Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
2014 PokerStars.it EPT Sanremo
€4,900 Main Event
Day: 1b
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Sebastian Saffari has just put an end to the EPT Sanremo Main Event 2014 of Marc-Andre Ladouceur. The preflop raise to 650 was called by three players including the Team Online Pro, who proceeded to call the 1,100 continuation bet on the 
flop. The 
on the turn delivered a flush draw and Saffari barreled for 2,500 - call once again.
On the 
river, Saffari bet 1,900 and called the shove of his opponent for ~ 12,000. Ladouceur could not beat the 
of his opponent and left the tournament area.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
At one end of the tournament room all is with jokes and generosity. At the other end it’s a different story, with banging, shouting, and a misunderstanding that caused Nacho Barbero some grief, as the PokerStars Blog reports here.
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Niels van Leeuwen told us an interesting hand he had played with Team PokerStars Pro and former EPT Sanremo winner Liv Boeree.
Van Leeuwen had opened under the gun plus one. The player two positions down three-bet to 1,700, and Liv Boeree flat called. Van Leeuwen followed that example and the three of them saw a flop.
All three players checked the 
flop and the 
hit the turn. Van Leeuwen checked once more, and so did the three-better. Boeree then bet out and just Van Leeuwen made the call, the three-better folded. The Dutch player, who won the FPS Main Event in Deauville last January for €175,000, check called another bet once the hit the river.
Van Leeuwen had to muck as Boeree showed for a rivered two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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45,000 | |
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39,000
27,000
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27,000 |
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Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Every now and then we like to spend an entire orbit watching a player. Sometimes they mix it up during that time, while other times they're on autopilot. Most recently, we spent an orbit observing Spanish player Juan Pardo, who was sitting with approximately 28,000 in chips.
Hand #1 (Early Position): The under-the-gun player folded and Pardo did the same.
Hand #2 (Under the Gun): Pardo folded.
Hand #3 (Big Blind): Alessandro Sarro opened for 650 from early position and action folded around to Pardo in the big blind. He released his hand.
Hand #4 (Small Blind): Alessandro Sarro raised to 650 under the gun and received a call from the player in the cutoff. Pardo folded when action reached him in the small blind.
Hand #5 (Button): The hijack raised to 750 and Pardo folded.
Hand #6 (Cutoff): The under-the-gun player opened for 700 and Pardo folded when action reached him.
Hand #7 (Hijack): Action folded to Pardo and he did the same.
Hand #8 (Middle Position): A player opened for 600 and Pardo folded.
Hand #9 (Middle Position): The same action from the previous hand repeated itself here.
As you can see, poker can be quite boring; in fact, we stayed around an extra three hands, but Pardo failed to get involved. Poker is a game of patience, and Pardo is clearly practicing that right now. Meanwhile, a couple of Pardo's fellow countrymen are doing quite well here on Day 1b.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
50,000
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50,000 |
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42,000
42,000
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42,000 |
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37,000
37,000
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37,000 |
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Preflop there was a raise to 600 and a call, Yann Dion raised to 1,700 and only Adel Kabbani called to see the 
flop. No further action occurred on the first three community cards and Kabbani then check-called 1,900 on the 
turn.
The 
river paired the board and Kabbani checked for the third time in a row. Dion grabbed two red and one blue chip to bed 7,000. This value bet was just the right amount as his French opponent made the call and then mucked the 
when Dion showed him 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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58,000
26,000
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26,000 |
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Chris Oliver won nearly $2,000,000 at the PCA in 2011 for coming second, and was being given some fatherly advice by Iliodoros Kamatakis, a live satellite qualifier from Greece.
Kamatakis explained that it was different when you’re 42 like he is compared to a young man like Oliver having won so much money and who was now only 24. Oliver nodded his head in agreement as Kamatakis went on to explain that this was the very reason that Oliver should reveal what he had in a previous hand that he’d beaten him out of.
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
We asked Dutchman Niels van Leeuwen if he knew how his former table mate Elisabeth Hille had been eliminated. He didn't.
We asked EPT berlin winner Kevin MacPhee if he knew how his former table Elisabet Hille mate had been eliminated. He didn't.
We looked at EPT Sanremo winner Liv Boeree with a questioning face if she knew how her former table mate had been eliminated. She didn't.
"Well, there must be someone who knows right? Someone must have eliminated her" MacPhee laughed.
The player next to Boeree knew, as he was the one playing the role of executioner. Hille was extremely short already, so busting her out didn't make him all that much richer. He had opened the button with queen-jack and Hille had called from the big blind. Hille had check-shoved on 
and had received a call. Hille had queen-ten for the open-ended, and didn't improve.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted |
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Immediately after his elimination we caught Josh Prager on the rail and he confirmed the betting sizes of his last hand. He opened preflop with the 
and got three callers to see the four-way 
flop. Prager made the continuation bet for 1,100, Christian Favale raised to 2,600 on the button and Martin Jacobson squeezed it to 8,200.
Prager, not convinced that any of the opponents may have a super strong hand, clicked it to 20,000 and only left 2,000 chips behind, though they'd eventually find their way into the pot. Jacobson called with for two pair and that held strong on turn and river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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55,000
55,000
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55,000 |
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Busted |
Level 5
: 150/300, 25 ante
Jack Salter was in the big blind and called the extra to make up 700 as four players went to the flop.
They saw 
and Salter led out for 1,600. One by one the players folded and Salter took down the pot for a very nice price.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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38,000
8,000
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8,000 |