EPT SAN REMO: NEILSON RISES, STARS FALL AS FINAL TABLE IS SET

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EPT San Remo has finally reached final table play and it what had the makings of a all-star final table field earlier on Wednesday ended with nothing of the sort as most big names fell during Day 5 play.

Now this isn't to say that we're not in for a treat, we're left with 8 players, all capable of playing some fine poker. Despite the star exodus, there are still a few well known players left in the field.

Daniel Neilson, who was second in chips the past two days, finds himself in the driver's seat with close to a 2:1 chip lead on second place. Barny Boatman hopes to make his fellow Hendom Mob members proud with a big win on Thursday.

But most eyes will be on Kevin MacPhee as he attempts to become the first person to win ever win a EPT Main Event for the second time. MacPhee won EPT Berlin in March of 2010.

FINAL TABLE SEAT ASSIGNMENT / CHIP STACKS
1- Andrey Pateychuk 3,105,000
2- Kevin MacPhee 1,115,000
3- Barny Boatman 2,490,000
4- Daniel Neilson 6,700,000
5- Rocco Palumbo 1,160,000
6- Yorane Kerignard 2,145,000
7- Dimitar Danchev 4,435,000
8- Jan Bendik 3,980,000

2011 PTPR RESULTS (YEAR TO DATE, PRIOR TO MAIN EVENT):
708. Andrey Pateychuk, 35 PTPR Points
708. Yorane Kerignard, 35 PTPR Points
1670. Kevin MacPhee, 12 PTPR Points

It will be the first score of the season for Boatman, Neilson, Palumbo, Danchev and Bendik.

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PTPR PREMIER EVENT
European Poker Tour San Remo
EPT San Remo NLH Main Event
October 21-27, 2011

Casino San Remo | Italy
Buy-in: $6,750 | Prizepool : $5,144,540 | Entries: 837

Defending Champion: Rupert Elder

PTS AT STAKE:
1st position 133
2nd position 83
3rd position 53
4th position 43
5th position 38
6-7th position 33
8th position 18
JOHNNY LODDEN 18
PATRICK GASTALDI 18
ANGELO TARALLO 18
ALESSIO ISAIA 16
ANDREAS SAMUELSSON 16
CHRISTOPHER MCCLUNG 16
LEX VELDHUIS 16
GIANLUCA CEDOLIA 13
DANIELE VESCO 13
MICHAEL MCDONALD "TIMEX" 13

EPT SAN REMO: MCCLUNG, NEILSON STILL CHIP LEADERS AT SAN REMO

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It's deja vu all over again! One day after finishing the day as chip leaders, Christopher McClung and Daniel Neilson have once again taken their EPT San Remo destinies in their own hands, both will once again event play with the top chip stacks as top 24 players make their way into Casino San Remo on Wednesday.

McClung nearly tripled his Day 4 stack, he sits with 3.148M in chips and while Neilson will start the day second, he's still over 1M chips behind McClung, who has really played some solid poker in this tournament.


Native son Alessio Isaia, who currently sits 6th on the 2011 PTPR Poker Tournament Player of the Year Leaderboard, is fourth in chips and is on the verge of something big. Should Isaia (pictured) the early charge on Wednesday and make it into PTPR Points for the event (Top 18), Isaia will at the very least jump up to fourth overall - surpassing Jason Mercier and Will Failla along the way. A Top 2 finish and Isaia would be back on top of the poker world with the #1 rank - but, we're jumping a little ahead of ourselves.

The rail will certainly be following McClung, Neilson and Isaia but will also be looking for Kevin MacPhee, Barny Boatman, Lex Veldhuis, Mike McDonald and WSOPE Champ Elio Fox amongst others on Wednesday.

NOTABLE REMAINING PLAYERS:
Chris McClung 3,148,000
Daniel Neilson 2,011,000
Mustapha Kanit 1,761,000
Alessio Isaia 1,524,000
Kevin MacPhee 1,441,000
Barny Boatman 1,257,000
Johnny Lodden 1,227,000
Lex Veldhuis 877,000
Jon Spinks 788,000
Elio Fox 377,000
Mike McDonald 292,000

NOTABLE PLAYER ELIMINATIONS:
Joseph Cheong, Sergey Tikhonov, Vanessa Selbst, John Duthie, David Bach, Tyler Bonkowski, Nick Yunis, Dmitry Vitkind and Vojtech Ruzicka,

We're playing down to the final table on Wednesday.

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MCCLUNG TAKES DAY 3 LEAD
CHEONG TAKES CHIP LEAD INTO DAY 3
EPT LONDON: SPINDLER OUTLAST O'DWYER
EPT SAN REMO IS EDLER'S SHINING MOMENT (MAY 2011)

PTPR PREMIER EVENT
European Poker Tour San Remo
EPT San Remo NLH Main Event
October 21-27, 2011

Casino San Remo | Italy
Buy-in: $6,750 | Prizepool : $5,144,540 | Entries: 837

Defending Champion: Rupert Elder

PTS AT STAKE:
1st position 133
2nd position 83
3rd position 53
4th position 43
5th position 38
6-7th position 33
8-11th position 18
12-14th position 16
15th position 16
16-18th position 13