Main Event
Day 5 Completed
2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Main Event
Day: 5
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€6,014,000
Entries
1,240
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
0
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EPT Snowfest champion Allan Bække came into the day with the chip lead, looking for an unheard-of double dip on possibly the toughest tournament circuit in the world. He managed to run deep into this penultimate day, but his bid for EPT immortality came to an end in 12th place.
Bække shouldn't feel too bad, though. Eight of the top ten players entering Day 5 were eliminated over the course of about 10 hours, including each of the top six. Online qualifiers Thang Duc Nguyen and Paul Berende were among the casualties of this tough day, as were PokerStars players Jens Thorson, Ronny Kaiser, and Ramon Cserei.
That leaves just eight players still in the hunt for the trophy. Here's how they'll be set up heading into tomorrow's final table, each of them looking to get their hands on that €1.25 million first prize:
Seat 1: Claudio Piceci - 4,460,000
Seat 2: Alexey Rybin - 1,890,000
Seat 3: Atanas Gueorguiev - 2,520,000
Seat 4: Jakob Carlsson - 13,525,000
Seat 5: Giuseppe Diep - 1,830,000
Seat 6: Liv Boeree - 3,440,000
Seat 7: Toni Pettersson - 5,035,000
Seat 8: Michael Piper - 4,600,000
We'll be back tomorrow at noon CET (not 2pm as it was today (owing to the TV folks arriving a little late after an epic bus ride)). Be sure to join us right here at PokerNews to see who gets to take home the trophy and the lion's share of the loot.
Rinaldi:
Carlsson:
Board:
The plucky Swiss will not be coming back tomorrow. When we return at noon, Carlsson will be monstrous chip leader with around 13.5 million - that's over a third of the chips in play.
The flop came down
and Boeree announced all in to cover the Italian, who called immediately.Boeree:
for two oversPiceci:
for the devil's own hand, a set of sixesTurn:
giving Boeree flush and straight outsRiver:
to make Piceci a full housePiceci doubled to around 4.6 million. Boeree was left with around 3.5 million.
The dealer spread out
, and Carlsson kept the heat on with an all-in shove for Picei's effective stack of just less than two million. After a quick shake of the head, Piceci open-mucked what looked to be two black sevens, and Carlsson drags that pot with no showdown needed.
Seat 2: Alexey Rybin - 1,230,000
Seat 3: Atanas Gueorguiev - 1,650,000
Seat 4: Claudio Rinaldi - 2,195,000
Seat 5: Jakob Carlsson - 10,800,000
Seat 6: Giuseppe Diep - 2,395,000
Seat 7: Liv Boeree - 5,910,000
Seat 8: Toni Pettersson - 4,815,000
Seat 9: Michael Piper - 4,940,000
First in from the button, Alexey Rybin opened with a raise, and big blind Jakob Carlsson three-bet right back at him. Rybin called, and the two men saw an action flop of
. Carlsson fired out a bet of 560,000, and Rybin bumped it right up to 2 million straight. Carlsson then moved all in for more than 4 million, and Rybin instantly called to put the largest pot of the tournament up for grabs! Let's see 'em:Rybin:
Carlsson:
Now that's what we're talking about. Middle set runs into the flopped straight, leaving Carlsson dead to a board pair to stay afloat.
The turn
was a blank, but it inherently added another three outs for Carlsson. He was looking for any king, queen, ten, or eight to double up through Rybin, and the river 
certainly fit that bill.Finding his dramatic full house on the river, Carlsson has picked up that enormous pot, taking over the chip lead and essentially trading places with Rybin.
We'll have full chip counts for the final nine for you momentarily.
Piper:
Stelmak:
"Good luck," said Piper. Then, "I don't really mean that."
Board:
Stelmak is out in 10th place, and our final nine will shortly be reconvening on a single table...