Pokerstars.com EPT San Remo : Day 3 - At A Glance

[JungleCat03]

Hello and  to the casino SanRemo as we approach the finale to what has already proved an incredibly exciting tournament.

Many of the big names who entered have fallen by the wayside, but still in the thick of things are American Todd Brunson, double EPT final tablists Johannes Strassmann, and local Italian hero, young prodigy Dario Mineri. The tension is rising as the final table approaches. We will be playing down to the final 9 today so join us for the 15:00 start (Italian time), 14:00 (UK time) and follow the trail leading to EPT glory.

Feel free to ask for updates, requests and photos of your favorite players and we'll do our best to bring these to you.

A full player list and chip count will follow shortly but for now here are the prizes awaiting the 31 players remaining in the competition.

1              € 869,000

2              € 505,000

3              € 287,600

4              € 223,600

5              € 188,500

6              € 140,600

7              € 111,800

8              € 76,700

9-10       € 46,300

11-12     € 28,750

13-14     € 22,400

15-16     € 17,600

17-24     € 16,000

25-32     € 12,800

[JungleCat03]

Here are the remaining 31 players, and their chip counts, courtesy of pokerstars.com

Jason Mercier    684,000
Eric Koskas    596,000
Dario Minieri    595,000
Jonas Klausen    529,000
William Thorson    320,000
Antony Lellouche    282,000
Mike Sowers    275,000
Dag Palovic    275,000
Jan Heitmann    264,000
Johannes Strassman    255,000
Gregory Genovese    247,000
Peter Roche    219,000
Markus Golser    213,000
Mark Flowers    197,000
Isaac Baron    181,000
Marcus Bower             173,000
Andreas Larsson    152,000
Todd Brunson    144,000
Terje Augdal    139,000
Julian Parmann    138,000
Felipe Ramos    129,000
Stefan Raffay    124,000
Ezio Guagliata    123,000
Mads Wissing Andersen    120,000
Henrik Brockmann    119,000
Christian Bonde    106,000
Bart Wetsteijn    101,000
Paul Alterman    86,000
Marco Della Monica    69,000
Ville Nyman    61,000
Marcello Terracciano    57,000

[NoflopsHomer]

I missed some of the earlier thread yesterday - was expecting Roberto to show strongly but he seemed to go down as quick as he went up.

So how would you counterattack an unreadable uber aggressive Dario?

You could just do what Antony Lellouche did yesterday, continually against him and hope he doesn't find a hand. And then when he does, you find a bigger one.

[NoflopsHomer]

The live feed is now up.

Go here for the low quality feed: http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=32582.0

Go here for the high quality feed: http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=32581.0

[JungleCat03]

Bart Wetsteijn    101,000   T4    Holland
Dario Minieri    595,000   T4    Italy
Stefan Raffay    124,000   T4    Denmark
Paul Alterman    87,000   T4    UK
Antony Lellouche    282,000   T4    France
Dag Palovic    264,000   T4    Slovakia
Terje Augdal    139,000   T4    Norway
Henrik Brockmann    119,000   T4 S1   Germany
Felipe Ramos    129,000   T3    Brazil
Marcus Bower             173,000   T3    US
Johannes Strassman    255,000   T3    Germany
Mark Flowers    197,000   T3    US
Jan Heitmann    255,000   T3    Germany
Jonas Klausen    589,000   T3    Denmark
Ville Nyman    61,000   T3    Finland
Todd Brunson    144,000   T3 S1   US
Julian Parmann    138,000   T2    US
Marcello Terracciano    57,000   T2    Italy
Peter Roche    219,000   T2    Ireland
Marco Della Monica    69,000   T2    Italy
Gregory Genovese    247,000   T2    Italy
Christian Bonde    106,000   T2    Norway
Mads Wissing Andersen    120,000   T2    Denmark
Eric Koskas    596,000   T2 S1   France
William Thorson    320,000   T1    Sweden
Mike Sowers    275,000   T1    US
Markus Golser    213,000   T1    Austria
Andreas Larsson    152,000   T1    Sweden
Ezio Guagliata    123,000   T1    Italy
Jason Mercier    684,000   T1    US
Isaac Baron    181,000   T1 S1   US


Here are the official chip counts, as well as player nationalities, and table distribution.

