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John "Johnes147" Eames was heads-up in a pot against Antoine Rahal. Eames fired out 700 on the 
flop and was quickly called by his elder French opponent.
The turn was the 
and Eames bet 1,600 again getting a very quick call from Rahal. The river was the 
and Eames decided to check, Rahal then checked behind and a disappointed Eames showed 
, clearly thinking his opponent had an ace and intended to bet it.
Jonathan Layani has doubled his starting stack and Table Four seems to be missing Bjorn Verbakel, so I'm guessing early elimination. The table is one of the chatty ones with some doing more than the others, Dominykas Karmazinas being one of the leaders in this department if not in the stack one.
"I want to be the second to bust, not the first," he noted chirpily (he's on 11,150 so not at death's door exactly), "At least you don't come last."
"It's more fun to tell the story if you're the first one though," said Thomas Nielsen, before continuing getting to know his opponent, his plans for the Series, his affiliations and players. While the atmosphere is unrelentingly friendly over there, it doesn't stop the chips going in and pots being fought over. Karmazinas found Nielsen calling another of his preflop raises, and asked him, "Are you some kind of bounty I don't know about?"
Level: 2
Blinds: 75/150
Ante: 0
Alexander Roumeliotis was staring at a 
board in a big pot against Voislav Boich. The young Swede who had gone deep in San Remo, slid out a bet of 5,075 and got a quick shrug/call combination, Roumeliotis flipped over a very nutty 
leaving Boich frustrated, the latter flashing into the muck.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier has already got it into a 4-bet pot against Gilles Boulengers' re-reraise from the cutoff.
"ElkY" called a bet of 3,500 on the 
flop before the 
turn and river were checked down. Boulenger showed 
and the maverick Frenchman simply mucked his hand as a result.
Table two seems to have Theo Jorgensen all over it - he's up to 55k and won two hands in a row while I was hovering in the sector (the Aviation Club is divided into a number of small separate rooms with between four and ten tables apiece).
The first saw him win a small pot from Josh Field who'd bet 1,325 on a flop of 
, only to pass to Jorgensen's raise (to 3,250). But that was just the appetizer - the main course was a very large pot played in the main against Alexandre Brivot. Brivot made it 300 to go preflop and picked up Jorgensen (again in position) and big blind Jean Rigal.
The flop came 
and both players checked to Jorgensen who bet 600. Rigal called, but Brivot upped it to 2,000. Neither player gave up at this point, however, and they all saw the turn. Now two checks to Jorgensen again saw bet 5,200, and this time Rigal folded but Brivot called very quickly.
The river: 
. Check again from Brivot, and Jorgensen bet 14k. Now for the first time in the hand, a long think. Brivot counted down his stack, with and without that 14k, and finally threw it in.
Jorgensen showed 
for the flopped set, which was good, chipping him up while Brivot now holds 18k.
We've been spotting more and more names taking their seats here at the Aviation Club de France.
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Stephane Bazin just won a 14,000 pot which started off fourway and ended up vs. only Patrick Bruel with a flurry of chuckling and French chatter only parts of which were understood and/or repeatable in polite company.
The flop had come 
and it checked to Bazin who bet 3k into a pot of 8k. Bruel on the button made the call and the other two players passed.
The turn was the and Bazin bet out 6k. Now there was a period of chat, with Bruel making that waving-forward motion symbolising his desire to move all-in, but in the end he overcame it (despite a third player joining the conversation saying, "He has less than two Kings!"). Bazin showed him that that was true, flipping 
and the table, which includes Freddy Deeb, continued playing.
A big pot just went rolling on the river to Monsieur Truong (we're waiting on the full list of players to identify and/or elaborate on names, apologies). Caught on the turn when yellow 1k chips started being counted out for bets, the board was standing 
and Truong bet out 4,500 (he was in the big blind and was heads-up vs. Player In Hijack). His opponent slowly raised to 9,500 and very quickly received a call.
The river was the . Now Truong bet out 8,000 and was immediately called. He flipped the 
for the straight and his opponent sort of sat frozen for a moment before sliding his hand, face down, into the muck.
Here are some of our players parting with €10,000 for the opportunity to play today.
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