Recent PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona runner-up Fintan Gavin has moved tables for the third time today. He has just joined Daniel "Ansky" Stern, Luca Pagano, and Andreas Krause with whom he has been chatting to since he sat down beside him.
Some players are working hard at the game while some are not. Norwegian sensation Annette Obrestad is up to 20,400 in chips. Luca Pagano folds to a bet of 600 on the turn showing an A with nothing of note on the board. French veteran Paul Testud is up to 11,300 in chips and calmly side-stepped a four-way pot on the turn to a bet of 600.
Elsewhere EPT Barcelona runner-up has 8,850 chips but seems to have take a prolonged break, leaving his chips at the table and diappearing from his seat for almost an hour.
With 20 minutes left of round two Casey Kastle faced a preflop raise of 3,500. He was nonchalantly reading his magazine and it looked for all the world like he didn't realise it was his turn to bet. When it was pointed out that the action was on him he equally coolly pushed his entire stack of around 50,000 into the middle perplexing opponent Pierre Husson.
After about a minute Husson called the clock on himself and looked like he was going to fold but at the last second shrugged his shoulders and called flipping over A-9. Kastle elegantly flipped over 9-9 and the flop came Q 9 6 4 5 to double up.
Husson was knocked back to around 38,000 and was flabbergasted to say the least.
Luca Pagno only has about three big blinds left and finally found a hand to move with. There were no takers though and he exhaled loudly showing kings. He lives a little longer but needs a lifeline.
Annette Obrestad made a great call on the river to a half pot-sized bet of 7,200 from William Fry. Fry insta-mucked and Obrestad showed Q-J for top pair.
Recent PokerStars.com EPT Barcelona runner-up Fintan Gavin has moved tables for the third time today. He has just joined Daniel "Ansky" Stern, Luca Pagano, and Andreas Krause with whom he has been chatting to since he sat down beside him.
Some players are working hard at the game while some are not. Norwegian sensation Annette Obrestad is up to 20,400 in chips. Luca Pagano folds to a bet of 600 on the turn showing an A with nothing of note on the board. French veteran Paul Testud is up to 11,300 in chips and calmly side-stepped a four-way pot on the turn to a bet of 600.
Elsewhere EPT Barcelona runner-up has 8,850 chips but seems to have take a prolonged break, leaving his chips at the table and diappearing from his seat for almost an hour.
With 20 minutes left of round two Casey Kastle faced a preflop raise of 3,500. He was nonchalantly reading his magazine and it looked for all the world like he didn't realise it was his turn to bet. When it was pointed out that the action was on him he equally coolly pushed his entire stack of around 50,000 into the middle perplexing opponent Pierre Husson.
After about a minute Husson called the clock on himself and looked like he was going to fold but at the last second shrugged his shoulders and called flipping over A-9. Kastle elegantly flipped over 9-9 and the flop came Q 9 6 4 5 to double up.
Husson was knocked back to around 38,000 and was flabbergasted to say the least.
Luca Pagno only has about three big blinds left and finally found a hand to move with. There were no takers though and he exhaled loudly showing kings. He lives a little longer but needs a lifeline.
Annette Obrestad made a great call on the river to a half pot-sized bet of 7,200 from William Fry. Fry insta-mucked and Obrestad showed Q-J for top pair.
Luca Pagano, from Italy, was a computer programming student when he started playing with play money on PokerStars. There came a point where he felt prepared to play with real money and Pagano took the plunge. He won’t disclose how much he has won online but only says that is has been “A lot”.
His live cashes, however, are on record. Pagano has cashed in quite a few European Poker Tour events and has made two final tables. His first final table appearance was in 2004 when he finished 3rd in the Barcelona Open. Pagano followed that up with an 8th place finish in the French Open in 2005. Later in 2005 he took 24th in the Barcelona Open. In 2006 he finished 24th in the Scandinavian Open and 13th in EPT Dublin. The following year Pagano returned to Dublin and came in 24th. His most recent cash came earlier this year when he made it to 27th place in the Scandinavian Open. This team PokerStars Pro was also just awarded EPT Player of the Year for season 4.
