Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2012 PokerStars.com EPT Sanremo
Buy-in
€5,000
Prize Pool
€3,865,450
Entries
797
Level
31
Blinds
60,000 / 120,000
Ante
20,000
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
On Saturday, the 2012 Sanremo Main Event continued with Day 1b action as 477 players packed the Casino Sanremo for eight 75-minute levels of play. By the end of that time, approximately 270 remained with Sam Trickett finishing as the chip leader.
Trickett got his stack of 178,000 thanks in large part to picking up aces when another big stack held kings; what’s more, the Brit won a big pot himself a short time later with kings. Trickett’s big stack surpassed that of Day 1a chip leader Erion Islamay (162,300), which makes him the overall chip leader headed into Day 2.
Combined with Day 1a’s 320 runners, the huge Day 1b turnout brought the total field size up to 797 players—which represented 52 countries—and created a prize pool of €3,865,450. That will be distributed to the top 120 players with €800,000 going to the eventual winner.
The day got off to a quick start with the first elimination coming just 11 minutes into play. It happened when Andrii Nadieliaiev and Andrey Zaichenko each put in 4,750 preflop and saw a flop of 
. Zaichenko bet 5,000, Nadieliaiev called, and the dealer burned and turned the 
. Zaichenko bet again, this time 6,000, and again Nadieliaiev called. When the 
peeled off on the river, Zaichenko moved all in for his last 14,300 and Nadieliaiev snap-called. Zaichenko revealed 
, but it was no good against the 
of Nadieliaiev. Interestingly, Day 1a's first elimination came from an aces-versus-kings hand, though those players got it all in preflop.
The Russian may have been the first, but he wasn’t the last. McLean Karr, Faraz Jaka, Davidi Kitai, Ben Hamnett, Antonio Esfandiari, John Duthie, Aku Joentausta, Tobias Reinkemeier, Toby Lewis, Ronny Kaiser, Jonthan Aguiar, Chance Kornuth and the defending champ, Andrey Pateychuk.
Defending champ busted. Got it in with J9dd on T876 against Q9o in muptipot for over then 100k. River J and out :( #goodbyebrOctober 06 2012
Likewise, Team PokerStars Pros Bertrand “ElkY” Grospellier, Dario Minieri, Massimiliano Martinez, Richard Toth, Lex Veldhuis, Martin Staszko, Christophe De Meulder, Vanessa Rousso, Daniel Negreanu, Max Lykov, Alex Kravchenko, Martin Hruby and Sandra Naujoks all hit the rail throughout the day.
Some PokerStars Team Pros who will be returning on Day 2 are Chris Moneymaker, Pius Heinz, Andre Akkari, Angel Guillen, and Johnny Lodden, just to name a few. They’ll be joined by other recognizable names including Justin Bonomo, Chris Brammer, Shaun Deeb, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, Isaac Haxton and Steve O’Dwyer. In addition, former EPT Sanremo champs Liv Boeree (Season 6) and Rupert Elder (Season 7) will both continue their quest for a second title.
Day 2 will commence at 1400 CET (0800 ET) and PokerNews will be right back on the floor providing all the live updates. Be sure to check back then for all the latest and greatest action from Sanremo.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
178,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
166,100
102,100
|
102,100 |
|
152,200
2,200
|
2,200 |
|
||
|
148,900
8,900
|
8,900 |
|
147,700
11,700
|
11,700 |
|
|
146,700
26,700
|
26,700 |
|
140,900
-7,100
|
-7,100 |
|
138,600
30,600
|
30,600 |
|
128,500
12,500
|
12,500 |
|
125,300
43,300
|
43,300 |
|
||
|
123,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
116,000
46,000
|
46,000 |
|
|
||
|
113,600
-14,400
|
-14,400 |
|
||
|
113,000 | |
|
|
110,100 | |
|
95,400
-4,600
|
-4,600 |
|
89,600
44,600
|
44,600 |
|
86,100
26,100
|
26,100 |
|
|
||
|
82,900
13,900
|
13,900 |
|
82,400
21,400
|
21,400 |
|
|
||
|
77,700
31,700
|
31,700 |
|
76,300
21,300
|
21,300 |
|
|
||
|
74,700
-35,300
|
-35,300 |
|
|
||
|
69,500
-500
|
-500 |
|
||
|
64,800
8,800
|
8,800 |
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Players are currently bagging and tagging. We're off to get a few official chip counts, and we'll bring you those, and a full recap of the action, in just a little bit. Stay tuned!
With around 30,000 chips already in the pot and the board reading 
Antony Lezzi shoved his stack of 32,675 and was called by Liwei Sun.
Showdown:
Lezzi: 
Sun: 
Lezzi was drawing both to a straight and a flush while Sun needed his kings to stand. They did not. The 
on the turn completed Lezzi's flush and gave him a monster chip boost.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
95,000 |
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
The clock has been paused and each table will play three more hands before play concludes for day 1b.
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
The prize pool information is officially in! This tournament earned a whopping 797 runners for a total prize pool of €3,865,450. The player to overcome the rest of the field and take home the championship will also take home a cash prize of €800,000. The top 120 players will make the money with a min-cash netting €8,000. For more information see the handy Payouts tab.
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Payout |
|---|---|
| 1 | €800,000 |
| 2 | €483,000 |
| 3 | €283,000 |
| 4 | €225,000 |
| 5 | €171,000 |
| 6 | €132,000 |
| 7 | €96,000 |
| 8 | €65,450 |
We ran into Chris Sly (Sam Trickett''s mate) and he briefly filled us in on a few of the details on how Trickett leapt into the chip lead.
He ran aces into kings and also won another healthy pot with kings himself. Apart from that Trickett has been winning a lot of hands without showdown.
Ashley Mason found a timely double up through Artem Litvinov.
Mason raised to 1,500 from under the gun and was called by the Russian in the blind blind. The flop came down 
and Litvinov check-raised Mason's 1,500 c-bet all in. Mason called off his 15,150 stack and the cards were on their backs.
Litvinov: 
Mason: 
The board ran out 
to save last year's WCOOP High-Roller champion.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
35,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
Level 8
: 300/600, 75 ante
Team PokerStars Pro and two-time NAPT champion Nacho Barbero raised to 1,200 before the flop in the cutoff seat and Michael Schwartz reraised to 3,100 on the button. Nacho called and the dealer opened the flop: 
.
Nacho checked and Schwartz tossed in 4,200. Barbero fired back for 11,000 and Schwartz laid off his hand. "You wanna see?" Barbero asked the other players at the table. "Yes!", someone answered. Barbero raised his hand and threw 
into the middle of the table with a huge smile on his face.