Kevin Keosomphet raised, and Fried Meulders reraised to 92,000. Keosomphet went all in, Meulders made the call, and Keosomphet soon raced his way to a full double up.
Keosomphet:
Meulders:
Board:
Keosomphet is at around a million now, Meulders reduced to 730,000.
Here are some of the early hands at the start of Day five.
Kaspars Renga opens the action under the gun with a raise of 56,000 and Fabian Holling calls in the big blind. The flop is and Holling check-calls a 72,000 bet by Renga. The turn is the and Holling once again checks and once again Renga bets and this time Holling folds.
Anthony Hnatow raises to 54,000 from the cut off and Fried Meulders three-bet on the button making it 123,000 to play. Action back on Hnatow and he four bet to 273,000 and Meulder mucked his hand.
Andrzej Nowak-Rogozinski opened up the action with a raise to 61,000 and Williams Johnson three bet to 120,000. Nowak-Rogozinski thought for a while before four betting to 213,000 and Johnson folded showing the crowd the .
The organization here is somewhat reminiscent of how poker tournaments used to be run way back in the day - the seat draw is for some reason a closely guarded secret among the casino staff, and the three Main Event tables have been squashed into the very furthest corner of the room, press banned from going inside the rail. Ascertaining what's going on at Alex Wice's table, tucked behind the other two where no press are permitted to go, may be a problem.
Nevertheless from the permitted distance it looks like all 24 players have taken their seats, and cards are in the air. Good luck, everybody.
Today we start with 24 players who have had lashings of luck and a sllce of skill to manage to navigate themselves through 891 players. We are switching rooms and we move away from the cavernous annex and into the more cosy room in the Barriere Casino.
Each player is guaranteed a minimum of €23,000 and by the end of the day there will be only eight players remaining who will form our final table due to start at 12:00 tomorrow.
Leading the way today with 3,410,000 chips is Alex Wice who qualified for this event at Pokerstars.net. In fact there are no fewer than six players left who have either qualified through Pokerstars.net or Pokerstars.fr.
Tournament Director Thomas Kremser will kick us off at 12:00 and Team Pokernews will be bringing you the greatest coverage on the globe so stay tuned.
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and Holling check-calls a 72,000 bet by Renga. The turn is the 
and Holling once again checks and once again Renga bets and this time Holling folds.
