.
There are mixed levels of experience among the remaining 16 players of the EPT Sanremo Main Event. The corresponding amount of anxiety and nerves gives a clear clue as to which players are at ease with this stage of the game. PokerStars Blog took a look at the minutes leading up to the first card being pitched. Read it here.
Jeffrey Hakim opened shoved and was called by Giacomo Fundaro. Team PokerStars Pro Alex Kravchenko then moved all in and Fundaro made the call again to create a three-way all in.
Hakim:
Fundaro :
Kravchenko:
The board ran out and one of the two remaining aces in the deck appeared to eliminate two players in one fell swoop and give Fundaro a big pot.
Andreas Goeller opened under the gun for 80,000. Lukas Berglund made it 155,000 from the cutoff. The button and both blinds folded. Action back on Goeller who shoved allin for 505,000. Berglund made the call.
Andreas Goeller:
Lukas Berglund:
The flop came pretty good for Goeller: . The hit Goeller hard as it secured him the double up. The river was of no importance, game on.
We are on Day 5 of the San Remo Main Event in the City of Flowers, of the remaining 18 players none have blossomed quite like Jordan Westmorland. Jennifer Robles fills you in on who remains as we play to a final table, along with who is leading the High Roller.
The Skrill Last Longer competition has been being held at each stop on this season’s EPT, of which they’re an official sponsor. The promotion is simple – players sign up for the promotion either online (preregistration is available) or at the Skrill booth (which will be present at each stop); don a Skrill patch; and then aim to be the last man or woman standing. The last player remaining will then receive their buy-in back via their Skrill account.
While Skrill is upping the ante for Season 10 with a bigger branding initiative, this isn’t their first appearance on the EPT; as a matter of fact, they were a sponsor of Season 8 and have held previous “Last Longer” promotions.
Here in Sanremo, just five players remained heading into Day 5:
Andrija Martic
Jorma Nuutinen
Lukas Berglund
Emmanuel Pariset
Vincenzo Scarcella
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but was in big trouble against the 
of Fundaro.
.
flop. Matric bet out 65,000 on the 
turn and 135,000 on the 
river. Mestre called both times, but couldn't beat the 
of Matric.
. The 
hit Goeller hard as it secured him the double up. The 
river was of no importance, game on.
