Praz Bansi raised to 350 in middle position and was called by Andrey Zaichenko in the hijack. Bruno Fitoussi popped it to 1,075 in the cutoff, receiving a call from the player in the big blind. Bansi ducked out of the way, Zaichenko called, and a flop fell.
Action was checked to Fitoussi who bet 1,525. The player in the big blind called, but Zaichenko had other plans. He check-raised to 4,300, resulting in two very quick folds from his opponents.
Picking up the action on an flop, Viktor Blom check-raised an opponent's bet of 700 to 2,000. A call from Blom's opponent delivered the on the turn and Blom bet 3,250. A quick call from his opponent followed by the river led to two quick checks.
Blom's opponent tabled for a flush, besting the Swede's holdings.
Shannon Shorr raised to 350 in the cutoff and was called by the players on the button and in the big blind.
The flop came down and the big blind checked to Shorr who bet 625. The button called, the big blind folded, and the hit the turn. Both checked, landing the on the river. Shorr bet 1,100 and was met with with a quick call.
Shorr tabled for two pair, but his opponent showed for a flush to win the pot.
Christopher McClung came up to us and said that he might be the current chip leader on 80,000, and we didn't disagree.
He got there by calling a four-bet with five-deuce suited, flopping a flush, and getting a player with pocket aces (plus flush draw) to stick all his chips in. Easy game.
Catching up with the action on an flop with three players in the pot, Ari Engel checked. The next player to act bet 1,550, the third player in the hand folded, and Engel bumped it to 4,200. The bettor called to see the turn where Engel bet 6,725. His opponent gave it some thought, but ultimately gave it up.
The former card room manager of Paris' famed Aviation Club is off to a fast start here in Deauville.
Just before the first level ended he was seen making it 575 from middle position, getting called down by just one opponent in the cutoff. They both checked the flop, but Fitoussi fired 1,025 at the turn.
The Cutoff called and when Fitoussi threw out 2,200 at the river, he called again, only to muck when Bruno turned over .
flop fell.
flop, Viktor Blom check-raised an opponent's bet of 700 to 2,000. A call from Blom's opponent delivered the 
on the turn and Blom bet 3,250. A quick call from his opponent followed by the 
river led to two quick checks.
for a flush, besting the Swede's holdings.
and the big blind checked to Shorr who bet 625. The button called, the big blind folded, and the 
hit the turn. Both checked, landing the 
on the river. Shorr bet 1,100 and was met with with a quick call.
for two pair, but his opponent showed 
for a flush to win the pot.
river.
, he mucked.
turn where Engel bet 6,725. His opponent gave it some thought, but ultimately gave it up.
river, he called again, only to muck when Bruno turned over 
.