After an under-the-gun raise by Jason Wheeler to 400 and a call, the big blind made it 1,350 - both opponents call. On the flop only Wheeler called the 2,500 continuation bet of the big blind before making his move on the turn. The big blind fired 4,700 and the American raised to 10,050. It took some time but the raise did the trick for him to increase his stack without showdown.
High-stakes cash-game player Ognjen Sekularac from Serbia three-bet an open-raise to 1,200 and got two callers. On the flop he continued for 1,400 and this time only Michael Kanaan called to see the turn. The action got checked through before the Australian bet 3,500 after the river. Sekularac was tempted and pondered about his decision for more than two minutes, but eventually his cards went into the muck.
Robin Ylitalo won the EPT London Main Event this year for £560,980. He has recently sat down at the tables here at Sanremo and ordered a salami sandwich. It arrived at a cost of €10.
“Do you have change?” Ylitalo asked and pulled out a €500 note from a balled wad of notes in his pocket. The waiter went off in search of change but returned several minutes later with the same large denomination note unable to break it for him. It took another player to come to the rescue.
We joined the action on the turn with four active players but only Govert Metaal called the 2,800 of Nicolino di Carlo. The Italian fired again after the river and curiosity got the better out of Metaal who tossed in the 2,075 chips for the call and muck versus the of his opponent.
Liv Boeree raised from under the gun to 350, the hijack makes it 900, and both Ben Warrington as well as the former Sanremo champion call to see the flop. All three players checked, and on the turn Warrington took the lead for 2,300. Only Boeree opted to see another card, the completed the board, and Warrington told the dealer 4,800 before tossing in a blue 5k chip. Boeree ended up folding to her fellow countryman.
At the moment there are 313 people registered for Day 1B. Combined with the 175 who played yesterday, that makes for a field of 488 so far. Though that number will grow as people are able to register up till the start of the day tomorrow, it makes for a quite small field.
There are clear downsides to this as the eventual winner will receive a much smaller prize than the victor got here the last couple of years. The positive thing is that the winner won't have to beat as many people to grab the title.
There were a bunch of former EPT winners playing yesterday including Dominik Panka (35,700), Jannick Wrang (out), Julian Track (97,300), Michael Eiler (out) and Oleksii Khoroshenin (out), who were all gunning for their second title.
Here on Day 1B there are even more former champions in the field. We saw the following players who have EPT titles to their credit, though there might even be more:
Mikalai Pobal (Barcelona 2012), Dimitar Danchev (PCA 2013), Kevin MacPhee (Berlin 2010), Frederik Jensen (Madrid 2012), Remi Castaignon (Deauville 2013), Salvatore Bonavena (Prague 2008), Anton Wigg (Copenhagen 2010), Michael Tureniec (Copenhagen 2011), Roberto Romanello (Prague 2010), Zimnan Ziyard (Loutraki, 2011), Vicky Coren (London 2006), David Vamplew (London 2010), Liv Boeree (Sanremo 2010), Nicolas Chouity (Monte Carlo 2010), Ludovic Lacay (Sanremo 2012), Mickey Petersen (Copenhagen 2012), and Robin Ylitalo (London 2013).
Will this mark the first time the EPT is able to crown it's first two-time winner? Time will tell, but chances are better than ever!
With around 7,000 in the pot and a board reading , Hungary's Zsolt Vizsnyiczai bet 4,500 into Kevin MacPhee, who was on the button and in the tank. Eventually MacPhee released his hand and Vizsnyiczai took down the pot.
Across the room, there was another pot brewing. With 8,500 or so in the middle and a board reading , the player in the small blind had a pot-sized bet out in front of him and Roberto Romanello was debating what to do. He hit the tank for a brief spell, and eventually he emerged with the same decision as MacPhee — fold.
Despite losing that hand, Romanello is still up from the last time we checked in on him.
Roberto Romanello threw out a bet of 4,175 on a final board reading . His opponent, David Susigan, didn’t wait to find out the exact amount and threw in a single chip to call.
Romanello turned over for the rivered straight and an exasperated Susigan got the count and handed over the required chips.
flop only Wheeler called the 2,500 continuation bet of the big blind before making his move on the 
turn. The big blind fired 4,700 and the American raised to 10,050. It took some time but the raise did the trick for him to increase his stack without showdown.
flop he continued for 1,400 and this time only Michael Kanaan called to see the 
turn. The action got checked through before the Australian bet 3,500 after the 
river. Sekularac was tempted and pondered about his decision for more than two minutes, but eventually his cards went into the muck.
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turn with four active players but only Govert Metaal called the 2,800 of Nicolino di Carlo. The Italian fired again after the 
river and curiosity got the better out of Metaal who tossed in the 2,075 chips for the call and muck versus the 
of his opponent.
flop. All three players checked, and on the 
turn Warrington took the lead for 2,300. Only Boeree opted to see another card, the 
for the rivered straight and an exasperated Susigan got the count and handed over the required chips.