Luca Pagano, from Italy, was a computer programming student when he started playing with play money on PokerStars. There came a point where he felt prepared to play with real money and Pagano took the plunge. He won’t disclose how much he has won online but only says that is has been “A lot”.
His live cashes, however, are on record. Pagano has cashed in quite a few European Poker Tour events and has made three final tables. His first final-table appearance was in 2004 when he finished 3rd in the Barcelona Open. Pagano followed that up with an 8th place finish in the French Open in 2005. Later in 2005 he took 24th in the Barcelona Open. In 2006 he finished 24th in the Scandinavian Open and 13th in EPT Dublin. The following year Pagano returned to Dublin and came in 24th. He also cashed earlier this year when he made it to 27th place in the Scandinavian Open. His third final-table appearance came at the season 4 EPT Grand Final, where he finished in sixth place. All of these consistent results led to Pagano being named EPT Player of the Year for season 4.
Luca Pagano, from Italy, was a computer programming student when he started playing with play money on PokerStars. There came a point where he felt prepared to play with real money and Pagano took the plunge. He won’t disclose how much he has won online but only says that is has been “A lot”.
His live cashes, however, are on record. Pagano has cashed in quite a few European Poker Tour events and has made three final tables. His first final-table appearance was in 2004 when he finished 3rd in the Barcelona Open. Pagano followed that up with an 8th place finish in the French Open in 2005. Later in 2005 he took 24th in the Barcelona Open. In 2006 he finished 24th in the Scandinavian Open and 13th in EPT Dublin. The following year Pagano returned to Dublin and came in 24th. He also cashed earlier this year when he made it to 27th place in the Scandinavian Open. His third final-table appearance came at the season 4 EPT Grand Final, where he finished in sixth place. All of these consistent results led to Pagano being named EPT Player of the Year for season 4.
Note: Players are now on a 60-minute dinner break.
Blinds:
Hold'em: 600-1,200
Omaha 8: 600-1,200
Razz: Ante 300, Bring-in 300, Completion 1,200
Stud: Ante 300, Bring-in 300, Completion 1,200
Stud 8: Ante 300, Bring-in 300, Completion 1,200
Players Left: 80 of 803
Chip Counts: Chad Brown: 81,000
James Schaaf: 77,000
David Gee: 76,000
Arash Ghaneian: 71,400
Vaughan Machado: 68,000
Steven Diano: 62,000
Sam Silverman: 61,000
Ed Tonnellier: 58,600
Blakely Purvis: 57,000
Esther Rossi: 52,000
Eliminations: Thor Hansen, Bart Hanson, Luca Pagano, Jonathan Dwek
Storylines:
Matusow Sitting At Table Next To Hellmuth
Here are some tidbits:
Mike Matusow and Phil Hellmuth have been chatting away now that they are sitting at nearby tables.
"Mike, do you have over 20 (thousand)?"
"I do now. I just got the antes. While you're over there crying, I'm grinding away."
Matusow then turned to his table and laughed, then whispered how he loves messing with Phil.
"That's your problem. You're trying to play pots. I'm chopping out 300s at a time," Matusow yelled back at Hellmuth. "That's your problem. You're going against your bread and butter."
And later, when Hellmuth said he and Matusow had about the same in chips with 20,000, Matusow was back at it, saying, "But I started the day with 10,000. You started with 43 (thousand)."
Another Record The tournament bubble has just busted. Hellmuth sits in the middle of the pack and has extended his tournament cashes record.
Hands:
Omaha 8 Ramdin Heating Up
Victor Ramdin got Bart Hanson and Luca Pagano all in, having both covered. The board showed AJJ7J. Ramdin showed the nuts - J9K4 for quads. Pagano showed A6K3 and was eliminated, and so was Hanson.
Stud
Brown Takes Nice Pot, Building a Big Stack
Chad Brown bet and was called by one opponent on every street. They showed down:
Brown: JJ67(10107)
His opponent: 9JKA(Muck)
Brown showed two pair and his opponent mucked. Brown and gradually climbed among the chip leaders with 81,000 in chips.
