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« on: April 04, 2008, 11:50:50 PM »

So, with a genunine star-studded field, who are you picking to take this one down?

Gregory Genoveve -- 694,000
William Thorson -- 418,000
Eric Koskas -- 449,000
Jason Mercier -- 1,591,000
Antony Lellouche -- 1,192,000
Dario Minineri -- 1,832,000
Dag Palovic -- 585,00
Marcus Bower -- 278,000

I'm going for Antony Lellouche.

Final starts at 3pm CET. 2pm UK. 11pm in Taipei.
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« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2008, 05:32:50 AM »

Hi to All

GL to the 2 Frenchies and have fun todays !
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« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2008, 01:39:17 PM »

1              € 869,000

2              € 505,000

3              € 287,600

4              € 223,600

5              € 188,500

6              € 140,600

7              € 111,800

8              € 76,700
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« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2008, 01:56:26 PM »

is the live feed working for anybody else? kick off in 4 mins right?
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« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2008, 01:59:36 PM »

Hello from the cat as we approach the start of today's proceedings.

After four long days, jam-packed full of smoking poker, the 700 strong field has been whittled down to a mere 8  players on a final table overflowing with poker talent and intrigue.

All the ingredients for a classic final are in place. The setting is beautiful, both the decandent and lavish internal view, and the peaceful, sun-bathed old town outside. My limp words don't do justice to the visual feast on offer so I'll post up some pictures shortly.

The player list is no less impressive.

With two Italians, Dario Mineri and Gregory Genoveve for the home crowd to cheer on, there is bound to be plenty of noise. This will be especially true if the young Dario, who is somewhat hero-worshipped in these parts, can fulfil his talent, retain his chip lead and take down his first EPT. Swede William Thorson has a long series of impressive cashes, including a 9th place performance at the recent Caribbean EPT. He's already assured to go one better than that today and if he can tame the aggressive Dario, also has the game to win. Two Frenchman, the highly unorthodox Eric Koskas and Anthony Lellouche will be adding some gallic flair into the mix. The two young gun Americans, Jason Mercier and Marcus Bower, who have already earned fearsome reputations online as accomplished players will be looking to add a major live title to their list of achievements whilst the field is completed by the loud and unusual Slovakian Dag Palovic.

The road to EPT glory is almost done, but who will find a final sprint finish to take down the San Remo title?



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« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2008, 02:07:25 PM »

what are bower and mercier's online monikers?
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« Reply #6 on: April 05, 2008, 02:23:33 PM »

And we're off!

Dario raises hand one. There's a surprise! He's called by Eric Koskas. I missed the flop action but on the turn of a board, Eric moves in for 370k.

Dario and Eric now begin a long humourous conversation with Eric repeatedly asking Dario to call him, Dario running through a list of hands Eric might have "It's very suspicious ...hmm...flush draw....straight draw?" Eventually Dario folds..."I knew you would fold" Eric tells him.

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« Reply #7 on: April 05, 2008, 02:29:28 PM »

Here are the player profiles, courtesy of pokerstars.com.


Seat 1: Gregory Genovese, 37, Rome, Italy -  694,000 chips
Investment broker Gregory, 37, has only been playing Hold’em for a year but has played Italian poker – a form of five-card draw – for a long time.  This is his firsta major live tournament  - he qualified via a live satellite back in his home city of Rome.  Aside from his passion for poker, Gregory is a massive soccer fan and every Sunday goes to watch AS Roma – the same team that Dario supports. Gregory is being cheered on in San Remo by girlfriend Diana – the couple have a 17-month-old baby Gianmarco.

Seat 2: William Thorson, 25, Varberg, Sweden – former EPT finalist  - 418,000 chips
William, who turned 25 last Saturday, is one of the most popular players on the EPT tour – everyone’s "favorite fisken". With his fearless attitude and sharp tongue, he can terrify everyone at the table while still wearing a huge grin on his face. Willie Tann once said, as a joke, that when he got old he wanted to be just like William. Final table bubble at this year’s PokerStars Caribbean Adventure and two more major final tables without a win including 3rd place in last season’s EPT Dublin.  He also came 13th in the 2006 WSOP for $907,000. With all this in mind, William is determined to win San Remo. Online, William focuses on Omaha cash games but prefers tournaments when he plays live. Outside of poker, William is keen on horse-trotting  and he and his father own several trotting horses back in Sweden. 

Seat 3: Eric Koskas, 35, Marseilles, France – PokerStars qualifier - 449,000 chips
Eric – “moumouth” on PokerStars - is one of France’s best-known and most colourful poker characters. This is his first EPT final table although he won the €1,000 side event at last year’s Grand Final two years ago. He has played strongly here in San Remo – lying 2nd each day but says he played horribly in the last few minutes of Day 3 and lost 65% of his chips including a $1m million pot against Jason Mercier. Eric, who married his wife Julie during the 2006 World Series and has a 17-month-old daughter Lea-Marie,  is looking forward to the final table and desperately hoping for a heads-up against his great friend Dario. For the last year, he and Dario have been playing $5k heads-up against each other on PokerStars but have had to postpone their nightly game while they play EPT San Remo.  He also came 118th at this year’s PokerStars Caribbean Adventure in January for $16k.

