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San Remo is a peaceful place, the 'city of flowers' on the Italian Riviera that comes to life in the summer sunshine then spends the fall and winter waiting for that sun to come back. But once a year it gets an early shot of adrenaline in the form...more

Liv Boeree wins EPT San Remo and €1,250,000 Jakob Carlsson second for €750,000 Liv Boeree becomes only the third woman to win an EPT, beating Jakob Carlsson from Sweden heads-up. The final hand saw Brit Boeree raising to 700,000, Carlsson raised all in for 6,350,000 and Boeree made the call:...more

6.50pm: Dinner That's a one-hour dinner break, folks. I'm sure the players did not want to halt proceedings, so one can only imagine the guys and gals on the TV set wanted their food. -- SY 6.45pm: Boeree celebrates centenary with big pot This was the 100th hand of the...more

It doesn't take much of a stretch these days to present poker as the new theatre, and on the Italian Riviera today, tournament organisers went the whole hog and deposited the last three tables of EPT San Remo on a stage. As we culled 24 runners to a final eight,...more

11.45pm: Done We'll have a full wrap of today's events with you very shortly. The chips they'll be starting with tomorrow are below. But before you take that in, why not complete your expert knowledge of all things EPT San Remo by looking at the prizewinners page. Seat 1: Claudio...more

PokerStars is pleased to confirm that the EPT Grand Final in Monte Carlo has not been canceled following the chaos caused by the Icelandic volcano. The event will run from April 25-May 1 as scheduled. Under normal circumstances, seats won by PokerStars qualifiers to PokerStars live events are not refundable...more

Day four in San Remo took a little longer than we'd expected. But after a few days of what can only be described as heroic poker - all-ins, double ups and gut-wrenching passion in all its forms - you could be forgiven for expecting this day, the one to...more

5.55pm: Day four done Allan Baekke brings the day to an end, eliminating Gijs Verheijen. After some pre-flop raising Verheijen moved all-in for 900,000 with A♣J♠ and was called by Baekke holding pocket kings. The board brought nothing to improve the lot of Verheijen who exits in 25th place. For...more

Level end. Join us in level 24. 4.30pm: Swissy times in right Claudio "Swissy" Rinaldi is right back in this after doubling-up through Paul Valkenburg. Valkenberg raised from the small blind and then called Rinaldi's 390,000 chips shove from the big blind. Showdown: Rinaldi: K♠Q♦ Valkenberg: A♠J♣ The board ran...more

In the face of a raging tempest, you could do a lot worse than hunker down behind an army of Scandinavians, a Russian and a Turk. Such was the moral to be gleaned from another preposterous day at EPT San Remo, a day that began with 194 players, ended with...more

8pm: That's your lot We've come to a halt after five levels of play. A full wrap of the day's events will be with you shortly, while the chip count page will be updated very soon. -- SY 7.45pm: Baekke shows class PokerStars qualifier Paul Berende is down to 415,000...more

6.41pm: Break time That's the end of another level. Players are taking a 15 minute break before returning for the last level of the day. 6.40pm: Dominated As the level comes to an end Papesch Domi has been eliminated. Michael Piper opened for 23,000 from under the gun. Paul Berende...more

A large crowd of players gathered outside the casino this morning. Standing opposite them was the casino security team's weekend shift; big men, working under the orders that no one, no player, media or tournament representative, was to enter the casino under any circumstances until noon. Unless they wanted...more

9.30pm: Day done That's it. A full wrap is on its way, where you'll find Dmitry Stelmak at the very top of the counts. He has 670,000; that'll be your leader. Find out all the others in moments over on the chip count page. Can you wait that long? --HS...more

7.50pm: Break time That's the end of the level. Players are now taking a 15 minute break before playing the last level of the day. 7.50pm: Abecassis survives a little longer Shortly after ElkY took chips from Ascari Michel Abecassis moved in behind an Allan Baekke raise. It was less...more

Sometimes the only way to get a sports report published in a timely fashion is to write it in advance. The key details appear in the first draft with xxxx xxxx in place of names and, in poker, xxx,xxx in place of final chip counts. Once those identities and numbers...more

11.40pm: All over That's it, play has finished for the night. One man not bagging up is Team PokerStars Pro Barry Greenstein, who busted shortly before the end when his K-Q failed to overtake A-9. He hit his queen - but his opponent hit his ace. It looks at this...more

7.11pm: Dinner That's the end of level 6. Half the field are now on a dinner break. The other half, after a short comfort break, will play on for level seven. -- SY 7.10pm: Eastgate out After spending around 20 hours on a minibus to get here, Peter Eastgate is...more

So vast was the playing field today that until the last few hands of play the identity of the chip leader was largely a mystery, something to be kept secret until tournament officials rub their eyes and get stuck into logging the numbers, scrawled on bags out on the...more

11.45pm: Chip race After the longest chip race in the history of chip races - put it this way, it would have been quicker to take a couple of fried chips and get them to run the marathon - it seems as though we have our chip leaders. Alexey Rybin...more

7pm: Level over That's the end of that. Half the field are now heading off for their dinner break, leaving us and the other half to enjoy level seven. 6.55pm: Debutants Elena Ichim's debut in the colours of Team PokerStars Pro did not last long. She is currently in the...more