Table 4 looks like it's the feature table that will be broadcasting on the live feed (local boy Dario Mineri is there OBV!)

We're jsut about ready to shuffle up and deal, so hold onto your hats guys, it could be a whirlwind start!

[NoflopsHomer]

For some reason I have a sneaky feeling Todd Brunson will win. I don't know why, though I'm pulling for Jan Heitmann.

[NoflopsHomer]

Paul Alterman gets it all in with vs Dario's on the feature table.



And Paul Alterman has gone.

[NoflopsHomer]

the feed doesn't seem to be working for me..just a black screen..anything i need to download to get it running?

It's temporarily down for everyone, so it's not just you and the eptlive site is down also. I'm sure it'll be back up soon.

[NoflopsHomer]

Jan Heitmann raises to 20k from the cut-off, Antony Lellouche re-raises to 60k from the button and takes down Jan's suspected LP steal.

[JungleCat03]

I don't know if you could see this on the live feed or not but Paul Alterman was the first player out.

On the feature table, Paul shoved his small stack into the middle but ran into Dario holding a big hand.

Paul had Q-Q I believe, Dario K-K and a board devoid of transpired, meaning Paul Alterman is the unlucky first player out in 31st spot, winning €12,800.  He may be disappointed not to go further having reached this stage but a good payday and a good performance for the UK player.

Here is Paul taking his frustration at the cooler out by strangling a bottle of water.




Mads Andersen just moved his stack into the middle with 7-7 but again he found a  player behind, Julian Parmann lurking with K-K.

A comprehensive  flop of left Mads drawing to runner runner and it never arrived on the turn and river, meaning Mads is also one of the early casualties...

Mads shakes hands with his executioner as he departs the tournament...

[JungleCat03]

There's been the predicted whirlwind start to the comp, with at least five casuaties so far!

Italian player Ezio Guagliata is also one of the early casualties much to the chagrin of the partisan local crowd...

Every time Dario wins a pot, the arena reverberates with the roars of the excited Italian audience. If he reaches the final they may need to re-inforce the windows...

[NoflopsHomer]

The feed is still down at the moment.

Meanwhile Felipe Ramos has doubled up with Jacks vs Tens on the one of the outer tables.

Jason Mercier was check/raised off a 22k bet by Markus Golser's bet of 60k.

[NoflopsHomer]

Live commentary feed in the press room.

Barry Martin says, "We're presenting you with live, uninterrupted coverage of the San Remo EPT, as we just look at the outer tables, there's a big pot brewing with a guy in the stripey shirt and....Oh our pictures gone, we're just going to take a short break, we'll be right back..."

[JungleCat03]

The aggressive, crazy chip monster Eric Koskas continues the tone he set yesterday by sending recently doubled up Julian Parmann crashing to the rail, his 8-8 holding versus the A-9 of Parmann for a whopping 350k+ pot.

Now up to 850k or so, Koskas is continuing to dominate his fellow players...


As one big stack in Koskas prospers, Dario is keen to maintain parity and plays out a big pot versus Terje Augdal. Augdal was relatively short stacked and made a move with K-T, only to run into the A-J of Dario...

A King was the first card out to cheers from the watching Norwegian media but an Ace also appeared on the flop giving Dario an advantage that he maintained through the turn and river. His A-J holds and we are down one more player, Terje Augdal.

It's sheer carnage!

[JungleCat03]

Alright, one of my favourites finally made the money in an tournament! Do you think it would be possible to post a picture of high stakes norwegian Terje Augdal? He's the guy who won a 280K pot 3 months after his 18th birthday.
Would be grateful since there are basically no pictures of him on the internet.

Thanks and keep up the good work!

Hi apologies for the belated response. It was difficult to photograph Terje earlier since he was on the feature TV table but although his exit was bad news for you and him, at least it meant I could get a shot of him!

Every cloud has a silver lining etc ... 

Here he is shortly after his exit.



Also notice TODD BRUNSON who was also recently eliminated although we don't have any details of his exit it was almost simultaneous with Terje's exit.

Good game Todd. Hope you didn't mind me flashing my camera in your face throughout this tournament TOO much...