Hellmuth With the KO
Phil Hellmuth got in a raise-fest with Jonathan Dwek, eventually getting Dwek all in. Hellmuth showed K10675 (665) for trip 6s to top Dwek's aces, and Dwek was eliminated.
Stud 8
Hansen is Bubble Boy
Thor Hansen held a pair of 4s with A-3 in the hole. His opponent held a broadway straight. Hansen failed to hit a low and he was the bubble boy.
Chip Counts: Adam Geyer - 335,000
Alex Melnikow - 258,000
Keith Tilston - 215,000
Sam El Sayed - 198,500
Patryk Hildebranski - 170,000
Thanhdat Tran - 164,700
Jared Okun - 160,000
Hasan Habib - 148,000
Michael Mizrachi - 145,000
Scott Freeman - 133,000
Recent Eliminations: Luca Pagano
Jason Tikijian
Big Hands:
Luca Pagano Eliminated by Jacobo Fernandez
In a three-way pot, Luca Pagano moved all in on a flop of QJ3 after one of his opponents checked.Fernandez called, and the other opponent folded.“You hit big?” Pagano asked, to which his opponent nodded.Fernandez turned over AA as Pagano flipped up 109.The 4 turn and 3 river failed to complete Pagano’s straight draw, and he was eliminated.
Jason Tikijian Eliminated by Stephen Dwyer
After the pre-flop action folded to him, Jason Tikijian shipped his remaining 42,000 into the pot.Immediately next to act, Stephen Dwyer reraised all in for over twice the amount.All the remaining players folded, and the hands were shown down: AT for Tikijian and QQ for Dwyer.The final board read J5543, offering no help to Tikijian.
A Dramatic Hand Ends with the Elimination of Jan Heitmann
Blake Cahail raised to 6,000 from middle position and faced a call only from Jan Heitmann on the button.On a flop of Q76, Cahail led out for 7,500.Heitmann deliberated before raising to 24,000.After sizing up the situation, Cahail shoved his remaining stack across the line, and Heitmann quickly called.Cahail turned over KQ for top pair, while Heitmann turned over 98 for an open-ended straight draw with a nine-high flush draw.Heitmann had 14 outs: eight remaining spades (the K was held by Cahail) and six straight cards (with the 5 and 10 already counted as spade outs).The J turn and 6 river weren’t any of the previously mentioned outs, and Heitmann was reduced to less than 8,000 in chips.
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Adrian Velasquez Crippled by Claudio Pagano
Adrian Velasquez was crippled by Claudio Pagano during level 12, doubling him up and leaving himself with only a few thousand in chips.
Luca Pagano, from Italy, was a computer programming student when he started playing with play money on PokerStars. There came a point where he felt prepared to play with real money and Pagano took the plunge. He won’t disclose how much he has won online but only says that is has been “A lot”.
His live cashes, however, are on record. Pagano has cashed in quite a few European Poker Tour events and has made two final tables. His first final table appearance was in 2004 when he finished 3rd in the Barcelona Open. Pagano followed that up with an 8th place finish in the French Open in 2005. Later in 2005 he took 24th in the Barcelona Open. In 2006 he finished 24th in the Scandinavian Open and 13th in EPT Dublin. The following year Pagano returned to Dublin and came in 24th. His most recent cash came earlier this year when he made it to 27th place in the Scandinavian Open.
Luca Pagano has been seated with Eli Elezra and Barry Greenstein at table 1, and the Team PokerStars pro is more than holding his own. He currently has 23,000.
World Poker Tour finalist Surinder Sunar raised on the button to 4,400 and Luca Pagano raised 15,000 more. Sunar called and the flop was 543. Luca Pagano pushed 80,000 odd chips into the middle. If Sunar called he would be all-in.
After a couple of minutes he called the clock on himself. Tournament director Thomas Kremser came over and said "You have 60 minutes to make your decision." It took a couple of seconds to register with both player and director and both burst out laughing.
