2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo

Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q10
Prize
€744,910
Event Info
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,865,450
Entries
797
Level Info
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Laurent Polito fr
Laurent Polito
565,000
238,600
238,600
Charly Maracchione it
Charly Maracchione
500,000
-5,800
-5,800
Sofia Lovgren se
Sofia Lovgren
468,000
244,200
244,200
Micah Raskin us
Micah Raskin
375,000
15,000
15,000
David Vamplew gb
David Vamplew
364,000
69,200
69,200
EPT 1X Winner
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
351,000
31,000
31,000
EPT 2X Winner
Michael Benvenuti us
Michael Benvenuti
282,000
-103,000
-103,000
Sam Razavi gb
Sam Razavi
274,000
118,200
118,200
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
255,000
20,000
20,000
Run It Once
Yevgeniy Timoshenko ua
Yevgeniy Timoshenko
206,000
31,000
31,000
Artem Litvinov ru
Artem Litvinov
100,000
-48,700
-48,700
Torsten Brinkmann de
Torsten Brinkmann
64,000
-199,000
-199,000
Paul Berende nl
Paul Berende
36,500
-74,000
-74,000

Longobardi Doubles Through Bonomo

We caught up to find Alessandro Longobardi put all of his stack in the middle for about 44,500 more on top of a raise by Justin Bonomo. Bonomo called to find that he was quite behind.

Longobardi: {A-Clubs}{A-Hearts}
Bonomo: {K-Diamonds}{9-Diamonds}

The board ran out {2-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{5-Hearts}{Q-Spades}{8-Clubs} and Bonomo was forced to ship chips over to Longobardi. Bonomo has fallen to about 235,000 while Longobardi is sitting around 115,000.

Player Chips Progress
Justin Bonomo us
Justin Bonomo
235,000
-133,000
-133,000
Run It Once
Alessandro Longobardi it
Alessandro Longobardi
115,000
-65,000
-65,000

Tags: Alessandro LongobardiJustin Bonomo

Choraria is Also Out

"Now we play!" one of the remaining players said just after the money bubble burst and play had resumed. All-ins and calls started coming from tables all around the room and players started busting out and going straight to the cashout windows. One of such players was Kamal Choraria who shoved for around 160,000 after Ben Vinson bet 26,000 before the flop.

Vinson called and flipped {A-Spades} {K-Spades}. Choraria showed {J-Hearts} {J-Spades}, but was immediately crushed when the dealer opened {Kd } {4-Clubs} {9-Hearts} on the flop pairing Vinson's king. The {6-Hearts} on the turn and {7-Spades} on the river didn't help Choraria and he left the table.

Player Chips Progress
Kamal Choraria
Kamal Choraria
Busted

Tags: Ben VinsonKamal Choraria

Brammer and Gaudiano Fall

Christopher Brammer
Christopher Brammer

There will be no major back to back major final tables for Chris Brammer. Another cash is not to be sniffed at though. He shoved his last eight big blinds with ace-five from under the gun and was called by Adrian Veghinas with pocket jacks. The jacks held up.

Moments later, on a nearby table, the action folded around to Michele Gaudiano in the small blind and he shoved for his last ten big blinds. Erion Islamay was in the big blind and made the call.

Gaudiano: {a-Hearts}{10-Diamonds}
Islamay: {4-Hearts}{4-Clubs}

The board ran {3-Clubs}{j-Hearts}{5-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{7-Spades} to make Islamay a set on the turn.

Player Chips Progress
Erion Islamay it
Erion Islamay
230,000
-120,000
-120,000
Chris Brammer gb
Chris Brammer
Busted
Adrian Veghinas ro
Adrian Veghinas
Busted

Tags: Chris BrammerErion IslamayMichele Gaudiano

Watson Puts an End to Boeree's Run at Another EPT Sanremo Title

Liv Boeree
Liv Boeree

Liv Boeree's run at another EPT Sanremo title has come to an end.

