European Poker Tour -- San Remo Day 2

The big news at the beginning of day 2 at the PokerStars European Poker Tour San Remo €5,000 no-limit hold’em main event was the announcement of the prize pool. This year’s San Remo stop is the largest EPT event ever hosted in Europe with 1,240 players and thanks to the very strong attendance the total prize pool is €6,014,000. The top 184 players in the event will get paid and the champion will take home the first-place prize of €1,250,000. Forty-four countries are represented in the tournament field, with 412 (33 percent) of the players hailing from the host country of Italy. Here is a look at the full payout structure for the event:

1 – €1,250,000
2 – €750,000
3 – €420,000
4 – €345,000
5 – €270,000
6 – €210,000
7 – €150,000
8 – €90,000
9-10 – €63,500
11-12 – €50,000
13-14 – €40,000
15-16 – €35,000
17-24 – €30,000
25-32 – €26,000
33-40 – €22,000
41-48 – €19,000
49-64 – €16,000
65-80 – €13,000
81-104 – €10,500
105-144 – €9,000
145-184 – €7,500

There were 627 players that began day 2 and the majority of them hit the rail. When the final bell tolled 194 remained, just 10 shy of the money bubble. The chip leader at the end of play is Russian player Dmitry Stelmark who holds 670,000. Alexander Roumeliotis is in second with 633,500. Notables rounding out the top 10 were 2009 Card Player Online Player of the Year Steve Gross (560,000), Dermot Blain (550,500) and Team PokerStars pros Matthias De Meulder (482,500) and Bertrand Grospellier (pictured above right), who held 453,500. Other top professionals that finished the night as contenders were recent EPT Snowfest champion Allan Baekke (434,000), Liv Boeree (404,500), Nick Schulman (319,500), and Team PokerStars pros Sebastian Ruthenberg (263,500) and Thomas Bichon (257,000).

All of these players will return at noon local time on Sunday, April 17 for day 3 and you can follow along with all of the action on the PokerStars blog feed. Be sure to check back at CardPlayer.com tomorrow night for another summary of the action. Here is a look at the tournament statistics from day 2 in Italy:

Day 2 Chip Leaders:

Dmitry Stelmark — 670,000
Alexander Roumeliotis — 650,000
Erik Tamm — 590,500
Jakob Karlsson — 575,000
Steve Gross — 560,000
Dermot Blain — 550,500
Nicholas Sforos — 544,500
Matthias De Meulder — 482,500
Alexey Rybin — 460,000
Bertrand Grospellier — 453,500

Notable Day 2 Eliminations:

Team PokerStars pros Luca Pagano, Dario Minieri, Andre Akkari, Sandra Naujoks, Michael Keiner, J.P. Kelly, Lex Velhuis, and Pieter de Korver, Anthony Lellouche, Casey Kastle, Benjamin Spindler, and Erica Schoenberg

Hand of the Day:

Luca Pagano’s Demise

Erik Tamm raised from middle position and Team PokerStars pro Luca Pagano made the call preflop. The flop was dealt Q 9 8 and Pagano checked. Tamm bet 12,000 and Pagano made the call before the 3 fell on the turn. Tamm bet 26,000 and Pagano went into the tank before making the call.

The 5 hit the board on the river and Pagano jumped into action. He bet 37,000 and Tamm went into the tank. He made the call and Pagano flipped over A J for a bluff. Tamm held pocket aces and he won the hand. Pagano was left with just 10 big blinds after the loss and he busted soon thereafter.

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