Andrey Lobzhanidze opened under the gun plus one for 21,000 and Raul Mestre again got involved. The Spanish super star made a three-bet to 50,000 and just Lobzhanidze made the call.
on the flop and Lobzhanidze checked to Mestre who checked behind. The turn brought the to the table and Lobzhanidze check called a 50,000 bet from Mestre.
The river was the and Lobzhanidze checked again. Mestre announced all in, effectively putting Lobzhanidze to the test for his remaining 256,000. The Russian player instantly called.
Mestre showed for the flopped full house. Lobzhanidze tabled for the rivered flush and got up from the table and left the feature table.
Piotr Shautsou shoved all in for his remaining 115,000 from under the gun plus one. Action folded to Vicky Coren in the small blind who called. The big blind went out of the way.
"I'll give you a race" said Coren as she opened up her . But it wasn't a race, or at least not a fair one, as Shautsou tabled .
The board was full of blanks with and Shautsou made his exit in 35th place (€11,660).
Today is the turn of the high rollers who will start their three day event this afternoon. A €10,000 +€300 buy in adds an element of exclusivity, with a single re-entry permitted to those who don’t get it right first time round. The PokerStars Blog introduces the day here.
The Skrill Last Longer competition has been being held at each stop on this season’s EPT, of which they’re an official sponsor. The promotion is simple – players sign up for the promotion either online (preregistration is available) or at the Skrill booth (which will be present at each stop); don a Skrill patch; and then aim to be the last man or woman standing. The last player remaining will then receive their buy-in back via their Skrill account.
Here in Sanremo, just eight players remained heading into Day 3. You can see the list of players still in contention by scrolling to the bottom of this post.
While Skrill is upping the ante for Season 10 with a bigger branding initiative, this isn’t their first appearance on the EPT; as a matter of fact, they were a sponsor of Season 8 and have held previous “Last Longer” promotions.
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Xia Lin was eliminated by Stephen Chidwick in two hands several minutes apart. The first all in clash saw Chidwick table the against the of Lin. The cards fell and Lin was crippled on 60,000 while Chidwick doubled up.
Lin sat snug for a while before eventually getting the last of his chips and it was Chidwick who made the call with . The board ran out and Lin was out.
Day 4 of the EPT Main Event started a short while ago. Check out the starting line-up and, if you dare, watch EPTLive presenter Joe Stapleton debase himself for some cheap laughs by dressing up as a massage girl. Read all about it over at the PokerStars Blog and watch the video below.
Jordan Westmorland opened the cutoff to 20,000 and Vicky Coren made the call from the button. Rovvo Palumbo shoved for 132,000 from the big blind and Westmorland made the call, Coren folded.
Rocco Palumbo:
Jordan Westmorland:
"I'm due for a loss" Westmorland said, and so it would be. The on the flop and Palumbo jumped in front. The on the turn and on the river were blanks and Palumbo doubled.
Vincenzo Scarcella has been for rocking the short stack for almost the last two days and always seems to survive. He was down to 154,000 and moved all in getting a call by Eros Nastasi who had . Scarcella though had the .
The dealer put out and Scarcella survived once again.
A preflop raising was broke out between Giacomo Fundaro and Olivier Busquet. Fundaro had a bet of 150,000 in front of him and Busquet responded with an all-in. It took a while before Fundaro made the call but call he did.
Busquet turned over and was up against the pair of Fundaro.
The cards fell . Busquet couldn’t hit ans he was down to a short stack.
on the flop and Lobzhanidze checked to Mestre who checked behind. The turn brought the 
to the table and Lobzhanidze check called a 50,000 bet from Mestre.
and Lobzhanidze checked again. Mestre announced all in, effectively putting Lobzhanidze to the test for his remaining 256,000. The Russian player instantly called.
for the flopped full house. Lobzhanidze tabled 
for the rivered flush and got up from the table and left the feature table.
. But it wasn't a race, or at least not a fair one, as Shautsou tabled 
.
and Shautsou made his exit in 35th place (€11,660).
against the 
of Lin. The cards fell 
and it was Chidwick who made the call with 
on the flop and Palumbo jumped in front. The 
. Zachary Korik held top pair 
and river 