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Boyard takes it on the chin
Eyal Avitan raised to 90,000 in the cutoff, and Sebastien Boyard on the button made it 360,000, with 590,000 behind. Back to Avitan - who announced all in. He pushed all his blue 10,000 denomination chips into the middle, for emphasis.
Boyard stood up and walked off. He came back and dwelled up. He put his hands on his head and stared at the ceiling for a while possibly for inspiration. He scrunched his face up like he might cry, then suddenly went blank and rubbed his hands together crazily. Then he called.
Boyard:
Avitan:
Board: an unequivocal
"YES! YES!" OHHHH!" said Avitan, clearly overcome.
"Don't forget to smile!" Priyan de Mel reminded him.
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Not so Jol-ly
Priyan de Mel had just won a cheeky pot off of Eyal Avitan, and the very next hand he raised to 65,000 under the gun. Two places to his left, Jolmer Meelis moved all in. Everyone else folded and headed off on break - and it was back around to de Mel, who called.
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From the button, Juha Lauttamus made it 65,000 to go. In the big blind, Jan Skampa slid out 155,000, and the dealer promptly spread out a flop of . But there had still been action pending.
The floor was called over to make a ruling, and it was a correct one. The dealer wasn't certain what had happened, and the players at the table couldn't seem to agree either. The pot was reconstructed, and there were indeed 90,000 raising chips in front of Skampa. The staff member told the players that the flop would be re-shuffled into the deck and re-dealt after the pending action.
"Oh man, but I liked that flop!" lamented Lauttamus. He flipped over the and sent both of his cards into the muck, and the pot goes to Skampa.
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With the action folded around to the blinds, Jolmer Meelis limped in from the small, and Luca Pagano made a raise from the big. He slid out a total of 74,000, but Meelis instantly announced an all in for 345,000 additional. Pagano tanked it up for a few minutes, counting down his stack and shooting glances to his right. Finally, though, he surrendered with a frown.
On the next hand, Pagano raised from the small blind first into the pot. He made it 64,000 only to see Laurence Ryan re-raise to 195,000 in the big. Pagano acted a bit quicker this time, but with the same result; fold.
There is hardly any action in the tournament room right now, but Pagano is certainly finding willing competitors. Whether he wants them or not.
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A blind-on-blind encounter had got as far as the turn by the time we caught up with it; the board read . Small blind Yann Brosolo bet out and got a call from big blind Stefan Mattsson - but Brosolo moved in on the turn and Mattsson swiftly passed.
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We caught up with the action on the turn of the board, with Luca Pagano betting out 240,000. After some very uncomfortable-looking squirming, Eyal Avitan folded face up.
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. But there had still been action pending.
and sent both of his cards into the muck, and the pot goes to Skampa.
. Small blind Yann Brosolo bet out and got a call from big blind Stefan Mattsson - but Brosolo moved in on the 
turn and Mattsson swiftly passed.
board, with Luca Pagano betting out 240,000. After some very uncomfortable-looking squirming, Eyal Avitan folded 
face up.