The official numbers are in, and the EPT10 Sanremo €10,000 High Roller attracted 88 unique players that accounted for 17 reentries, bringing the total field up to 105 entires. That has created a prize pool of €1,029,000 that is to be distributed to the top 15 finishers as follows:
After the min raise from Ismail Erkenov, Ognjen Sekularac three-bet one seat over to 11,000. On the flop, Erkenov check-raised all in for 62,000 with the and Sekularac called with . The turn instantly delivered the flush for his opponent and the river was already meaningless.
We're not sure how the action unfolded, but we do know that Martin Finger was just the victim of a cooler.
We happened upon the table as the dealer was counting down stacks to find a board reading . Finger had the laid out in front of him for two pair, but it was no good as Alex Bilokur had the out in front of him. Both players had flopped two pair, and after the stacks were verified, Finger was sent to the rail.
Meanwhile, Leonardo Cucchiarini has also been eliminated from the tournament.
On the river, Jose Carlos Garcia bet 25,400 and Alex Bilokur moved all in for 95,300 - fold from Garcia.
Yann Dion paid off a 15,000 value bet on the river of a board from Dmitry Yurasov and then mucked when getting shown .
Last but not least Ole Schemion had once again bad luck with pocket aces. He raised the cutoff, one player called and Ami Barer completed in the big blind. "UhhMee" had the and flopped magic on the board. Barer checked the river and Schemion put him all in, obviously a snap call followed.
A flop of flop saw a short-stacked Jeff Rossiter get his chips in holding the against the of Jean-Noel Thorel.
Rossiter had plenty of outs — any spade, eight, or king — but despite having two pulls at it, he missed as the blanked on the turn followed by the on the river.
Meanwhile, Andrew Chen was eliminated from the tournament in unknown action.
In a three-bet pot pre flop we see Artem Metalidi and Ismail Erkenov to the flop. Metalidi check-raised from 13,500 to 31,000 and Erkenov moved all in. Metalidi snap called with the but Erkenov had that beat with the .
Turn:
River: .
Metalidi doubled up post flop for 105,500 and immediately told Dmitry Yurasov about his fortune.
That was a rather short day at the office for Vanessa Selbst. She raised from under the gun and then four-bet jammed into the three-bet of Steve O'Dwyer. The EPT9 Grand Final champion snapped her off with pocket aces and Selbst stood no chance with on a dry board.
Connor Drinan three-bet shoved from the button with the and got looked up by initial raiser Ihar Soika with the . The board ran out nine high and that was it for Drinan.
Jean-Noel Thorel made some chips and moved up to 90,000 after betting the river for 30,000 with only little chips behind. Jose Carlos Garcia opted to fold.
The Frenchman soon after lost a portion of the profit though. Ognjen Sekularac raised to 4,400, Martin Finger called and Thorel three-bet to 15,000. Sekularac folded but Finger moved all in for what looked like 75,000 and enforced a fold.
Two players have taken advantage of the late reentry option — Olivier Busuqet, who finished 27th in the Main Event yesterday, and Team PokerStars Pro Vanessa Selbst. That brings the field up to 105 entries. We'll have the prize pool and payouts for you once they become official.