€4,900 Main Event
Day 5 Started
2014 PokerStars.it EPT Sanremo
€4,900 Main Event
Day: 5
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,074,000 | |
|
1,776,000 | |
|
1,564,000 | |
|
1,460,000 | |
|
1,340,000 | |
|
1,088,000 | |
|
1,044,000 | |
|
954,000 | |
|
833,000 | |
|
743,000 | |
|
||
|
693,000 | |
|
535,000 | |
|
|
||
|
465,000 | |
|
422,000 | |
|
376,000 | |
|
344,000 | |
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Giacomo Fundaro | Italy | 1,460,000 |
| 1 | 2 | Bruno Stefanelli | Italy | 1,044,000 |
| 1 | 3 | Ariel Celestino | Brazil | 376,000 |
| 1 | 4 | Alex Kravchenko | Russia | 743,000 |
| 1 | 5 | Andrea Benelli | Italy | 1,340,000 |
| 1 | 6 | Jeffrey Hakim | Lebanon | 422,000 |
| 1 | 7 | Stephen Chidwick | United Kingdom | 833,000 |
| 1 | 8 | Jorma Nuutinen | Finland | 1,564,000 |
| 2 | 1 | Jordan Westmorland | United States | 3,074,000 |
| 2 | 2 | Vicky Coren | United Kingdom | 535,000 |
| 2 | 3 | Andreas Goeller | Italy | 693,000 |
| 2 | 4 | Vincenzo Scarcella | Italy | 344,000 |
| 2 | 5 | Emmanuel Pariset | French | 465,000 |
| 2 | 6 | Raul Mestre | Spain | 1,776,000 |
| 2 | 7 | Lukas Berglund | Sweden | 1,088,000 |
| 2 | 8 | Andrija Martic | Croatia | 954,000 |
The PokerStars.it European Poker Tour Sanremo Main Event is down to it's final 16 players. It's not time for a final just yet today, eight players will have their hopes dashed at the last minute and will have to leave before tomorrow's final table is set.
Yesterday the play went down from 39 to 16 players. Once the final 24 players mark was reached, action moved over to the Casino Sanremo theater on the lower floor of the casino. Two outer tables and a main feautre table all literally in the spot lights, made for an amazing decor. Three weeks ago during the EPT Vienna they played poker in a palace, now they're pitching cards in a classic Italian theater. How awesome is the European Poker Tour?
Though the eight players that will fall today will be disappointed, they go home anything but empty handed. The first player to fall will take home €22,575 and that amount goes up to €41,930 for the player finishing in ninth here today. There's almost half a million waiting for the winner, but that's something to worry about tomorrow.
Jordan Westmorland is the chip leader going in, with over three million in chips. He has a big lead over the number second in chips, Raul Mestre with 1.7 million. Team PokerStars Pro's Alex Kravchenko (743,000) and Vicky Coren (535,000) are also still in, but are getting a bit short. There's a bunch of local heroes (Giacomo Fundaro; 1,460,000, Andrea Benelli; 1,340,000), a group of online wizards (Lukas Berglund; 1,088,000, Ariel Celestino; 376,000) and a group of players with online roots who've by now have more than proven to stand the live poker arena test easily as well (Jeffrey Hakim; 422,000, Stephen Chidwick; 833,000). The day will start with some minutes still left in level 24 (12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante).
Get yourself ready for a day of action as the chips will start flying at noon local time, in a little over an hour. PokerNews will bring you live updates from both the live streamed feature table, as the secondary table where the cameras aren't constantly buzzing. Also keep your eye on our €10,000 High Roller Day 2 coverage, which kicks off at noon local time as well.
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 3,000
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
The atmosphere is tense and focused on the second feature table with little going beyond a preflop raise so far.
One hand that did get to the river saw Jorma Nuutinen open for 48,000 and Jeffrey Hakim defended the big blind.
The two players saw a flop of 
. Hakim checked and called a bet of 50,000 from Nuutinen. The turn card was the 
and both players checked.
The river was the 
and now Hakim bet 125,000. Nuutinen made the call and mucked when he saw the 
of Hakim.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,300,000
264,000
|
264,000 |
|
|
600,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Raul Mestre opened pre flop and Jordan Westmorland made the call in position, Vincenzo Scarcella called from the blinds.
Mestre bet 90,000 on 
and Westmorland made the call, Scarcella folded.
Mestre checked, and called a 175,000 bet on the 
-turn. The river was the and Mestre checked again. Westmorland bet out 325,000 which made the pot over a million.
Mestre thought about it for quite some time, before eventually folding his 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,497,000
423,000
|
423,000 |
|
|
1,533,000
243,000
|
243,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
From the hijack it was Jordan Westmorland who opened for 50,000. The cutoff and button folded but Vincenzo Scarcella shoved allin for 257,000. The big blind folded, Westmorland made the call for 207,000 more.
It was a similar situation to yesterday, again Scarcella was in front with his 
, but Westmorland again had live cards with 
.
The flop would come as good for Westmorland as they could: 
. With just two outs left, Scarcella had little hope and got up from the table. The 
on the turn didn't help him at all, the on the river only made things worse.
The remaining 15 players are all guaranteed €25,550 while Scarcella leaves with €22,575.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,800,000
303,000
|
303,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
Lukas Berglund opened under the gun to 50,000 and Jordan Westmorland made the call. Andreas Goeller squeezed to 150,000 from the cutoff/button. Emmanuel Pariset shoved allin as a cold four bet and all other players folded, except for Goeller. He was prized in and made the call.
Andreas Goeller: 
Emmanuel Pariset: 
Besides a split pot possibility at one point, no real harm for the ace-king: 
. Pariset, who's been shoving a lot for the last two days, mostly without calls, is back in the game.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
963,000
498,000
|
498,000 |
|
|
278,000
415,000
|
415,000 |
Level 24
: 12,000/24,000, 3,000 ante
