€4,900 Main Event Day 1b | 2014 PokerStars.it EPT Sanremo

04-15-2014 17:46 UTC

Sofia Lovgren Eliminated With Queens

Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

One of the ladies in the field today hits the rail with ladies. Antonio Luft raised from early position to 1,000 and the button called. In the small blind Sofia Lovgren three-bet to 2,500. Luft then moved all in with about ~17,000 and the Swedish starlet called for less, tabling the .

She was in bad shape as Luft turned over the . After the ran out on the board, Lovgren wished the whole table "good luck guys" and exited the tournament area.

Player	Chips	Progress
Antonio Luft	32,000 32,000	32,000
Sofia Lovgren	Busted

Tags: Antonio Luft Sofia Lovgren

04-15-2014 17:46 UTC

Priority Boarding

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

At the end of the level, which is about a half hour from now, the players will take a 75-minute dinner break. The venue is hosting a buffet for the players, but given the size of the field, a system has been developed to accommodate everyone.

This is how it will work. The players currently seated at Tables 1-16 will be allowed to go to the buffet right away. A half hour later, the remaining players will be allowed up. It's kind of like "A" lunch and "B" lunch in American middle schools.

Here's hoping you friends are in the same lunch group as you!

04-15-2014 17:42 UTC

Show Me The Ace Three One Time

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

After a button raise, a very short-stacked Rasmus Nielsen raised all in and the big blind called. The initial raiser folded and the Dane turned over his cards, saying to his opponent "Cmon, show me the ace three one time" before revealing the . His wish was not granted as Filippo Lazzaretto held the . The board changed nothing and Nielsen hit the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Rasmus Nielsen	Busted

Tags: Rasmus Nielsen

04-15-2014 17:37 UTC

Tureniec Doesn't Get The Pot

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Michael Tureniec is well known for his stare and the sun glasses on. I haven't seen him any other way since covering tournaments and he is obviously here in the very same style as well. Slowly accumulating chips and you never really know how. His latest attempt got denied though.

On the flop we see a 2,800 pot and Valentino Yasenov Konakchiev bet 1,650. Tureniec raised to 4,600 and the big blind in between got out of the way. The turn got checked through and on the river the Swede quickly folded when his opponent bet 8,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Tureniec	45,000 9,000	9,000

Tags: Michael Tureniec Valentino Yasenov Konakchiev

04-15-2014 17:34 UTC

Nunes Hitting Flops

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Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Gerson Giroti Nunes has been giving Dominik Nitsche some trouble at the table these last few levels. He had just beaten him in a three-bet pot where Nitsche folded the flop when they tangled again.

Nitsche opened for 700 and Nunes put in 650. “No discounts.” Nitsche warned and the extra 50 was put in. They saw a heads-up flop of . Nunes checked and Nitsche continued for 800. Nunes made the call and both players checked the turn and river .

Nunes turned over the and Nitsche mucked. “I should have given you that discount. Oh you won more, that’s right.” Nitsche corrected himself.

It wasn’t only NItsche that was having difficulties against Nunes however. In the next hand Grudi Grudev opened for 800 and got several callers including Nunes. They saw a flop of and Grudev continued for 1,600. Nunes was the only caller.

A turn card saw Grudev check and fold to a bet of 2,500 from Nunes who showed the . “I love this card.” said Nunes

Tags: Dominik Nitsche Gerson Giroti Nunes Grudi Grudev

04-15-2014 17:33 UTC

The Eliminations Keep Coming

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Yuliyan Kolev	Busted
Zimnan Ziyard	Busted

Matan Barkat	Busted
Gianluca Speranza	Busted
Bjorn Lindberg	Busted
Eric Place	Busted
Bart Moens	Busted
Aleksandr Gofman	Busted
Augusto Dalessandro	Busted
Roberto Ghidini	Busted
Kirill Shugai	Busted
Algirdas Karalis	Busted
Jozsef Olah	Busted
Andrea Torri	Busted
Konstantin Puchkov	Busted

04-15-2014 17:25 UTC

So You're Telling Me There's a Chance

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Griffin Benger @GriffinBenger

Bumped into Ole Schemion outside the Casino and he informed me he busted after 5 minutes. https://t.co/EI4Zn2FeYXApril 15, 2014

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04-15-2014 17:18 UTC

The Kings Don't Hold

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Julian Bebawi opened the action with a standard raise and one seat over we see the three-bet to 2,500. Riccardo Mazzitelli, who won his seat for the Main Event in one of the satellites, clicked it back to 5,400 and the initial raiser moved all in for 16,475. The three-bettor folded but Mazzitelli snap called with the to see the for his opponent.

On the flop the tides changed, but the Italian still had a flush draw. Neither the turn nor the river would change the outcome though and Bebawi doubled through.

Tags: Julian Bebawi Riccardo Mazzitelli

04-15-2014 17:13 UTC

Some Chip Counts Courtesy of Pagano Events

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Andreas Goeller	140,000 65,000	65,000
Philip Marrocolli	94,000 40,000	40,000
Andrea Benelli	88,000 -7,000	-7,000
Andrey Lobzhanidze	88,000
Jamie Roberts	85,000 2,000	2,000
Raul Mestre	80,000 -12,000	-12,000
Vladimir Troyanovsky	80,000 -7,000	-7,000
Tobias Hagerdorn	78,000
Grudi Grudev	77,000 27,000	27,000
Federico Petruzzelli	77,000 29,000	29,000
Tamer Kamel	75,000 45,000	45,000
Francis Siclari	75,000
Francis Brown	72,000
Joseph Sammartino	70,000
Thomas Muhlocker	67,000 37,000	37,000
Sorel Mizzi	67,000 37,000	37,000

04-15-2014 17:07 UTC

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Chad Holloway

Level 6 : 200/400, 50 ante

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