€1,000 Main Event Day 2 | 2024 WSOP-C Sanremo

11-10-2024 14:30 UTC+1

Life Outside Poker: Eugene Katchalov Returns to Both Ukraine and Poker

Maxime Taldir

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Life Outside Poker is a new podcast for PokerNews hosted by Connor Richards that seeks to pull back the curtain on poker players and allow viewers and listeners to get to know them on a personal level.

In the 19th episode, Connor speaks with former poker pro Eugene Katchalov, one of Ukraine's all-time money leaders who fled the country in 2022 after Russia's invasion and has since returned to the war-torn region with his family.

Katchalov, a former PokerStars ambassador, talked about growing up in New York City, his poker glory days and 2007 Doyle Brunson Five Diamond World Poker Classic victory for $2.5 million, returning to Ukraine and misconceptions about the longstanding conflict with Russia. He also discussed his venture into esports and new plans to get back into poker with a project aimed at leveling the playing field between pros and recreationals.

The Life Outside Poker podcast is available on major streaming platforms including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and iHeartRadio. You can also watch the interview with Eugene Katchalov by heading to the PokerNews YouTube channel.

Learn More About Life Outside Poker!

11-10-2024 14:20 UTC+1

Lacomblez Scores an Elimination

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Maxime Taldir

Level 14 : Blinds 2,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

The under the gun player opened, but Olivier Brun to his left three-bet to 30,000. Steve Lacomblez four-bet all-in from the next seat, then all the other players folded to the under the gun player who jammed. Brun folded, saying that he had queens.

Under the gun player: A♦K♦ All in
Steve Lacomblez: K♥K♣

The board of 4♠5♥10♣7♠3♦ kept Lacomblez's kings in the lead, and he sent his opponent to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Steve Lacomblez	540,000 86,000	86,000
Olivier Brun	160,000 11,000	11,000

Tags: Olivier Brun Steve Lacomblez

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

11-10-2024 14:03 UTC+1

Abreu Takes From Spir

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jose Carlos "Yoshi" Abreu opened to 8,000 from under then gun, but David Spir in the small blind three-bet to 22,000. Yoshi made the call.

The dealer fanned a flop of J♣J♠9♦ and Spir checked. Yoshi bet 16,000 and Spir called.

Spir led out for 25,000 on the 8♠ turn, but Yoshi raised to 55,000. It only took a few seconds for Spir to fold.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jose Carlos Abreu	435,000 103,000	103,000
David Spir	137,000 114,000	114,000

Tags: David Spir Jose Carlos

11-10-2024 13:50 UTC+1

Ruggeri Makes Everybody Fold

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

After the cutoff opened to 10,000, Luca Riozzi in the small blind three-bet to 22,000. Umberto Ruggeri looked at his opponents' stacks and decided to go all-in with the biggest stack of the table.

The cutoff folded, but Riozzi went deep into the tank. He eventually folded K♠Q♣, while Ruggeri revealed the Q♥.

Player	Chips	Progress
Umberto Ruggeri	510,000 500	500
Luca Riozzi	91,000 50,000	50,000

Tags: Umberto Ruggeri Luca Riozzi

11-10-2024 13:37 UTC+1

Iaculli Runs Into Aces

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Gianfranco Iaculli in the hijack found himself at risk for approximately 200,000 against Marcello Rocca in middle position.

Gianfranco Iaculli: A♣K♠ All in
Marcello Rocca: A♠A♦

Iaculli ran into aces and couldn't do much on J♠K♥8♠5♦5♠, so he was eliminated. A few hands later, Sarah Jarry was eliminated from the same table.

Player	Chips	Progress
Marcello Rocca	450,000 320,000	320,000
Gianfranco Iaculli	Busted
Sarah Jarry	Busted

Tags: Gianfranco Iaculli Marcello Rocca

11-10-2024 13:25 UTC+1

€133,090 for the Winner of the 2024 WSOP-C Sanremo Main Event

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Maxime Taldir

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The 262 remaining players are back in their seats and have received information about the prize pool for the 2024 WSOP-C Sanremo Main Event.

The 1,050 entrants generated a total prize pool of €888,300, which will be divided into 159 payouts, with the top 159 players in the money, each securing a minimum cash prize of €2,010.

However, only one player will be crowned the winner tomorrow, taking home the first-place prize of €133,090, along with a watch in Texapoker’s colors.

WSOP-C Sanremo Main Event Payouts

Place	Prize	Place	Prize	Place	Prize
1	€133,090	9	€11,445	56-63	€2,765
2	€90,050	10-11	€9,050	64-71	€2,500
3	€64,040	12-15	€7,270	72-79	€2,340
4	€46,070	16-23	€5,935	80-103	€2,220
5	€34,140	24-31	€4,925	104-131	€2,110
6	€25,400	32-39	€4,155	132-159	€2,010
7	€19,180	40-47	€3,565
8	€14,705	48-55	€3,110

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

11-10-2024 13:14 UTC+1

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Maxime Taldir

With a slight delay, cards are in the air on Day 2 of the WSOP-C Sanremo Main Event.

11-10-2024 12:02 UTC+1

262 Survivors on Day 2 of the 2024 WSOP-C Sanremo

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Maxime Taldir

The race for the money can now start in the 2024 World Series of Poker Circuit Sanremo €1,000 Main Event. After four starting flights here at Casinò Sanremo, only 262 survivors remain from a record-breaking field of 1,050 entrants.

Yesterday, on Day 1c, Jean-Marc Chiba finished as the overall chip leader with 775,000 chips, followed by Serge Monier (759,000) and Moundir Zoughari (713,000). Day 1a chip leader Mateusz Sikora holds a slightly smaller stack (498,000), along with Day 1b chipleader Angelo Marrone (493,000). Day 1d’s chip leader, Antonio Scalzi, bagged 578,000.

WSOP-C Sanremo Main Event Day 2 Top 10

Rank	Player	Country	Chip count	Big blinds
1	Jean-Marc Chiba	France	775,000	258
2	Serge Monier	France	759,000	253
3	Moundir Zoughari	France	713,000	238
4	Alex Sampirisi	Italy	675,000	225
5	Anthony Thouy	France	606,000	202
6	Antonio Scalzi	Italy	578,000	193
7	Jamel Ghizaoui	France	554,000	185
8	Andrea Maffei	Italy	540,500	180
9	Umberto Ruggeri	Italy	510,500	170
10	Mateusz Sikora	Poland	498,000	166

Play resumes at 1 p.m. today, Sunday, November 10. Levels increase to 60 minutes in length for Day 2, and the action will start with 1:35 minute in Level 12 with blinds at 1,500/3,000/3,000. Prize pool informations will be revealed at the beginning of the day..

Stay tunes to PokerNews as we provide updates through to the end of the WSOP-C Sanremo Main Event!

Tags: Alex Sampirisi Andrea Maffei Angelo Marrone Antonio Scalzi Jamel Ghizaoui Jean-Marc Chiba Mateusz Sikora Moundir Zoughari Serge Monier