Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
Level: 4
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 0
. Alain Roy and Lucien Berrebi checked, and the third player stuck out a bet of 2,600. The fourth player in the hand made the call, and Roy did as well. When it came back to Berrebi, though, he announced a check-raise to 17,000. That was enough to fold the initial bettor, but Mr. #4 called all in for his last 12,500 chips. Roy folded away too, showing
as he did. With a player at risk, the cards were turned up:

and a look of utter disgust.
hit fourth street, ending all of the drama right there. It's hard to beat quads, and Barrebi has notched another knockout. He's up to about 80,000 right now, and appears to be the big stack in the room.


. Korchia had found his set, but he'd need to fade the two aces plus the nine remaining hearts in the deck to win the pot. The turn was a safe
, though, and the
on the river sealed the deal. The dealer counted down both stacks and gave the unfortunate news to Lounis: "Covered."
flop, and come the
turn it checked to Gurtovoy, who bet 650. Cao made the call and they moved, heads-up, on to the
river, which both players checked again. There followed a brief argument over who should turn their cards over first, and in the end Cao turned over
. Gurtovoy mucked, and Cao made a small recovery to 23,000.
board - but Cannoussamy turned over
and Zguba mucked, leaving himself with 18,000.
, and both men checked. The
on the turn drew another check from the small blind, and Roy figured it was time to bet 800. His opponent quickly called, and the
filled out the board. Roy put out 1,500 chips this time, and his opponent check-called on the river as well.
for top two, and it was good enough to earn him the pot. He's up to about 37,000 at the moment, and we've just realized he's sitting at a table with another gregarious Frenchman, Antonin Teisseire. Roy and Teisseire have shared the felt before -- most notably at the 2008 Partouche Poker Tour Main Event where they both made the final table.
Level: 3
Blinds: 100/200
Ante: 0
and a fair few chips in the middle already, Cyril Berdah bet out 2,000 and was swiftly called by Vasily Dovedov on his immediate left.
turn and this time Berdah checked. Dovedov bet out 4,600 without hesitation, and after a while Berdah passed.