Olivier Busquet's slide continues and he is now down to 25 big blinds. Fabrice opened the betting with a raise from UTG to 135,000. Busquet was in the small blind and he three-bet to 325,000 and when the big blind got out of the way Soulier moved all-in for 4,395,000 though the effective stack was half of that.
Busquet looked pained in his decisions and asked Soulier, "You got one of those weird hands?" before saying "I wish I didn't watch that Epic Poker event," referring to the third place finish Soulier managed in the last Epic Poker event.
"Just let me call," Busquet said to himself but he did not let himself call because he folded, showing a as he did so.
"It was that close," continued Busquet and Team PokerStars Pro Eugene Katchalov in the commentary box said he thinks Busquet must have held king-queen.
Balazs Botond raised to 125,000 from UTG and Fabrice Soulier made the call from the big blind to see a dry-looking flop. Soulier checked and the Hungarian came in with a 150,000 continuation bet but Soulier check-raised to 330,000 and Botond quickly folded.
After the blistering start to the level play has slowed down a little. The last orbit has seen the pots either taken down preflop or with a standard continuation bet on the flop. Olivier Busquet is getting quite short now but he is a the master at playing with 10-25 big blinds thanks to his heads-up sit 'n' go background.
On a board Olivier Busquet fired out a bet of 150,000 only for Balazs Botond to check-raise to 365,000. Busquet thought for about a minute and moved all in and Botond folded instantly, the American is not going down without a fight here.
The action folded around to Jannick Wrang in the small blind and he decided to simply complete. Fabrice Soulier was in the big blind and he pumped up the action to 145,000 and Wrang called.
The pair shared a flop reading and Wrang checked. Soulier tested the waters with a bet of 175,000 but he could not have folded quicker when Wrang check-raised to 430,000.
Olivier Busquet is back into the danger zone, he had called a bet of 350,000 on the turn on the board before checking the river. Jannick Wrang was his opponent and made a bet of 650,000 at the end, Busquet reluctantly folded and is now very short.
Olivier Busquet has just been given a reprieve after he hit a three-outer against Fabrice Soulier. Just a couple of hands before the fateful hand Busquet had min-raised on the button and Soulier had folded to him but when Soulier had the button he made it 165,000 then called when Busquet moved all in for 1,370,000.
Busquet:
Soulier:
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flop. Soulier checked and the Hungarian came in with a 150,000 continuation bet but Soulier check-raised to 330,000 and Botond quickly folded.
board Olivier Busquet fired out a bet of 150,000 only for Balazs Botond to check-raise to 365,000. Busquet thought for about a minute and moved all in and Botond folded instantly, the American is not going down without a fight here.
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and Busquet gets a much needed double up.