This is the sixth year that a stop in San Remo, Italy has been on the European Poker tour schedule, and since the inaugural event won by Jason Mercier back in 2008, the PokerStars EPT San Remo Main Event has been one of the most popular stops around the world; attracting huge fields and some of the biggest names in the game.
This year a total of 797 players registered for the €5,000 tournament, and heading into Day 5 the field has been pared-down to just 24 runners. The remaining players will be back in action on Wednesday as they play-down to the official final table of eight, which will reconvene on Thursday to declare the Season IX EPT San Remo champion.
Here is a look at the Top 10 chip-counts heading into Day 5 of the event:
Jason Tompkins – 2,423,000
Inge Forsmo – 2,025,000
Ludovic Lacay – 1,731,000
Negjdet Avdylaj – 1,702,000
Angelo Recchia – 1,700,000
Jonas Mackoff – 1,691,000
Iulian Ruxandescu – 1,218,000
Jason Lavallee – 1,066,000
Micah Raskin – 1,042,000
Adrian Piasecki – 1,000,000
In addition to the above players there are also some well-known poker pros still alive in the tournament including Matt Salsberg, Yevgeniy Timoshenko, and Michael Benvenuti.
Wednesday’s action will begin at about 7:30 AM EDT with the players in Level 24, with blinds at 1,200/2,400 and an ante of 300 chips.
€10K High-Roller
As the penultimate day of the Main Event gets underway another tournament will be played at the EPT San Remo tournament series, as Day 2 of the €10k High-Roller tournament is also in action. Yesterday a total of 84 players registered for the tournament, and by the end of the night just 45 players remained in contention.
Here is a look at the Top 10 chip counts from the €10K High-Roller event:
Brandon Barnes — 211,700
Pier Paolo Ruscalla — 199,300
Justin Bonomo — 190,600
Kent Roed — 188,800
Luca Pagano — 188,600
Joseph Cheong — 186,200
Carlo Savinelli — 175,500
Igor Yaroshevskyy — 165,600
Joseph Kuether — 155,300
Michael Watson — 151,200
And here is a look at the payouts for the €10K High-Roller tournament:
1st Place: €288,000
2nd place: €165,000
3rd place: €98,500
4th place: €74,100
5th place: €57,600
6th place: €41,200
7th place: €32,900
8th place: €24,700
9th place: €20,600
10th place: €20,600
Former EPT San Remo Champions:
Season IV: Jason Mercier — €869,000
Season V: Constant Rijkenberg — €1,508,000
Season VI: Liv Boeree — €1,250,000
Season VII: Rupert Elder — €930,000
Season VIII: Andrey Pateychuk — €680,000
