On the very next hand following his double-up, Max Pescatori raised to 22,000, Chris Wolters shipped his remaining 86,000 into the pot and Pescatori called.
Wolters
Pescatori
It looked like Pescatori was going to score the KO when the flop came down , but the hit the turn, pairing up Wolters. The river was the and Pescatori gave back 86,000 of his newly acquired chips.
Huseyin Yilmaz opened for 17,000, Max Pescatori reraised to 40,000 and Yilmaz moved all in for 202,000. With about 125,000 behind and his tournament life on the line, Pescatori made the call.
Pescatori
Yilmaz
The flop was , Yilmaz pairing his queen. The turn was the , but the spiked on the river, making Pescatori's set and doubling him up to 400,000.
"Pescatori! Ocho on the last card!" cheered Humberto Brenes from the rail as Pescatori stacked up his chips.
Carter Gill raised and Antony Lellouche called. The flop was . That's when all the money went in. Lellouche held against Gill's . Gill did not have nice things to say about the result.
"Nice f----- call preflop. You f---- idiot," Gill spewed.
The turn and river did not help Gill and he was eliminated. Lellouche did not say a word as he raked in the pot.
Alan Smurfit opened for 21,000, Johannes Strassman put in a reraise to 61,000 and Smurfit moved all in for 120,000. Strassman called the additional 59,000.
Smurfit
Strassman
The board ran out and Smurfit doubled up to 281,000.
Over on "Table France" (where David Benyamine, Antony Lellouche, and a very pregnant Alexia Portal are all seated), Lellouche and Benyamine are hooking up quite frequently in hands and trading small pots.
In their latest pas de deux, Lellouche limped in from early position and Benyamine checked his option from the big blind. The flop was . Benyamine check-called Lellouche's 10,000 bet. The turn was the and both players checked. When the fell on the river, Benyamine led out for 16,500 and Lellouche dribbled in a call.
Lellouche turned up . Benyamine mucked and Lellouche raked in the pot.
Erik Sjodin opened for a 16,000 raise and Peter Busch made the call. The flop was . Sjodin led out for 21,000 and Busch made the call. Both players checked the on the turn and the on the river.
Busch showed , besting Sjodin's unimproved and raked in the pot.
Ian "The Raiser" Frazer was all in for 80,000. Michael Martin called. Frazer and his was behind Martin's . The board ran out . Martin won the pot and Frazer was eliminated.
Martin began the day with 133,500 and his stack is now over 875,000. He is the chipleader.