The betting escaped us, but we do know that Francesco Lorenzini got his stack all in on a flop holding the against the of [Removed:17].
Lorenzini was well out in front with the flopped flush, but then the dealer burned and turned the . Yan found the right pair to make a full house, which left Lorenzini drawing to just the to stay alive. The odds of hitting the straight flush were long, which is why the table erupted in a mix of disbelief and celebration when the spiked!
Lorenzini had one foot out the door, but now he's back in his seat with a big smile on his face.
The button opened for 3,400 and from the small blind Zachary Korik made the call. The big blind came along for the ride as well and they saw a flop: . Korik lead out for 4,200 and just the big blind made the call. Both players checked the -turn and the fell on the river. Korik checked and the big blind grabbed the opportunity to bet 13,200.
Korik thought about it for some time. He said "Four-five? Or eight-nine?" with an interrogative voice. The big blind didn't reply. Rather he showed once Korik had made the call. Korik mucked, and racked up his 120,500 chips as his table was being broken.
The flop was and Michael Telker had bet 6,400. Vicky Coren raised him to 16,000 and Eldar Moldobek Uulu to her left gave it some thought. Coren started giggling and Uulu folded. Telker gave it a brief think too before folding.
Coren then apologised for laughing, explaining it was because her hand was so good and thanking the other players for taking so long to fold. Telker then had a bit of a disagreement on who could fold faster, him or Coren before she went on to speculate what sort of hands she could have had in that spot. Coren is enjoying herself immensely and accumulating chips with her tight image.
Salvatore Manna raised from under the gun and found a caller on the button in Rytis Praninskas. On the board the Italian fired on all three streets worth 6,000, 11,600 and finally 27,700 all in after the last community card. Praninskas tanked on the river and eventually called with the . Manna shook his head in disgust, then tabled the before leaving the table.
Nearby, Gaelle Baumann had the best starting hand in pocket aces and got her stack in against pocket kings. However, the board saw her opponent improve and the remainder of her crippled stack was gone shortly after.
Pius Heinz. Photo courtesy of the PokerStars Blog.
Two ridiculous tables appeared at EPT Sanremo today, with EPT winners, High Roller champions and a world beater sitting there. But will you take PokerStars Blog's challenge to figure out how they split $32m in tournament winnings between them? If so, just click here.
Russian player Mikhail Korotkikh took down last night's EPT Sanremo €2k NL Turbo for €45,900, beating a super-tough final table that included former Italian Player of the Year and PCA finalist Mustapha Kanit, reigning Danish champion Rasmus Agerskov, Italian pro Andrea Dato, GPI European Rookie of the Year Adrian Mateos and two-time EPT Copenhagen Main Event finalist Rasmus Neilsen.
Korotkikh, who was fourth in the EPT Vienna €10k High Roller last month for €61,400 (his best live result), was also runner-up in the €4k NL Turbo side event here in Sanremo in Season 8 and 13th in the EPT London Main Event last season. He now has more than $400,000 in live tournament winnings. There were 86 players in all last night, creating a prize pool of €166,840.
Jason Wheeler worked on a miracle after dropping down to 7,000 and then getting as high as 120,000. He was down to 70,000 again though in the last hand before the break and lost a coinflip with against the pocket tens of Roberto Romanello. The Welshman spiked a ten on the flop, Wheeler an ace on flop and river. We will see the online grinder shortly back in the €2k Side Event though.
flop holding the 
against the 
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. Yan found the right pair to make a full house, which left Lorenzini drawing to just the 
to stay alive. The odds of hitting the straight flush were long, which is why the table erupted in a mix of disbelief and celebration when the ![[Removed:17]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. Korik lead out for 4,200 and just the big blind made the call. Both players checked the 
-turn and the 
fell on the river. Korik checked and the big blind grabbed the opportunity to bet 13,200.
once Korik had made the call. Korik mucked, and racked up his 120,500 chips as his table was being broken.
and Michael Telker had bet 6,400. Vicky Coren raised him to 16,000 and Eldar Moldobek Uulu to her left gave it some thought. Coren started giggling and Uulu folded. Telker gave it a brief think too before folding.
against the pocket tens of Roberto Romanello. The Welshman spiked a ten on the flop, Wheeler an ace on flop and river. We will see the online grinder shortly back in the €2k Side Event though.
