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7.12pm: Pantaleo masters Nguyen
Giuseppe Pantaleo has climbed to 52,000 chips after forcing Men Nguyen off a hand.
Nguyen raised to 800 from mid-position and called when his German opponent three-bet to 2,325 from the small blind. The flop came [9h][ah][js] and Pantaleo c-bet for 2,650 only to face a quick raise to 6,000 from Nguyen. Call.
Both players checked the [jd] turn before Pantaleo led for 8,375 on the [9d] river. His opponent cut the calling chips from his pack and looked like he was going to call but he mucked instead to drop to 35,000. Pantaleo let a big smile appear across his face and revealed the [6c]. He's up to 52,000. -- MC
7.02pm: Lols all the way to the river
Linus Dahlstrom may not be laughing about this one, but everyone else seemed to enjoy themselves.
On a flop of [9h][7s][5h] Dahlstrom had tossed out a 5,000 chip, an amount slightly larger than the pot. He had meant to bet less but the floor correctly ruled that it should stand as no verbal declaration had been made. Dahlstrom had a little more than 15,000 behind and his opponent, Christian Cipriano, moved all-in with no little amount of swagger and maschismo. Dahlstrom, possibly rattled by the floor ruling, took his time before calling the shove.
Dahlstrom: [ah][as] for, well, aces
Cipriano: [kh][qh] for the flush draw
The turn pushed needle over to Cipriano with the [th], but the Swede still had a chance for the nut flush redraw, which he promptly hit with the [jh].
Cipriano celebrated straight away but was he celebrating with the realization of having hit a straight flush or not? Paul Berende didn't seem entirely convinced. Cipriano up to 75,000, Dahlstrom to the rail. -- RD
6.50pm: Smart casual
Shaun Deeb has turned a late arrival into a stack of nearly 50,000. He wears a big yellow hoodie, clothes you would watch TV in, and looks like he's living every minute as it comes. It's in stark contrast to Sandra Naujoks next to him, who wears a blazer, and knee high brown leather boots. She also paid some attention to her hair this morning.
Deeb just tangled with Riccardo Marchini on a flop of [qc][qh][8c].
Marchini checked it, as did Naujoks before Deeb bet 1,600. Marchini called as Naujoks passed before the [jh] turn. Marchini, who has a ponytail no less, checked to Deeb whose eyes are covered by his hood. He bet 3,500 which, after a brief pause, Marchini called, throwing out his chips fast as if to prevent any sudden change of mind.
Now a [6c] river card. Marchini fired out 5,000 this time, putting the pressure on Deeb. Deeb couldn't go on, and passed, watching as Marchini showed [jc][js]. Deeb's attention was diverted by the arrival of a waiter delivering a large bottle of water. - SB
6.42pm: Play resumes for most
It's been a mixed day for Team PokerStars Pro. Some are well in profit like Johnny Lodden (70,000), Mattias De Meulder (62,000), Dario Mineri (40,000). Some are down on chips like Vanessa Selbst (25,000) and Sebastian Ruthenberg (9,000).
They're all doing better than Jude Ainsworth though who busted just before the break. He Tweeted: "Busto q 10 v 66. Never got going." -- MC

Not his day PokerStars Blog reporting team in San Remo (in order of how happy we are with our football team's performance today): Marc Convey (overjoyed that Crystal Palace beat Simon Young's Ipswich Town), Stephen Bartley (equally overjoyed that Tranmere Rovers didn't give away a winning position) and Rick Dacey (admits to supporting Sunderland again now that they've won. Won't waste much energy cheering though). Photos by Neil Stoddart.


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