"Deux mille, quatre mille," said the dealer, letting the players know that we have moved to a new level and the blinds have changed.
Once the cards were dealt and the first couple of players folded, Yann Dion made a minimum-raise to 8,000, then Christophe Panetti, sitting to Dion's left, reraised all in for his last 25,000. The others folded, and Dion quickly called, flipping over his . Panetti shrugged a little as he showed his .
The board came , and Panetti is out. Dion now has 175,000.
We arrived on the scene just in time to see Davidi Kitai all in with against Daniel El Keslassy's . The board read , meaning Kitai and his jack-high were all out. El Keslassy's trip eights scored him the knockout and a stack of 322,000.
Petre Ionescu had his last 85,000 in the middle with against Sebastian Homann's . But sometimes you just can't slow down a run of luck. The board fell , and with a flopped pair of jacks, Homann won the hand and eliminated a very unhappy Ionescu. The pot pushed Homann up to the 500,000 mark and back into the chip lead.
Phu Truong was down to 37,500 when he risked it all with . He needed to dodge Guillaume de la Gorce's . Truong got up to leave as soon as he saw the flop. But despite Truong's lack of confidence, de la Gorce missed his flush draw. After the turn and river, he doubled to 80,000. After a profitable last level, de la Gorce still had 175,000 after paying Truong.
Daniel El Keslassy opened with a raise from early position, and it folded around to Willy Zozime who reraised to 18,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded, and El Keslassy made the call.
The flop came . Zozime led for 22,000, and when El Keslassy raised him, Zozime responded by pushing all in for about 30,000 more. El Keslassy made the call, showing for an overpair to go with the sixes. But Zozime had a pair over that one -- .
The turn was the and the river the , and Zozime moves to about 145,000. El Keslassy, meanwhile, still has a healthy stack with 270,000.
Julien Leonard opened with a raise to 7,500 from middle position, and Dominik Nitsche reraised to 17,500 from the button. The blinds got out, Leonard reraised all in for approximately 60,000 total, and Nitsche made the call.
Leonard tabled his hand -- -- but the way Nitsche's been running he probably wasn't surprised to see the young German turn over . The board came eight-high, and Leonard was eliminated.
Nitsche moves into the top five in chips with that pot, and now has 257,000.
Alexia Portal three-bet shoved out of the blinds for 50,500 total, and Erik Tamm looked her up. She needed to improve her to stay alive against Tamm's . But the board improved Tamm's hand instead. He turned a straight to eliminate Portal and take back some of the chips he'd lost to Dominik Nitsche.
Dominik Nitsche -- knocked down below 5,000 chips early in Day 2 -- has enjoyed a string of double-ups over the last couple of hours and now sits with a stack of about 200,000.
The most recent instance came when Nitsche opened with a standard raise from early position, Erik Tamm reraised 15,500 more from the button, Nitsche shoved all in for about 95,000 total, and Tamm called. Nitsche had and Tamm , and when the board ran out , Nitsche claimed the pot.
Cedric Demore opened for 8,500 from middle position and got one caller in Julien Labussiere from the button. Both checked the flop. The turn then brought the . Demore checked, Labussiere bet 12,000, and Demore made the call.
The river was the . Demore checked again, and this time Labussiere bet 26,500. Demore thought for a while, then tossed out the chips to call.
Labuissiere tabled for the straight, and Demore mucked. Demore is down to about 55,000 now, while Labuissiere has climbed ot 152,000.
. Panetti shrugged a little as he showed his 
.
, and Panetti is out. Dion now has 175,000.![[user140525]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
against Daniel El Keslassy's 
. The board read 
, meaning Kitai and his jack-high were all out. El Keslassy's trip eights scored him the knockout and a stack of 322,000.
against Sebastian Homann's 
. But sometimes you just can't slow down a run of luck. The board fell 
. He needed to dodge Guillaume de la Gorce's 
. Truong got up to leave as soon as he saw the 
river, he doubled to 80,000. After a profitable last level, de la Gorce still had 175,000 after paying Truong.
. Zozime led for 22,000, and when El Keslassy raised him, Zozime responded by pushing all in for about 30,000 more. El Keslassy made the call, showing 
for an overpair to go with the sixes. But Zozime had a pair over that one -- 
.
, and Zozime moves to about 145,000. El Keslassy, meanwhile, still has a healthy stack with 270,000.
to stay alive against Tamm's 
board improved Tamm's hand instead. He turned a straight to eliminate Portal and take back some of the chips he'd lost to Dominik Nitsche.
, and when the board ran out 
flop. The turn then brought the 
. Demore checked, Labussiere bet 12,000, and Demore made the call.
for the straight, and Demore mucked. Demore is down to about 55,000 now, while Labuissiere has climbed ot 152,000.