It was a rough day for Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel, and one that just came to an end shy of Level 6. We missed the hand as it happened, but a colleague was kind enough to fill us in on the details.
According to him, Duhamel checked a flop from the hijack and Zoltan Purak bet 1,200 from the cutoff. Duhamel responded by moving all in for 11,600, and Purak made the call.
Duhamel:
Purak:
Purak had flopped the nuts, and Duhamel was drawing to running cards. However, the turn took away any chance of that happening. The meaningless was run out on the river for good measure, and then a dejected Duhamel took his leave from the EPT10 Sanremo Main Event.
The Brazilian PokerStars player Douglas Souza and Italian regular Sergio Castelluccio were at it again just now, and again Souza came out on top.
Souza opened to 700 under the gun and Castelluccio made the call. Oleksii Khoroshenin came along for the ride as well, and so did the big blind.
With the flop displaying , both the big blind and initial raiser Souza checked. With two checks in front of him, Castelluccio grabbed the opportunity to bet out 1,400. Khoroshenin and the big blind folded, but Souza made the call.
The same procedure was seen on the turn where the hit; Souza checked and he called as his Italian opponent bet out 2,500.
The completed the board and Souza checked. Castelluccio appeared to give up and checked behind.
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Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst opened for 700 and was raised by Danish PokerStars player Simon Ravnsbaek to 2,050. Ravnsbaek is a bit short on chips and looks like he’s trying to make something happen on a fairly aggressive table. Giovanni Salvatore in the big blind shot him an angry look and folded. Selbst too folded and Ravnsbaek won the pot preflop.
On the next hand Ravnsbaek was active again, opening for 700. Alberto Musini made the call and from the small blind Salvatore raised it up to 2,150. Ravnsbaek didn’t want to give up that easily and made the call as did Musini.
Three players to a flop of and, first to act, Salvatore made it 5,000. Ravnsbaek was stuck in the middle and folded. Musini mused but he too folded. Salvatore showed the table the .
Ravnsbaek kept plugging away, opening for 650 on the next hand and calling Selbst’s three-bet to 1,800 from the big blind. The flop was this time and a bet from Selbst of 1,700 saw Ravnsbaek again release his hand.
With 4,000 or so in the pot and a board reading , both Simon Ravnsbaek and Alberto Musini checked to Kitty Kuo, who bet 2,000 from the button. Both checkers called and then all three players checked the river.
Ravnsbaek tabled the , but it was no good as Musini had rivered queens with the . Kuo mucked and Musini was pushed the pot.
Another open shove from a Frenchman once the first three community cards were delivered? Deja Vu? Last time it was Artem Metalidi who spiked a set of threes to eliminate a player, but this time WSOP Bracelet winner Michael Gathy managed to find a fold.
In the hand, [Removed:361] Guillemain was the initial raiser to 700 and another player cold called before Gathy raised it to 2,700 - call from both opponents. On the flop, Guillemain shoved instantly for 22,750 and it took Gathy about two minutes before he released his cards into the muck.
First Heikki Piira from Finland paid off the of Darie Vlad to fall from 20,000 to 11,000. Then he got the remainder of his stack in with the against the of Sam Chartier. No help on the board and the Finn is out, while Chartier emerges as one of the biggest stacks at the moment.
While the Main Event has been playing out on one side of the room, the Italian Poker Tour €2,000 High Roller is taking place on the other. That tournament is now down to the final nine.
Leading the way is Italian player Juri Mereu. Also still in is last night’s chip leader, Italian pro Gaetano Preite. Others still in contention for the €77,800 first prize are American EPT Campione runner-up Olivier Busquet and EPT Kyiv runner-up Alex Dovzhenko. There were 181 entries in the event which played down to the bubble last night. The €351,140 prize pool was divvied up between 27 players in all.
flop from the hijack and Zoltan Purak bet 1,200 from the cutoff. Duhamel responded by moving all in for 11,600, and Purak made the call.
turn took away any chance of that happening. The meaningless 
was run out on the river for good measure, and then a dejected Duhamel took his leave from the EPT10 Sanremo Main Event.
, both the big blind and initial raiser Souza checked. With two checks in front of him, Castelluccio grabbed the opportunity to bet out 1,400. Khoroshenin and the big blind folded, but Souza made the call.
hit; Souza checked and he called as his Italian opponent bet out 2,500.
completed the board and Souza checked. Castelluccio appeared to give up and checked behind.
and Castelluccio mucked.
river.
. Kuo mucked and Musini was pushed the pot.
of Darie Vlad to fall from 20,000 to 11,000. Then he got the remainder of his stack in with the 
of Sam Chartier. No help on the board and the Finn is out, while Chartier emerges as one of the biggest stacks at the moment.