Two monster stacks have emerged lately. Laurent Polito has enjoyed a fantastic few level and has spun his stack up to close to 400,000.
We arrived at the table of Stephan Ouzilou however to see him scooping another pot and posing for a photograph with his arms aloft in triumph. He looks to be the first player to break the 400,000 barrier and his grin was as wide as his stack is high.
When we joined the action the pot was being contested by Gregory Fournier and Laurent Polito. There was a little over 120,000 in the middle and the flop read .
The last of Fournier’s chips were in the middle and if Polito wanted to call it would cost him 77,000. Polito was agonising over his decision and it took him a couple minutes to fold to the aggression. When he did so he showed the which brought a lot of discussion from the table that basically consisted of, “Two pair.”
Fournier showed the table his drawing hand and the debate continued.
Jerome Zerbib opened the action for 11,000 and was faced with a shove. If he called and lost he would be out.
It took a minute or so to make his mind up but in the end he passed and showed his . His opponent reciprocated and showed the .
There has been quite a lot of players showing their cards so far today as the game continues to be played in a largely friendly and competitive atmosphere despite the stakes.
In a hand that was related to us there was an open to 7,000 and Laurent Polito three-bet from the small blind to 15,000. The big blind then moved all in for 45,000 holding what turned out to be and the original raiser re-shoved for over 200,000 holding . Polito made the call with and bust two players in one hand to take the chip lead.
In a hand we just witnessed Polito opened for 7,000 and called a three-bet from a late position player to 15,000. Polito then proceeded to check-call bets down to the river on a final board of for a 100,000 pot. His opponent turned over and lost out to the of Polito.
With a huge tower of chips stacked in front of him it’s hard to give an exact count at the moment but for sure it is approaching 600,000.
There was a bet of 9,000 preflop that picked up two callers including Stephan Ouzilou. The flop was and a further bet of 9,000 from the preflop aggressor saw Ouzilou call to make it heads-up to the turn card .
This time the bet was 21,000 and again Ouzilou made the call. The river cards was the and both players checked. Ouzilou turned over his for his rivered straight and his opponent showed a single . Another small pot to Ouzilou.
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which brought a lot of discussion from the table that basically consisted of, “Two pair.”
drawing hand and the debate continued.
. His opponent reciprocated and showed the 
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and lost out to the 
of Polito.
and a further bet of 9,000 from the preflop aggressor saw Ouzilou call to make it heads-up to the turn card 
and both players checked. Ouzilou turned over his 
for his rivered straight and his opponent showed a single 
