We found Mike Watson move all in for 49,200 on a board that read 
. Michael Mizrachi was pondering his action and tanked for over ninety seconds.
Eventually Mizrachi released his cards and let Watson take down the pot. Watson is now flirting with one hundred thousand, as he is sitting on 98,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
98,000
16,500
|
16,500 |
|
||
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Joe McGowan have pretty much swapped chip counts after the latter doubled through the former.
Both players had made it to the river of a 
board.
McGowan shoved for his remaining 25,000 and ElkY tank-called to be shown 
for two pair. The Frenchman mucked as he shook his head and then opened a foil tray of food. I bet that would've tasted so much better if he is call was right.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
89,000
58,300
|
58,300 |
|
34,000
-48,500
|
-48,500 |
|
||
We came across the table to see a flop of 
. Andy Frankenberger checked his option from the small blind and Jennifer Tilly moved 10,000 in front of the betting line.
Matt Stout called from across the table and action was back on Frankenberger. He dipped into his stack and came out with a raise to 30,000 total and Tilly quickly got rid of her cards. Stout followed suit and Frankenberger took the pot.
The next hand Frankenberger put in a raise from the button only to be three-bet by Tilly. It folded back to Frankenberger and he called. The two players checked down the flop of 
as well as the 
on the turn.
When the 
struck fifth street, Frankenberger took a stab with a 4,000 bet. Tilly called and Frankenberger showed 
for merely nine-high. Tilly showed 
for ace-high and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
180,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
||
|
69,000
3,100
|
3,100 |
|
|
||
We found John Juanda with all of his chips in the middle of the table. Noah Schwartz was seated on the other side of the dealer, pondering putting 34,700 into the middle.
With a smile, Juanda was asking if there was anything fun to do in Nice with his girlfriend and son. While he joked that he wanted to be out of the tournament, he was quite pleased to find that when Schwartz called, he was ahead.
Juanda showed 
and was crushing Schwartz's 
.
The board came down 
and Juanda's hand was able to hold, doubling him to about 70,000. Schwartz, on the other hand, has been crippled to about 10,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
70,000
48,000
|
48,000 |
|
||
|
10,000
-16,300
|
-16,300 |
|
|
||
Level: 10
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 100
Noah Schwartz got right back on the horse and doubled up.
He shoved with and was called by Cheung Fung holding 
. The board ran 
to safely see his hand hold.
As this hand was happening Justin Bonomo was busting from a nearby table, and Fung herself followed soon after.
Bonomo explained his exit on Twitter:
Bleh, busted the 10k. Jean Noel T 3.5xed in the CO, I reshoved 32bb w 33 and the BB woke up w QQ. 5pm PLO next.September 27 2012Follow
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
23,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
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A French colleague of ours just brought us news of a Phil Hellmuth double up.
He and Govert Metaal saw a seven high flop before all the chips went in. Metaal had pocket kings but had been out flopped by Hellmuth who held pocket sevens.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
90,000
50,400
|
50,400 |
|
||
|
33,000
-40,900
|
-40,900 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
190,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
|
||
|
85,000
9,900
|
9,900 |
|
|
||
|
84,000
-42,000
|
-42,000 |
|
|
||
|
82,000
2,600
|
2,600 |
|
|
||
|
42,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
34,000
1,500
|
1,500 |
|
||
|
23,000
-7,500
|
-7,500 |
|
|
||
Marc-Andre Ladouceur, Noah Schwartz, and Marvin Rettenmair all saw a flop of and they all checked their option.
The 
came on the turn and Marc-Andre Ladouceur quickly announced that he was all in. A shorter-stacked Noah Schwartz moved all in as well and action was on Rettenmaier. He shrugged, gave a smile, and plopped down chips in the middle of the table to call.
Rettenmaier: 
Ladouceur: 
Schwartz: 
Rettenmaier's set of treys took down the pot and he forced two players to see the rail. With this win, Rettenmaier's stack has increased to about 118,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
118,000
12,900
|
12,900 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Matt Stout was short when he three-bet over an opening raise from David Peters. The latter was priced in and made the call.
Stout:
Peters: 
The board ran 
to pair Peters' ten.
Stout wished everyone well and made his exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
48,000
-2,800
|
-2,800 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
