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Orsini rocking the heart-shaped glasses...
Today's butterflies at the table put yesterday's muted players in the shade stylewise. Sebastien Orsini started the day wearing pink heart-shaped sunglasses which would catch Elton John's eye, John Juanda (bright green) and table neighbour Alexander Kravchenko (bright orange) look like they're part of an optical illusion which may make you see a 3D dolphin, and [Removed:106] looks like he's wearing a foot high golden "FU" on his back. On closer inspection this was actually EU for EckoUnlimited but it really looks like FU from a distance.
Dominykas Karmazinas who came third in the EPT Grand Final just a week or so ago flat-called Thomas Nielsen's 1,300 turn bet on a board. Nielsen then fired 2,200 on the river but Karmazinas then decided to raise to around 8,000.
Nielsen sighed and flashed what looked to be and Karmazinas jokingly cried, "I am chip leader once again."
Patrick Bruel might be the most famous person in this building (France and Worldwide) right now, but he looks as comfortable as can be at the table and seems to constantly be involved in the action. He dropped at the start of the day, then built back to over 40k, although just lost a few back, most notably to Olivier Chaignard's Jack-high flop check-raise (the flop was Jack-high, not Chaignard's hand, probably - he didn't show when Bruel passed).
His table also features Freddy Deeb and Isabelle Mercier, who appears to be repairing some of the early damage to her stack (up from 14k at last count), most recently betting button caller David Conforti off a flop.
It's not exactly the red carpet, but the players are playing on a somewhat red-colored felt... Whatever the case we ran around the room getting some snaps so you can get an idea of how everyone's looking here in Paris today.
Another big multiway pot and Phu Troung led out for 1,800 on the flop. Fabrice Soulier was the only caller and the turn was the . Troung now checked and Soulier bet 2,600 to which Troung responded with a speedy call.
The river was the and this time Troung led out, but only for a very small 1,600. Soulier quickly raised to 6,000 and Troung tanked before calling.
"You got it..." Soulier said, mucking his cards. Troung turned over to win the pot.
A spade is 'pique' over here (the dealers' announcements of the cards, and most of the table talk is in French, so you get an immersion in French-For-Poker-Players for a week playing this event), and a surfeit of these just gave Angelo Besnainou a medium-sized pot while spurring Bruno Lopes to get up out of his chair (very briefly) in frustration:
Preflop fourway without a raise, the flop came . Lopes bet straight out of the small blind 250, and Besnainou, who'd limped in preflop under the gun, made it 1,000 total. The others lost interest at this point, so the two of them saw the turn. Now it went check-check bringing the on the river. Lopes now checked again, and Besnainou quickly bet 2,500, called just as quickly but with a bit of a lemon-sucking expression of reluctance. His misgivings were proven justified, as Besnainou turned over out-flushing Lopes' .
Four-way to the flop and Thomas Bichon fired out 850 on the flop with Eric Sadoun the only caller. Bichon slid out a bet of 2,050 on the turn but Sadoun responded by raising to 6,050.
The WPT Cyprus winner made the call and then tank-called another 7,000 on the river but had to muck when Sadoun showed him for a funky flopped set.
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board. Nielsen then fired 2,200 on the 
river but Karmazinas then decided to raise to around 8,000.
and Karmazinas jokingly cried, "I am chip leader once again."
board with 
flop.
flop. Fabrice Soulier was the only caller and the turn was the 
. Troung now checked and Soulier bet 2,600 to which Troung responded with a speedy call.
and this time Troung led out, but only for a very small 1,600. Soulier quickly raised to 6,000 and Troung tanked before calling.
to win the pot.
turn. Now it went check-check bringing the 
out-flushing Lopes' 
.
flop with Eric Sadoun the only caller. Bichon slid out a bet of 2,050 on the 
for a funky flopped set.