Seat 4: Jason Mercier, 21, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, PokerStars qualifier - 1,591,000 chips
The PokerStars.com EPT San Remo has been a baptism of fire for 21-year-old Jason, playing in only his second live event. He mainly plays cash online. The American spent three years studying to become a maths teacher before discovering online poker which he has now turned into a lucrative career. Although he busted out on Day 1 of the PCA, he captured the chip lead on Day 2 in San Remo and hasn’t looked back since. Jason qualified via the Steps system on PokerStars but almost pulled out when his travel buddies opted for a trip to Amsterdam instead.  Outside of poker, Jason is a huge basketball fan and coaches the team from his former high school. He rates William Thorson as the biggest challenge at the table today “I’m glad I’ve got position on him”, he said.  He also says hi to his best friend Darko back home.

Seat 5: Antony Lellouche, 28, Paris, France - former EPT finalist - 1,192,000 chips
Parisian Antony Lellouche mainly plays live poker in high stakes cash games around the world. He is both respected and well-liked by his peers and mentors, including the "godfathers" of French poker Claude Cohen and Jan Boubli. Antony turned pro nine years ago, honing his skills at the smallest limit games at the Aviation Club. Fearless and intuitive, Antony has already made two WSOP final tables and come close in two EPT Grand Finals - 12th in 2005 and 21st in 2007. In October, he came 6th at EPT4 London for €140,081 – making this his second final table in one season.

Seat 7: Dag Palovic, 33, Bratislava, Slovakia - former EPT finalist – 585,000 chips
Dag is used to the limelight after a career as child actor on Slovakia TV and later presented his own TV music chart show. He studied law in Vienna, French in Belgium and also an MBA in Prague.  His first game of poker was when he was 22 – an evening of five-card draw which he won. He waited another nine years to play his next game and hasn’t looked back since then. In December Dag came 7th at the PokerStars.com EPT Prague for €93,600. Dag is engaged to fiancée Zuzana, a model – currently shooting the cover for Marie Claire in Miami, she is hoping to make it to San Remo in time for today’s final table.

Seat 8: Marcus Bower, 24, Pennsylvania, USA - PokerStars qualifier – 278,000 chips
Marcus “ALLin2k5” Bower is on his first EPT final table and clearly has his sights on the top prize. His success so far is extra special for him as he is also half Italian. Although today’s short stack, he is confident he can come back.  Marcus plans to give a large portion of his tournament winnings to his brother’s charity “Physicians for Humanity” which helps underprivileged children who can’t afford private health care. Marcus has being playing poker for 4 years - mainly plays razz and NLHE – both online and in casinos. He rarely plays tournaments and this is by far his biggest win. He turned pro as soon as he left school but is still considering returning to college to study media and communications. He qualified via the PokerStars Steps satellites for San Remo – starting one morning and qualifying by the afternoon.

 


     



   
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« Reply #8 on: April 05, 2008, 02:34:31 PM »

Dario raises to 72k and after a long stare down by Marcus Bower in the BB, who looks like he is considering moving in, he eventually wins the blinds and antes (60k btw) when Marcus folds...
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« Reply #9 on: April 05, 2008, 02:39:35 PM »

anyone elses live updates just a green screen?
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« Reply #10 on: April 05, 2008, 02:39:45 PM »

Three players see a flop of


two hearts.

They alll check.

TURN: Two Clubs

William bets out and is called by Anthony Lellouche.

RIVER:

Now William bets 80k and Lellouche calls after a short dwell.

Thorson shows down a 4 for a mighty full house and Anthony quietly mucks...

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« Reply #11 on: April 05, 2008, 02:43:52 PM »

Dario raises to 85k and is CALLED by Anthony Lellouche OOP. He's going to find it hard to play Dario from there!

FLOP: two hearts

Dario bets 130k after Lellouche checks and....Lellouche folds.

One more pot to the agressive Italian.
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« Reply #12 on: April 05, 2008, 02:45:01 PM »

My pick still going well  thumbs up GO Mr Thorson
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« Reply #13 on: April 05, 2008, 02:47:34 PM »

anyone elses live updates just a green screen?

the low quality feed is fine here
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« Reply #14 on: April 05, 2008, 02:50:29 PM »

Dario raises and wins the blinds again. Is anyone going to stop the Italian!



William raises it up to 85k and Dario calls.

comes the flop. 100k by William and Dario passes 3-3 face up. Well done the Swede!
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