Remi Castaignon raised to 200,000 from under the gun and got a single caller in Franck Kalfon on the button who left himself but 1,220,000 behind. The blinds stepped aside, and the flop came .
Castaignon led at the flop for 275,000. Kalfon sat upright and put on his sunglasses, then began counting out his remaining chips, first putting them in many small stacks before him, then reassembling them all into a couple of columns before pushing all in. Castaignon called right away.
Kalfon:
Castaignon:
Kalfon had flopped top pair with a spade flush draw, while Castaignon had the overpair of aces. The turn then came the , the crowd yelling out at the sight of the card. Kalfon had taken the lead with two pair, but his advantage was short-lived as the river then brought the , putting a pair on board and thus giving Castaignon the best hand.
[Removed:4] raised to 200,000 from UTG/CO and Remi Castaignon defended in the big blind. The flop was and both players checked to see the turn, Castaignon checked a second time and Rudelitz bet 275,000.
Dominik Nitsche on the EPT Live commentary speculated that Castaignon liked to call a little too much and the Frenchman indeed made another call here.
The river paired the board with the and Castaignon checked a third time, Rudelitz bet 575,000. Nitsche offered pocket nines or a strong eight as the kind of hands his compatriot would be betting but this time Castaignon gave up and the chip leader added to his stack.
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[Removed:4] opened for 200,000 from the button and only Walid Bou Habib called from the big blind. Both checked the flop. The turn brought the and another check from Bou Habib, and Rudelitz fired 275,000. Bou Habib called, then both checked following the falling on fifth street.
Bou Habib flipped over for kings, and Rudelitz mucked.
Walid Bou Habib raised to 210,000 preflop, [Removed:4] flat-called in the small blind and Robert Romeo called from the big blind.
Everyone checked the flop before Rudelitz lead out for 275,000 on the turn. Romeo made the cal but then unexpectedly Bou Habib made it 650,000. Rudelitz folded fairly quickly but Romeo made the call with only 1.2 million behind and a pot size of double that.
The river was the , Romeo checked and Bou Habib didn't take much time in moving all in, 30 seconds later Romeo folded leaving himself dangerously short.
As Level 30 was coming to a close, Remi Castaignon opened for 200,000 from under the gun and both blinds called — Robert Romeo (small) and Walid Bou Habib (big).
All three checked the flop. The turn brought the and it checked around to Castaignon who pushed out a bet of 375,000, forcing his two opponents to let their hands go.
With the start of Level 31, the 100,000-chip blue plaques are now in play along with the red (25k) and gray (5k) chips.
The blue plaques introduce a James Bond-feel to the proceedings, somewhat appropriate as Bond author Ian Fleming visited the casinos in Deauville long ago and is said to have been influenced by them when writing the first Bond novel, Casino Royale.
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, the crowd yelling out at the sight of the card. Kalfon had taken the lead with two pair, but his advantage was short-lived as the river then brought the 
, putting a pair on board and thus giving Castaignon the best hand.
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and both players checked to see the 
turn, Castaignon checked a second time and Rudelitz bet 275,000.
and Castaignon checked a third time, Rudelitz bet 575,000. Nitsche offered pocket nines or a strong eight as the kind of hands his compatriot would be betting but this time Castaignon gave up and the chip leader added to his stack.
and another check from Bou Habib, and Rudelitz fired 275,000. Bou Habib called, then both checked following the 
falling on fifth street.
for kings, and Rudelitz mucked.
flop. The turn brought the 
and it checked around to Castaignon who pushed out a bet of 375,000, forcing his two opponents to let their hands go.