2014 PokerStars.it EPT Sanremo
“My EPT Finishes Have Been Kind Of Embarrassing.”
German grinder Dominik Nitsche is looking to climb out of his "embarrassing" EPT hole here in Sanremo. Today he scores his fifth EPT Main Event cash and is now looking to spin it up to make amends for a squandered EPT Barcelona chip lead in Season 7. Click through to the PokerStars Blog now.
Marrocolli Doubles Through Meoni
Just minutes ago Marrocoli found a lot of new chips and he got them from his neighbor Alessandro Meoni. Italian on Italian action it was!
Marroccoli had which was by far the best hand against Meoni's .
The board ran out and Marroccoli doubled.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Filippo Marroccoli |
300,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
Alessandro Meoni |
170,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Lindop Eliminated; Johnson Somehow Escapes in Monster Pot
We happened upon the action with around 200,000 in the pot and a board reading . Alex Lindop had bet 67,000 — leaving himself 120,000 or so back — and Dinesh Alt raised all in for roughly 200,000 from the hijack.
Mitch Johnson was in the cutoff and thought a long time before releasing his hand.
"If I hadn't played with you yesterday I would definitely fold," Lindop told Alt. The man from the UK then thought for a solid minute before calling off.
"Nuts," Alt said and tabled the . Lindop shook his head up and down and showed the . Some other players at the table commented that it was a tough spot to get away from, but then Johnson said that he had folded aces.
No one believed him, so he reached over and turned over his discards — .
"Wow," Shyam Srinivasan said, "Just wow." His sentiments were echoed by several other players at the table.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Dinesh Alt |
600,000
390,000
|
390,000 |
Mitch Johnson |
240,000
-75,000
|
-75,000 |
Alex Lindop | Eliminado |
Savov Jams Into Westmorland
Jordan Westmorland min-raised to 12,000 from under the gun and Valeri Savov moved all in for 160,000. It was no snap call from Westmorland but he did put the chips in and turned over the. Savov was flipping with the but the flop was devastating to say the least. No miracle happened on the turn and river, Savov headed to the payout desk.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Jordan Westmorland |
585,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
Valeri Savov | Eliminado |
Chidwick Eliminates Guenan on Feature Table
After a series of preflop raises Flavien Guenan shoved and got called by UK PokerStars player Stephen Chidwick called him. Cards on their backs Guenan had but Chidwick held .
The final board was eliminating Guenen and giving Chidwick even more chips.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Stephen Chidwick |
712,000
112,000
|
112,000 |
Flavien Guenan | Eliminado |
Sardone And Petruzzelli On The Rail
Our Italian colleagues told us about the eliminations of Alessio Sardone and Federico Petruzzelli. Petruzzelli had pocket kings and Andrija Martic flopped two pair with in a three way pot. On the turn the money went in with the Italian holding pocket kings and Andrija doubled up after a blank river. The remaining stack was gone shortly after in a battle of the blinds.
Sardone ran with the into the of an opponent on the board. He called the all in bet on the river with less chips to discover the bad news.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Andrija Martic |
720,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
Alessio Sardone | Eliminado | |
Federico Petruzzelli | Eliminado |
Fear, Pain And Gesticulation. It Must Be The Bubble
Lucky shirts and supple shoulders are among the prerequisites for players on the bubble. And a phone to keep you occupied on your walk to the rail. The PokerStars Blog reports on today’s Main Event bubble. Read it here.
Telker Doubles
Ariel Celestino opened for 12,000 and Piotr Shautsou three-bet to 28,000. Michael Telker was on the button and thought long and hard about what to do. His final decision was to move all in.
Celestino folded and when Shautsou got a count of 147,000 he made the call with his . Telker turned over .
The final board ran out and Telker dodged the over cards to double up.
“Thank you. I’m such a nit I wanted to fold.” Telker said.
Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
---|---|---|
Michael Telker |
310,000
-90,000
|
-90,000 |
Piotr Shautsou |
140,000
-154,000
|
-154,000 |
Telker Find a Drinking Buddy
When Michael Telker is at the table he tends to like a drinking buddy. This time it’s Vicky Coren.
I should confess that @munchenhb and I are drinking wine. Nobody else is. So we may have a game disadvantage - but a FUN ADVANTAGE.Follow @VictoriaCoren