European Poker Tour San Remo Day 3 UpdateBubble Breached and Final 32 Reached on the Italian Riviera |
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Day-three play in the PokerStars.com European Poker Tour San Remo began with 124 players — just 11 from the bubble. From the record attendance of 1,178, this was a dramatic drop, and play was stopped early when the magic number of 32 remained.
Benjamin Kang had an early double-up with aces versus queens and went on a roll from there, lasting the day and ending just outside the top 10 in chips.
One notable unfortunate enough to hit the rail before the bubble was Bill Chen (pictured right). The bubble was reached very early in play: All in with A-9 versus pocket kings on a nine-high flop, the player with the kings, Joakim Hall, thought he was all set, but then the river came, and with it swept an ace. Italian Fabbio Zappietro doubled up, and Hall was the tragic bubble boy on this occasion.
As soon as the bubble burst, it all went a little crazy, as players hit the rail with alarming frequency.
Alexander Kravchenko was eliminated with pocket threes versus Ramin Henke’s pocket queens, and Tom McEvoy just squeezed into the cash.
Ramzi Jelassi, short-stacked, called a shove form the big blind with K-10 suited. The big blind had A-9. The board fell 10-4-4-A-X and although the ace on turn gave Jelassi a flush draw, the river bricked, and the tournament lost yet another familiar face.
Tristan Clemencon, who had been steadily building a stack and looked sure to last the distance, also fell short before play was stopped for the evening.
There are four massive chip stacks in the field. They belong to Croatian Dragan Galic, who has been dominating this tournament from the start, David Eldar, Constant Rijkenber, and Steven Silverman.
Galic, the man with all the chips, just can’t seem to do wrong. A player in the hijack raised 20,000, and Natale Barile pushed all in from the button for 86,000. Galic, on the small blind, pushed all in over the top. It came back to the hijack, who considered his options, while Galic and Italian Barile posed for photographs and shook hands. The clock was called, and his cards were mucked. Galic announced what he thought his opponent’s cards were, and he was right: A
Q. Galic revealed pocket sixes.
The board came J
5 3
K 8
, and Galic knocked another one out.
The 32 survivors of this massive field now prepare for the day ahead, which will see the beginning of the real battle for the final table and the $1.9 million first prize.
The top 10 chip leaders are:
Be sure to check Cardplayer.com for a full list of the payouts and updates from day 4 in San Remo.
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