Luca Pagano and his father, Claudio Pagano, have both made the money here in Monte Carlo. They will now try and make a run at a father and son final-table appearance.
A new super table has developed with a few moved players. Here's the linup at table 12: James "P0KERPR0" Campbell, Michael "Martine23" Martin, Surinder Sunar, Sorel Mizzi, Team PokerStars Pro member Luca Pagano, and Thomas Fougeron.
At that table, Fougeron just doubled up through Mizzi. Fougeron stood up, clapped, and yelled "Yes!" The board read 8 6 2 9 10 and Fougeron held J 10 for top pair on the river. Mizzi mucked A-9 for top pair top kicker on the turn. Fougeron now has 120,000.
Luca Pagano check-raises on a board of J J 10, and Pablo Ubierna reraises all in. Pagano quickly calls, immediately distressing Ubierna. Pagano shows J 9 for trip jacks, and Ubierna turns over 7 2 for a complete bluff for his tournament life. The turn is the 3, and Ubierna is drawing dead. Pablo Ubierna busts in 28th, for $66,564.
Anders Berg gets all in on a board of A Q 3 7, and Luca Pagano thinks before calling with A-5 for top pair. Berg flips Q-7 for the lead, but the turn pairs the board with the 3, giving Pagano a better two pair to take down the hand and eliminate Berg from the tournament early on day 4.
Luca Pagano, from Italy, was a computer programming student when he started playing with play money on PokerStars. There came a point where he felt prepared to play with real money and Pagano took the plunge. He won’t disclose how much he has won online but only says that is has been “A lot”.
His live cashes, however, are on record. Pagano has cashed in quite a few European Poker Tour events and has made two final tables. His first final table appearance was in 2004 when he finished 3rd in the Barcelona Open. Pagano followed that up with an 8th place finish in the French Open in 2005. Later in 2005 he took 24th in the Barcelona Open. In 2006 he finished 24th in the Scandinavian Open and 13th in EPT Dublin. The following year Pagano returned to Dublin and came in 24th. His most recent cash came earlier this year when he made it to 27th place in the Scandinavian Open.
Luca Pagano has been seated with Eli Elezra and Barry Greenstein at table 1, and the Team PokerStars pro is more than holding his own. He currently has 23,000.
World Poker Tour finalist Surinder Sunar raised on the button to 4,400 and Luca Pagano raised 15,000 more. Sunar called and the flop was 543. Luca Pagano pushed 80,000 odd chips into the middle. If Sunar called he would be all-in.
After a couple of minutes he called the clock on himself. Tournament director Thomas Kremser came over and said "You have 60 minutes to make your decision." It took a couple of seconds to register with both player and director and both burst out laughing.
Luca Pagano and his father, Claudio Pagano, have both made the money here in Monte Carlo. They will now try and make a run at a father and son final-table appearance.
A new super table has developed with a few moved players. Here's the linup at table 12: James "P0KERPR0" Campbell, Michael "Martine23" Martin, Surinder Sunar, Sorel Mizzi, Team PokerStars Pro member Luca Pagano, and Thomas Fougeron.
At that table, Fougeron just doubled up through Mizzi. Fougeron stood up, clapped, and yelled "Yes!" The board read 8 6 2 9 10 and Fougeron held J 10 for top pair on the river. Mizzi mucked A-9 for top pair top kicker on the turn. Fougeron now has 120,000.
Luca Pagano check-raises on a board of J J 10, and Pablo Ubierna reraises all in. Pagano quickly calls, immediately distressing Ubierna. Pagano shows J 9 for trip jacks, and Ubierna turns over 7 2 for a complete bluff for his tournament life. The turn is the 3, and Ubierna is drawing dead. Pablo Ubierna busts in 28th, for $66,564.
Anders Berg gets all in on a board of A Q 3 7, and Luca Pagano thinks before calling with A-5 for top pair. Berg flips Q-7 for the lead, but the turn pairs the board with the 3, giving Pagano a better two pair to take down the hand and eliminate Berg from the tournament early on day 4.
