2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo

€5,300 EPT San Remo Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aa
Prize
€1,508,000
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€5,713,300
Entries
1,178
Level Info
Level
30
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
10,000

'KingDan23' Dethroned

Online pro Dan Smith was recently eliminated from the San Remo Main Event, succumbing to a two-hand cooler that kept him out of the money.

Known as 'Danny98765' on PokerStars, but better known as 'KingDan23' on other sites, Smith managed to run pocket queens into Marco Vailati's pocket aces, leaving himself just under 15,000 in chips. Moments later, Smith moved all in from early position for his last 13,300 and was looked up by one of the table's big stacks (and big blind at the time), David Eldar. Smith was in front when the hole cards were revealed:

Smith: {A-Clubs} {8-Clubs}
Eldar: {Q-Clubs} {10-Clubs}

The {6-Hearts} {K-Clubs} {5-Spades} flop that ensued still had Smith in front, but the {Q-Hearts} that fell on the turn gave Edlar a pair and proved to be fatal for Smith. Failing to catch a life-saving ace on the river {4-Hearts}, Smith was eliminated from the tournament just outside of the money.

Tags: Dan Smith