The Chip Leaders Table Report
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Guillaume de la Gorce finished Day 1a as the chip leader so we have been watching his table to see how he is wielding his big stack but it is Tom Macdonald who has grabbed our attention.
Marc Delimel opened with a raise from early position when he made it 2,800 to play. Macdonald was sat waiting in the small blind and when the action folded around to him he three bet making it 7,500 to play. Delimel called and we saw a flop of 
. Macdonald took the betting lead and made it 10,000 to play but Delimel raised to 23,500. Macdonald asked to see Delimel's stack and Delimel moved his hands out of the way so Macdonald could have a good stare. Macdonald realising that he had Delimel covered moved all-in and after a long pause the Frenchman folded leaving him 42,000 behind.
Tom Macdonald ~ 155,000
Guillame de la Gorce ~ 211,000
and the winning hand of 
was also on display. It belonged to Cyril Hanouna and he is the man responsible for eliminating Blom. Apparently, Hanouna opened from the button and Blom shoved for 30,000 and Hanouna called.
for a rivered set and Yacoub was left declaring, "I should've moved all-in on the turn...What a river!"
and Saout checked to the raiser who made a bet of 3,700. Saout flicked his scarf back before making the check raise to 10,600. His opponent counted out a four bet and played with it for a little while before folding.
