A five-way flop of was seen after three players saw fit to limp, including an under-the-gun Jean-Paul Pasqualini. No one bet the first three cards, and the turn came the . Now first to act Kristoffer Thorsson bet out 2k into everyone else, and only Pasqualini made the call. The river was the and again, Thorsson bet out, this time 4k. This was fairly quickly called and when he revealed that was proven enough to take the pot.
Your Level Three Chip Leader has become Kristoffer Thorsson with 155,000. Not content with a deep run in the WPT Main Event, he's been hoovering up chips on his table like a gambling Dyson and has taken chunks of everyone (most notably Vikash Dhorasoo nearer the start). Just now, however, a vacant seat appeared where Kevin Eyster once was, and Thorsson was once again stacking chips. A big pot went down, clearly, we'll try to get the information in the break.
Bertrand Grospellier failed to shake Wayne Boich just now, and dropped down to under 20k in the process. He raised to 1,500 preflop, and Boich made the call on the button. Boich also called his 1,800 on the flop, and his bet of 3,300 on the turn. When the river fell Elky gave up, receiving a swift check behind and a flip of which were good despite the overcard.
Jean-Noel Thorel has been eliminated after dwindling below the level of chips which Antony Lellouche would not call preflop with to give him a spin. Thorel tabled and could only watch as the board ran out Ten-high giving his final 10k or so to Lellouche. Down to 19, and it's starting to look like the final table of eight won't be out of reach today.
Mikhail Smirnov has been eliminated following a slow start and a subsequent preflop call of his (for about 12k) by Jean-Paul Pasqualini holding . No help from the board and another player drops making the field condense to two tables of nine.
Vikash Dhorasoo is our latest elimination here at the €20k Hi Rollers. He was pretty much the shortest stack still in when his final chips hit the middle in this fashion: An Alain Goldberg raise to 2,400 preflop saw a call from Freddy Deeb as well as button Dhorasoo. The flop brought and no continuation from Goldberg. Deeb thought for a moment then bet out 6k, immediately finding Dhorasoo shipping the rest in. It was less than 7k to call, and Deeb did so quickly with the flush draw: . Dhorasoo's was ahead... but not for long, as the fell on the turn to polish him off.
Another one hits the rail, this time a disappointed looking Talal Shakerchi who started off building a stack but in the end faced a river decision for his whole stack against Freddy Deeb. The board was standing .. .. over a pot of 20k+. I don't know how it happened (lead/check-raise) but 24k was sitting in front of Deeb waiting to see if Shakerchi would call all in. He counted out his chips, looked pained, and made the call.
Deeb showed and his house was good. Shakerchi didn't let go of his hand, however, and the dealer made a comment along the lines of an all-in needing both hands over. This was overruled by the floor, and when Deeb agreed loudly that he could just muck and go, Shakerchi finally did just that, pausing momentarily to shake his eliminator's hand.