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EPT San Remo – Day 2 report
Posted by: James Carter. - Sun, 2010-04-18 14:51
Given the huge number of Day 1A and Day 1B participants, the 620 players who returned to the tables of the PokerStars EPT’s San Remo stop did not come as a surprise to anyone. After having broken the record of the most attended EPT event ever, the 620 players yielded by the
EPT San Remo on Day 2 represented exactly half of the initial starting field.
Obviously, such generous participation meant a generous prize-pool as well. Those who would reach the money stages of the poker tournament would share a prize-pool of over €6 million, exactly €1,250,000 of which would go to the winner. 184 places would be paid, and even the last of the money finishers would take home €7,500.
With money matters in the clear, players tore into one another on Day 2 with thirst. By the end of the day, 400 of the 620 Day 2 starters would be disposed of, having been dropped at rate of two per minute sometimes.
When the dust settled, it was Dmitry Stelmak who had the largest stack. Those who had bigger stacks at the beginning of the day took full advantage of their position. In a classic case of the rich getting richer and the poor heading to the rail, large stacks got so deep they could pretty much afford to play as they saw fit.
Alexander Roumeloitis got into a preflop re-raising war with Steve Gross, on nothing but rags. Gross eventually forced the Swede to fold, but he didn’t have much in the way of a reasonable hand either.
Jakob Karlsson and Eric Tamm had a good day too. Both of them finished on healthy stacks, as did Dermot Blain, who amassed more than half a million chips himself.
David Sands was involved in one of the more unpleasant incidents when he got into an argument with Gerado Ghuria about whether or not he’d said fold before showing his hand on one occasion.
Eventually, the
poker tournament director decided in Sand’s favor, but Ghuria went on to win the hand anyway to save his short-stack.
Dario Minieri, Liz Lieu and JP Kelly were all eliminated on Day 2. Luca Pagano, one of the organizers of the event, was knocked out too towards the end of the day.
