2009 PokerStars.com EPT San Remo

€5,300 EPT San Remo Main Event
Day: 2
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

Dropping Like Flies

Less than thirty minutes into the first level of play and already ten percent of the field has been vaporized. Nothing like a night of sleep to encourage the short stacks to get their chips in the middle.

Tom McEvoy was responsible for one recent elimination. His {A-?} {Q-?} out-raced an opponent's pocket sevens, hitting his queen twice on a board of {Q-Diamonds} {3-Clubs} {5-Clubs} {Q-Hearts} {6-Diamonds}. That elimination broke McEvoy's table, but not before pushing his chip count to 40,000.

One player thought he was eliminated but turned out to have his opponent barely covered after losing an all-in confrontation. Massimo Reynaud had to be called back to the table -- "Hey, you've got chips still!" one player said -- after he had his opponent out-chipped by 1,600 chips. He was already on the rail, gesticulating and speaking rapid-fire Italian to a railbird friend who could only shake his head. Clearly a bad-beat story.

Tags: Tom McEvoy