2010 PokerStars.it EPT San Remo
Main Event
Day: 5
The flop was and Stelmak bet 270,000. Boeree made the call before Stelmak fired 450,000 on the turn , Boeree called again and the river was the .
Stelmak now tanked for several minutes before checking, Boeree immediately checked behing and the Russian had to show while Boeree scooped the pot with .
A couple of beaming smiles were spotted on Michael and Nick Binger standing in the audience as she happily scooped another big pot.
Showdown
Carlsson:
Cserei:
The board ran out safe for the all-in Carlsson: . That earns him a much needed double up back over two million on the final hand before the break.
The next hand Bække shoved again for 245,000 and both Ramon Demon Cserei in the small blind and Alexey Rybin in the big made the call. Bække went and sat down with his girlfriend in the audience as the hand played out.
They saw a flop and Cserei checked. Rybin bet, Cserei folded, and Bække came back to the table.
Bække: that had managed to make top pair
Rybin: for a really amazingly premium set
Turn: leaving Bække drawing dead
River:
And with that, the EPT Snowfest champion waved goodbye to his chances of an EPT San Remo trophy to add to his collection.
Showdown
Boeree:
Linde:
The flop was a very dry to keep Boeree in the lead, and she let out a big sigh and closed her eyes for the remainder of the hand.
The turn was the , and perhaps it's just as well that Boeree didn't see that scary paint card. The river was scary paint too, but the was the good kind, locking up the pot and the knockout for the Brit.
Per Linde put on a great show this week, but his run has come to an end in unlucky 13th place. We're still waiting for Boeree to stack up, but it looks like she's going to be right at 5 million when she does.
Finally the Swiss player checked behind with a little frustration and Pettersson showed but Rinaldi had him outkicked, turning over to win the pot.
Bække:
Piceci:
As they say, it's a race! Bække wandered off to have some quick words with his girlfriend in the theatre stalls, and when he came back the board was dealt.
Board:
Bække couldn't win the race, and the EPT Snowfest champion is down to just a few hundred thousand.
Piceci:
Tamm:
Board: ...
Ouch. Once again Tamm was stabbed in the tournament back by a nasty spiky river, and this time it would be his end. He took it with relative equanimity - as he told Michelle Orpe afterwards, "This is tournament poker and I suck at rivers."
The Italians may try to claim him as their own, but Claudio "Swissy" Rinaldi is very proudly from the neighboring country up north. During one of the earlier breaks, Glo caught up with the last Swiss player left standing to talk about his deep run here in Italy:
Still, at least a few familiar faces have managed to sneak or bribe their way into the audience. The Brothers Binger, Nick and Michael, are in the front row sweating their pal Liv Boeree. Jon Aguiar just came out of the commentary booth, and he loitered around for a while before heading off to the spa around the corner. And we also spy two massage chicks -- sorry, massage therapists lurking around the perimeter of the tables and waiting to make someone feel incredible.