Out of the cutoff seat, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier raised to 25,000. Alex Bilokur called from the big blind and the flop came down . Both players checked and the turn was the . Bilokur led for 35,000 and Grospellier called.
The river was the to pair and complete the board. Bilokur bet 53,000 and Grospellier made the call.
Bilokur showed the for queen high, but Grospellier's for ace high was the winner.
From the button, Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel raised to 24,000 and Jean-Noel Thorel called from the big blind. The flop came down and both players checked.
The turn was the and both players checked again to see the land on the river. Thorel bet 53,000 and Duhamel called.
Thorel tabled the for trip aces and Duhamel mucked.
From the hijack seat, Andrew Lichtenberger raised to 25,000. Play then folded to Stanislav Labutkin in the big blind and he reraised to 101,000. Lichtenberger moved all in for about 250,000 and Labutkin called.
Labutkin:
Lichtenberger:
The flop put Labutkin in the lead when the fell. The turn was the and Lichtenberger added a few more outs to a chop. The river was the and Labutkin had won the pot. Lichtenberger was eliminated and finished in 11th place for €24,470.
Barcelona will not leave good memories for the 2010 World Series of Poker Main Event champion Jonathan Duhamel who was just busted from the €10,000 High Roller event cashing €24,470. However, this will not be enough to compensate his losses, like the three buy-ins he made at the €50,000 Super High Roller, but came out empty-handed.
On his last hand of the tournament, Duhamel shoved for 270,000 from the hijack seat and was called by the Frenchman Jean-Noel Thorel on the button.
Duhamel:
Thorel:
Duhamel's kings were in the lead, but not for long as the flop went pairing both of Thorel's cards. Duhamel was in need for another king or a ten to survive, but both turn and river bricked eliminating Duhamel from the tournament in tenth place.
The remaining nine players are now down to the "unofficial" final table and only one bust out short of the official one.
From early position, Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier opened with a raise to 25,000. Jean-Noel Thorel was in the next seat and reraised to 52,000 before play folded over to Carlos Mora in the cutoff seat. He took a minute and counted down his stack before reraising all in for 276,000. Play folded back to Grospellier and he reshoved. That knocked Thorel out of the way, leaving Grospellier and Mora heads up.
Grospellier:
Mora:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Mora's set of aces landed him the double to over 600,000 in chips. Grospellier lost roughly half his stack and currently sits on 333,000.
Alex Bilokur opened with a raise to 26,000 on the button and Jean-Noel Thorel called from the big blind. The flop produced the and Thorel check-called a bet of 37,000 from Bilokur. The was then added on the turn and Thorel checked again. This time, after Bilokur bet 62,000, Thorel fired back with a more powerful check-raise to 162,000. Bilokur gave it up and Thorel won the pot.
Alex Bilokur raised from early position to 32,000 and Jean-Noel Thorel called from middle position. Laurent Polito also called from the big blind and the flop came down . Polito checked and Bilokur bet 44,000. Thorel and Polito both folded, giving this one to Bilokur.
From middle position, Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 52,000, which seemed to catch the eye of everyone else at the table when the dealer announced the raise amount. No one opted to play, though, and Thorel won the pot.
. Both players checked and the turn was the 
. Bilokur led for 35,000 and Grospellier called.
to pair and complete the board. Bilokur bet 53,000 and Grospellier made the call.
for queen high, but Grospellier's 
for ace high was the winner.
and both players checked.
and both players checked again to see the 
land on the river. Thorel bet 53,000 and Duhamel called.
for trip aces and Duhamel mucked.
fell. The turn was the 
and Lichtenberger added a few more outs to a chop. The river was the 
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turn and 
river bricked eliminating Duhamel from the tournament in tenth place.
and Mora's set of aces landed him the double to over 600,000 in chips. Grospellier lost roughly half his stack and currently sits on 333,000.
and Thorel check-called a bet of 37,000 from Bilokur. The 
was then added on the turn and Thorel checked again. This time, after Bilokur bet 62,000, Thorel fired back with a more powerful check-raise to 162,000. Bilokur gave it up and Thorel won the pot.
. Polito checked and Bilokur bet 44,000. Thorel and Polito both folded, giving this one to Bilokur.