We strolled by Frank Op de Woerd's table (by the by in addition to Liv Boeree and Per Linde, he is now sharing with none other than Team PokerStars Pro and all-round legend Salvatore Bonavena) to find the erstwhile press member raising to 725 in the cutoff. Basil Yaiche called on the button, Ilya Ermakov called too in the big blind, and they saw a flop. The subsequent action went as follows:
Flop: - it checked around to Yaiche who bet 900; both Ermakov and Op de Woerd called.
Turn: - all three checked.
River: - Ermakov checked and this time Op de Woerd bet what looked like 2,500. Ermakov gave it up but Yaiche called, and a moment later had mucked to Op de Woerd's for trips.
Patrick Bruel just performed a bit of magic after somehow cracking with the mighty on a board of . The Gallic actor gave a little shrug and smile as he boosted his stack up to 65,000.
Jean-Louis Perez raised to 800 and van den Bijgaart called to his direct left. The flop was and Perez bet 1,000 prompting a call from van den Bijgaart. The turn was the and this time Perez checked and van den Bijgaart took the betting lead making it 2,500 and Perez called very quickly.
The river was the and Perez checked again and van den Bijgaart bet again. This time the bet was 5,500 and Perez called very quickly and took down a big pot.
Jonathan Duhamel - equivalent amount of cash to the GDP of a small country.
The champ has gone.
Jonathan Duhamel has been eliminated after rather reasonably getting his stack in with on a board against but despite avoiding a blank turn, the river brought a to bust the Canadian.
Never mind,I'm sure being able to sleep in a bed made of money will most likely soften the blow.
Jean Noel Thorel, the gent who we believe knocked out Jon Spinks earlier, limped in and the action moved around to Jeff Madsen in the hijack, who made it 725 to go. PokerStars Team Online member Antonio Tarantino called in the big blind, Thorel did too, and they saw a flop which was checked around to Madsen. Madsen stuck in an 800 bet and Tarantino gave it up; Thorel called and they proceeded heads up.
Both players checked the turn and they saw a river. Thorel now bet out a relatively hefty 5,500 and Madsen quietly called - and the American mucked soon after as Thorel turned over for a flopped set.
The usual buzz of the tournament area was permeating the air before a loud scream came from a Spaniard wearing a bright yellow shirt. He immediately grabbed his jacket and walked over to the direction of Team Pokerstars Pro Juan Manuel Pastor. His arms were flailing from side-to-side as he started to tell Pastor his bad beat. Pastor just gestured to the man in the bright yellow shirt to move away - was this a tell?
Pokerstars player Calvin Anderson raised to 600 from middle position and Pastor raised, making it 2,000, from the button. The action folded around to Anderson who pushed all of his chips over the line and Pastor called immediately.
The man with the biggest dreadlocks in the room, Christophe Gross, just made a rather good call and is back up to 26,000 as a result.
In fact it was two calls that we witnessed - a check-call of 1,550 on the turn of the board and a check-call of an additional 3,600 on the river. He turned over a mere , and was rewarded by a muck from his serial bettor of an opponent.
Arnaud Mattern opened to 550 preflop and Rory Rees Brennan 3-bet to 1,500 sitting next to him. Mattern made the call to see a flop where Brennan fired out 1,800 after Mattern's check.
The Frenchman then replied by check-raising to 6,600 and Brennan pushed all-in receiving a quick call.
Brennan:
Mattern:
The turn increased the size of Mattern's draw even further but the river was neither a diamond or a seven, six, five or deuce meaning the Irishman picked up a 42,000 chip pot while Mattern has 3,500 left.
We only caught the tail end of the hand, but it was enough to establish the gist of what had happened - the board read meaning that Michael Schurpf's had found itself in the lead on the turn, but Davidi Kitai's pocket had overtaken on the river.
"I feel like I won the hand," said Schurpf (to us) inexplicably, before walking off for a minute. Kitai stared at him wide-eyed as he raked in the pot, and is up to 40,000.
Viktor Blom, attracting a bigger crowd of media people than anyone else here in Deauville, just unloaded a full clip on a board with Almira Skripchenko check-calling bets of 800, 1,200 and 3,200 the whole way with just which was enough to send the Swede's card quickly into the muck.
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- it checked around to Yaiche who bet 900; both Ermakov and Op de Woerd called.
- all three checked.
- Ermakov checked and this time Op de Woerd bet what looked like 2,500. Ermakov gave it up but Yaiche called, and a moment later had mucked to Op de Woerd's 
for trips.
on a board of 
. The Gallic actor gave a little shrug and smile as he boosted his stack up to 65,000.
and Perez bet 1,000 prompting a call from van den Bijgaart. The turn was the 
and this time Perez checked and van den Bijgaart took the betting lead making it 2,500 and Perez called very quickly.
and Perez checked again and van den Bijgaart bet again. This time the bet was 5,500 and Perez called very quickly and took down a big pot.
board against 
turn and they saw a 
river. Thorel now bet out a relatively hefty 5,500 and Madsen quietly called - and the American mucked soon after as Thorel turned over 
for a flopped set.
meaning that Michael Schurpf's 
which was enough to send the Swede's card quickly into the muck.