In what would be her last hand, Mike Watson opened for 10,000 from the cutoff and the small blind called. Boeree then shipped all in from the big for 92,000, Watson moved all in over the top, and the small blind folded.

Showdown
Watson: {7-}{7-}
Boeree: {A-}{J-}

It was a flip, but one that Boeree would not win as the board ran out dry and Watson's seven held up.

Player Chips Progress
Mike Watson ca
Mike Watson
320,000
123,000
123,000
EPT 2X Winner
Liv Boeree gb
Liv Boeree
Busted

Tags: Liv BoereeMike Watson

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Inge Forsmo no
Inge Forsmo
860,000
285,000
285,000
Ben Vinson gb
Ben Vinson
605,000
269,800
269,800
Lorenzo Sabato it
Lorenzo Sabato
510,000
60,000
60,000
Matt Salsberg ca
Matt Salsberg
345,000
6,300
6,300
Ludovic Lacay fr
Ludovic Lacay
312,000
123,900
123,900
EPT 1X Winner
Alex Roumeliotis se
Alex Roumeliotis
310,000
-48,000
-48,000
Ismael Bojang
Ismael Bojang
288,000
19,800
19,800
Imed Mahmoud tn
Imed Mahmoud
280,000
45,000
45,000
Jason Lavallee ca
Jason Lavallee
240,000
40,000
40,000
Dermot Blain ie
Dermot Blain
200,000
50,000
50,000
Roberto Romanello gb
Roberto Romanello
190,000
40,000
40,000
EPT 1X Winner
Shaun Deeb us
Shaun Deeb
180,000
-20,000
-20,000
Team Lucky
Paul Guichard fr
Paul Guichard
168,000
72,800
72,800
[Removed:163]
[Removed:163]
156,000
86,200
86,200
Marc-Andre Ladouceur ca
Marc-Andre Ladouceur
111,000
-9,000
-9,000
Michael Ferrell us
Michael Ferrell
86,000
-168,300
-168,300
Stephen Chidwick gb
Stephen Chidwick
85,000
-23,100
-23,100
Fabian Quoss de
Fabian Quoss
48,000
8,000
8,000
Mihai Manole ro
Mihai Manole
40,500
-94,400
-94,400

The Bubble Hath Burst!

Renaud Desferet was the first player to act before the flop and he shipped all in for 72,000. Tom Alner called from the next seat over and it folded around to Michael Benvenuti who moved all in over the top.

Alner was contemplating for his tournament life and ultimately decided to release his cards. The hands were then turned over to find Desferet in trouble.

Desferet: {A-Diamonds}{10-Hearts}
Benvenuti: {A-Hearts}{k-Hearts}

The flop brought good tidings for Desferet, as it came ten-high with {10-Clubs}{9-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}. The {5-Hearts} rolled off on the turn and Desferet would need to dodge a king on the river to double up. The dealer pounded the table and produced the river.

The {K-Diamonds}!

The players and media members gathered around the table all let out a gasp as the bubble burst. Everyone still in the tournament is guaranteed a payday of at least �8,000.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Benvenuti us
Michael Benvenuti
385,000
287,400
287,400
Renaud Desferet
Renaud Desferet
Busted

Tags: Michael BenvenutiRenaud Desferet

Aces Again for the Third All In Player

The third all in and call saw another player find aces!

The action folded around to the deep-stacked Alex Roumeliotis and he moved all in blind to put pressure on the short-stacked Chris Brammer and Samuel Panzica in the blinds. Brammer folded but Panzica called all in for 79,500.

The room erupted in laughter when the players' cards were announced:

Roumeliotis; {7-Clubs}{2-Clubs}
Panzica: {a-Spades}{a-Hearts}

The board ran {3-Spades}{3-Clubs}{6-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{3-Hearts} to make Panzica a full house. What a sweat he had on the turn though!

Player Chips Progress
Alex Roumeliotis se
Alex Roumeliotis
358,000
38,000
38,000
Samuel Panzica us
Samuel Panzica
170,000
-11,500
-11,500

Tags: Alex RoumeliotisSamuel Panzica