€4,900 Main Event
Dia 1a Iniciado
2014 PokerStars.it EPT Sanremo
€4,900 Main Event
Dias: 1a
Welcome to the Penultimate Stop of Season 10... Welcome Back to Sanremo!
Welcome to the penultimate stop of Season 10 of the European Poker Tour. It’s been awhile since the EPT’s last visit to Sanremo, Italy, which came at the beginning of Season 9 back in October 2012. That season’s Main Event attracted 797 runners and was ultimately won by Ludovic Lacay; meanwhile, Benny Spindler took down that year’s High Roller.
This year’s Main Event is shaping up to be just as entertaining as numerous Team PokerStars Pros are set to attend including EPT6 champion Liv Boeree, Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Vanessa Selbst, Angel Guillen and Jonathan Duhamel, Team Online's Marc-Andre “FrenchDawg” Ladouceur and Mickey “mement_mori” Petersen, and Friend of PokerStars Natalie Hof.
Additionally, at least 140 players have won seats to the EPT Sanremo Main Event including a bunch of EPT champions such as Anton Wigg, Michael Tureniec, Roberto Romanello, Frederik Jensen, Jannick Wrang, Kevin MacPhee, David Vamplew, Nicolas Chouity, Remi Castaignon and Julian Track as well as Aussie Millions champion Ami Barer. Other qualifiers include Martin Jacobson, Griffin Benger, Sam Chartier, Alex Bilokur, Adrian Mateos, Kitty Kuo, Stephen Chidwick, Jeffrey Hakim, Jude Ainsworth and Ole Schemion.
One storyline to keep an eye on throughout the EPT Sanremo is the EPT10 Player of the Year Race between Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst, who currently sits second on the leaderboard, and Ole Schemion, who is in the lead. The 29-year-old American was runner-up in the EPT10 Sanremo €4,600 PLO event the other day, but since there were only 15 runners it was ineligible for POY points. Selbst missed last month’s EPT Vienna which allowed the German pro, who made the final of the EPT Vienna €2k event, to boost his lead by some 80 points. He now has 885 points, 120 points clear of Selbst. The EPT POY race will award a trophy and €50,000 in PokerStars live event tickets to the winner.
The Main Event is scheduled to kick off at Noon local time, which is about an hour from now. Who will add their name to this prestigious list of champions? We’ll find out in a week’s time.
Former EPT Sanremo Champions
| Season | Date | Buy-In | # of Players | Prize Pool | Winner | Top Prize |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | April 1-5, 2008 | €5,000 | 701 | €3,100,000 | Jason Mercier | €869,000 |
| 5 | April 18-23, 2009 | €5,300 | 1,178 | €5,713,300 | Constant Rijkenberg | €1,508,000 |
| 6 | April 15-21, 2010 | €5,300 | 1,240 | €6,014,000 | Liv Boeree | €1,250,000 |
| 7 | April 27-May 3, 2011 | €5,300 | 987 | €4,786,950 | Rupert Elder | €930,000 |
| 8 | October 21-27, 2011 | €4,900 | 837 | €3,734,694 | Andrey Pateychuk | €680,000 |
| 9 | October 6-12, 2012 | €5,300 | 797 | €3,865,450 | Ludovic Lacay | €744,910 |
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Blinds: 50/100
Ante: 0
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Italian Poker Tour Sanremo Main Event Down to the Final Nine
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Prior to the EPT10 Sanremo Main Event, the Italian Poker Tour (IPT) kicked off their €700 buy-in Main Event, which attracted 1,124 players and created a prize pool of €763,196. That was to be distributed to the top 167 players, with €137,100 reserved for the eventual winner. That tournament is now down to the unofficial final table of nine.
Among those who cashed were Tam Truong (166th - €1,220), Max Pescatori (160th - €1,220), Sergio Aido (158th - €1,220), Marcin Horecki (150th - €1,220), Alex Kravchenko (135th - €1,345), Casey Kastle (129th - €1,345), Vitaly Lunkin (107th - €1,500), and Alessandro Basile (78th - €1,660), Andrea Dato (59th - €1,980), Kitty Kuo (34th - €2,800), Ben Yu (27th - €3,815), Pratik Ghatge (22nd - €4,550), and Franco Berlingieri (10th - €8,480).
UKIPT Marbella champion Ludovic Geilich, who won the Super Tuesday last week for a career best online cash of $101,325 and was fourth at EPT London, narrowly missed the final, finishing 11th for €8,480.
Leading the final nine is Marcello Miniucchi. All the remaining players, who will be back today at 12:30 p.m., are guaranteed at least €13,000 but it's the IPT6 Sanremo trophy and €137,100 first prize they have in their sights.
In addition to Miniucchi, who was runner-up at the IPT Saint Vincent Main Event last month, some other notables remain including APPT Cebu champion Jae Kyung Sim, 2012 Swedish Champion Alexander Norden, and WPT Venice runner-up Alex Longobardi. Fellow finalist Niccolo Ceccarelli has already won an event here at the EPT Sanremo Poker Festival when he beat a 75-strong field to take down the €200 NL Turbo (Unlimited RB/AO) for €8,620.
Here's a look at the unofficial final table of nine:
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seat 1 | Marcello Miniucchi | Italy | 4,540,000 |
| Seat 2 | Alessandro Borsa | Italy | 820,000 |
| Seat 3 | Fabio Scepi | Italy | 2,750,000 |
| Seat 4 | Nicolo Ceccarelli | Italy | 2,260,000 |
| Seat 5 | Adel Kabbani | France | 2,020,000 |
| Seat 6 | Alessandro De Fenza | Italy | 3,855,000 |
| Seat 7 | Alex Longobardi | Italy | 2,200,000 |
| Seat 8 | Jae Sim | Korea | 1,980,000 |
| Seat 9 | Alexander Norden | Sweden | 1,955,000 |
The IPT Main Event attracted 1,124 entries over three accumulator start days. There were 609 unique players with Italians accounting for more than half (51% with 308 players) that field. In total, players from 49 countries took part.
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The First Recognizable Faces
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| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
Shuffle Up and Deal
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The tournament got underway with the players being reminded that the EPT has so far had 97 champions and created 41 millionaires. There is a long way to go before we crown the next EPT champion and the atmosphere is quiet and relaxed as more players file into the tournament room with numbers just reaching 100 as of a few minutes ago.
More Players We Already Know
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| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
First action on Day 1A
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About ten minutes into Level 1 at blinds 50-100 we do see Rumen Nanev in action and the EPT Vienna finalist bets 5,500 into a pot of about 10,000 on the river 
. His opponent eventually called after about half a minute of consideration and the Bulgarian turned over 
for two pair, which was good enough to rake in the chips.
Jannick Wrang tried the same with 
on the river 
with a bet of 3,100 however one of the local guys made the call and turned over 
for the better kicker.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
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38,000 | 38,000 |
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25,000 | 25,000 |