Franck Pepe made a raise to 95,000 and Anthony Hnatow called to his immediate left and the rest of the table folded. The two of them shared a flop of and both players checked. The turn was the and Pepe check-called a bet of 103,000 from Hnatow. The river was a and Pepe again checked. Hnatow counted out a bet in the region of 150,000 and Pepe already had the requisite number of chips in his hand ready to call. No sooner had Hnatow's chips hit the deck Pepe's did too.
Hnatow turned over the for the flush and Pepe showed down .
Pepe now is one of the short stacks sat on 560,000.
Ever since winning those big pots against Johnson and Holling, Martin Jacobson has become very active. Lucien Cohen opened to 106,000 which was called by Ruslan Prydryk but the Swede 3-bet to 375,000 out of the blinds, Cohen folded but Prydryk took a lot longer before releasing his hand after several minutes thought.
A few hands later saw Prydryk open to 90,000 UTG, Jacobson responded with a 3-bet on the button to 230,000, Prydryk moved all-in for just over 1.1 million and Jacobson folded instantly.
Martin Jacobson bet 85,000 in the cut off and his only caller was Ruslan Prydryk in the big blind. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and Prydryk check-called a 95,000 bet by Jacobson. The river was the and both players checked it down.
Jacobson took took the chips with and Prydryk mucked his unseen cards.
We reported earlier that Franck Pepe had lost a significant portion of his stack to Anthony Hnatow; he has now lost the rest to Laurent Polito.
Pepe raised to 120,000 and Polito put him all-in and Pepe called.
Polito:
Pepe:
The flop was giving Pepe an open ended straight draw and some slither of hope. The turn was and the river was and Pepe's tournament run had come to an end.
The floormen and dealer were just cleaning up after the departure of Franck Pepe, when all of the money somehow ended up in the middle, in a hand between Philip Jacobsen and Julien Claudepierre.
Jacobsen was in terrible shape with his against the of Claudepierre. The flop gave Jacobsen some back door draws and one of them came in on the turn when the hit the board. Jacobsen was praying for a club but it didn't come when the ended his tournament.
Our unofficial nine-handed final table looks as follows. We'll be playing on until one player busts out; the seat order will remain the same for tomorrow's official final.
Seat 1: Anthony Hnatow
Seat 2: Julien Claudepierre
Seat 3: Martin Jacobson
Seat 4: Ruslan Prydryk
Seat 5: Laurent Polito
Seat 6: Kaspars Renga
Seat 7: Alex Wice
Seat 8: Kenny Hallaert
Seat 9: Lucien Cohen
By the by, they normally colour up the T1,000 chips when the antes hit 5,000, but this time they have instead left the T1,000 chips on the table and instead taken off the grey T5,000 ones. We understand that this is due to them being the same colour as the T100,000 chips which they will shortly start introducing.
and both players checked. The turn was the 
and Pepe check-called a bet of 103,000 from Hnatow. The river was a 
and Pepe again checked. Hnatow counted out a bet in the region of 150,000 and Pepe already had the requisite number of chips in his hand ready to call. No sooner had Hnatow's chips hit the deck Pepe's did too.
for the flush and Pepe showed down 
.
and Prydryk check-called a 95,000 bet by Jacobson. The river was the 
and both players checked it down.
and Prydryk mucked his unseen cards.
board and Lambert was eliminated, the Swede continues to dominate his table.
giving Pepe an open ended straight draw and some slither of hope. The turn was 
and the river was 
against the 
of Claudepierre. The flop 
ended his tournament.
