The action started with Rumen Nanev opening to 61,000 under the gun. Yorane Kerignard called from the cutoff, leading to Artem Litvinov squeezing all in from the button for 346,000. Action folded back to Nanev who four-bet shoved to isolate.
However, it didn't work as Kerignard snap-called and tabled . Litvinov showed down , while Nanev was well behind with . The board ran out as Litinov took the main pot, Kerignard took the side pot, and Nanev took nothing.
Rumen Nanev was moved tables after that huge hand, and was straight in to the blind blind. He faced a raise to 75,000 from Olivier Rogez and a call from Sergey Baburin. He moved all in for 126,000 and both opponents called.
The Flop fell and a Rogez lead was enough to get it heads-up. The Frenchman tabled for top two-pair, way ahead of Nanev's . The board ran out and the Bulgarian made his exit.
Chris Brammer finally managed to accrue some chips today off his nemesis, Olivier Rogez. He open shoved for 360,000 from the cut-off and was only called by the Frenchman from the button.
Brammer:
Rogez:
The board ran .
Brammer thought he had been flopped dead, and must have thought his hand wasn't going to hold. It did, and he some more chips to play with.
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