Cristiano is out, but Leroy is still in

Cristiano Blanco was eliminated yesterday during the 7th level of play. He will talk about his fate on his blog. But just to recap, he was down to 5k and he managed to climb up to 20k before the 5th level. Then he lost most of his chip stack when he ran into Aces twice.
His last fatal hand, with 8k was a typical coin flip with 66 against AK of the italian player Giampiero Valentini. Board gave no help to our player, and he was sent to the rail.

Leroy Soresman was included in the day 1a list of players by mistake. We were worried for his no-show, but we're pleased to inform all his dutch supporters that he's playing right now in day 1b.

We also have the final figure of the attendance at this Sanremo EPT: 361 players today, plus 337 yesterday, for a staggering total of 698 players. The director, Thomas Kremser, announced: "We had to cap to 700 to keep the structure of a 4-day event. Without this limitation, this would have been a tournament with 800-900 players".