Luca Pagano, from Italy, was a computer programming student when he started playing with play money on PokerStars. There came a point where he felt prepared to play with real money and Pagano took the plunge. He won’t disclose how much he has won online but only says that is has been “A lot”.
His live cashes, however, are on record. Pagano has cashed in quite a few European Poker Tour events and has made two final tables. His first final table appearance was in 2004 when he finished 3rd in the Barcelona Open. Pagano followed that up with an 8th place finish in the French Open in 2005. Later in 2005 he took 24th in the Barcelona Open. In 2006 he finished 24th in the Scandinavian Open and 13th in EPT Dublin. The following year Pagano returned to Dublin and came in 24th. His most recent cash came earlier this year when he made it to 27th place in the Scandinavian Open.
Luca Pagano has been seated with Eli Elezra and Barry Greenstein at table 1, and the Team PokerStars pro is more than holding his own. He currently has 23,000.
World Poker Tour finalist Surinder Sunar raised on the button to 4,400 and Luca Pagano raised 15,000 more. Sunar called and the flop was 543. Luca Pagano pushed 80,000 odd chips into the middle. If Sunar called he would be all-in.
After a couple of minutes he called the clock on himself. Tournament director Thomas Kremser came over and said "You have 60 minutes to make your decision." It took a couple of seconds to register with both player and director and both burst out laughing.
Luca Pagano and his father, Claudio Pagano, have both made the money here in Monte Carlo. They will now try and make a run at a father and son final-table appearance.
A new super table has developed with a few moved players. Here's the linup at table 12: James "P0KERPR0" Campbell, Michael "Martine23" Martin, Surinder Sunar, Sorel Mizzi, Team PokerStars Pro member Luca Pagano, and Thomas Fougeron.
At that table, Fougeron just doubled up through Mizzi. Fougeron stood up, clapped, and yelled "Yes!" The board read 8 6 2 9 10 and Fougeron held J 10 for top pair on the river. Mizzi mucked A-9 for top pair top kicker on the turn. Fougeron now has 120,000.
Luca Pagano check-raises on a board of J J 10, and Pablo Ubierna reraises all in. Pagano quickly calls, immediately distressing Ubierna. Pagano shows J 9 for trip jacks, and Ubierna turns over 7 2 for a complete bluff for his tournament life. The turn is the 3, and Ubierna is drawing dead. Pablo Ubierna busts in 28th, for $66,564.
Anders Berg gets all in on a board of A Q 3 7, and Luca Pagano thinks before calling with A-5 for top pair. Berg flips Q-7 for the lead, but the turn pairs the board with the 3, giving Pagano a better two pair to take down the hand and eliminate Berg from the tournament early on day 4.
chips. Luca Pagano folds to a bet of 600 on the turn showing an A
with nothing of note on the board. French veteran Paul Testud is up to 11,300 in chips and calmly side-stepped a four-way pot on the turn to a bet of 600.
With 20 minutes left of round two Casey Kastle faced a preflop raise of 3,500. He was nonchalantly reading his magazine and it looked for all the world like he didn't realise it was his turn to bet. When it was pointed out that the action was on him he equally coolly pushed his entire stack of around 50,000 into the middle perplexing opponent Pierre Husson.
9
to double up.
Luca Pagano
9
Stud
A Dramatic Hand Ends with the Elimination of Jan Heitmann
Team PokerStars Pro: Luca Pagano
World Poker Tour finalist Surinder Sunar raised on the button to 4,400 and Luca Pagano raised 15,000 more. Sunar called and the flop was 5
Luca Pagano and his father, Claudio Pagano, have both made the money here in Monte Carlo. They will now try and make a run at a father and son final-table appearance.
A new super table has developed with a few moved players. Here's the linup at table 12: James "P0KERPR0" Campbell, Michael "Martine23" Martin, Surinder Sunar, Sorel Mizzi, Team PokerStars Pro member Luca Pagano, and Thomas Fougeron.
Luca Pagano check-raises on a board of J