Jonathan Duhamel opened the hijack to 11,500 before Bertrand Grospellier made it 27,000 from the button. The small blind folded but Max Silver in the big blind seemed genuinely interested. He made it 50,000 to go and Duhamel quickly folded. Not Grospellier though, he pushed all in and Silver immediately called.
Silver showed his directly and Grospellier almost already mucked his before a flop was dealt. He got up from the table and saw the dealer deal as the community cards. Before the river even was dealt Grospellier was already up from the table and in the arms of a lady escorting him to the pay out registration.
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Not everyone is willing to gamble it up at this stage, and one table in particular is unwilling to double up a short stack needlessly as was shown in this hand. Paolo Compagno opened from under-the-gun for 8,000 and short stacked Sven Kriegerfrom Germany moved all-in. Romain Chauvassagne in the big blind certainly seemed to have a decision to make, presumably complicated by the open from early position. He made a reluctant fold and a frustrated Compagno showed before folding. Chauvassagne flipped over his before the dealer had a chance to collect it and commented, “It was a flip.” A flip he didn’t want to take as Kriegerfrom passed his cards to the dealer, face down.
A hand that lasted almost 10 minutes just played out between Marc-Andre Ladouceur and Simon Deadman. The Brit raised to 8,000 from under-the-gun+1 and then called when Ladouceur three-bet to 19,000 from the cut-off. On the flop Deadman checked, Ladouceur bet 24,000 and after some thought Deadman made the call.
The turn was the , Deadman checked again and after counting down his stack a couple of times Ladouceur moved all-in for 74,000. After getting a count Deadman then checked his own stack, it was roughly 145,000 so the call represented about 50% of his stack. He had half a dozen of the purple 500 chips in his hand and began playing with them as he contemplated his decision. He tanked for four minutes before folding. Pot to Ladoucuer.
Ana Marquez opened from under-the- gun plus one for 8,000 and was raised by Vit Blachut from Czech Republic to 21,000. The blinds folded and Marquez asked him, “How much you playing?” Blachut shrugged said “About three hundred (thousand).” Which was close to Marquez’s stack. She made the call and they saw a flop of . Marquez checked and made the call when Blachut bet 18,000. Turn and they both checked. River and both players checked for the final time. Marquez turned over . Blachut peered over and eventually gave the nod that her hand was good and the chips slid her way.
Bertrand Grospellier opened the small blind to 10,500 and Lucas Reeves made the call from the big blind. on the flop and Grospellier made it 13,500 to go. Reeves called and checked behind as Grospellier checked to him on the turn. The river was the and Grospellier bet 22,500. After some thinking Reeves made it 55,500. The action was now back on Grospellier. After some thinking he made the call, only to be shown for turned trips. Grospellier mucked and now has to continue with 141,500 in chips.
directly and Grospellier almost already mucked his 
before a flop was dealt. He got up from the table and saw the dealer deal 
as the community cards. Before the river even was dealt Grospellier was already up from the table and in the arms of a lady escorting him to the pay out registration.
before the dealer had a chance to collect it and commented, “It was a flip.” A flip he didn’t want to take as Kriegerfrom passed his cards to the dealer, face down.
flop Deadman checked, Ladouceur bet 24,000 and after some thought Deadman made the call.
, Deadman checked again and after counting down his stack a couple of times Ladouceur moved all-in for 74,000. After getting a count Deadman then checked his own stack, it was roughly 145,000 so the call represented about 50% of his stack. He had half a dozen of the purple 500 chips in his hand and began playing with them as he contemplated his decision. He tanked for four minutes before folding. Pot to Ladoucuer.
. Marquez checked and made the call when Blachut bet 18,000. Turn 
and they both checked. River 
. Blachut peered over and eventually gave the nod that her hand was good and the chips slid her way.
on the flop and Grospellier made it 13,500 to go. Reeves called and checked behind as Grospellier checked to him on the 
turn. The river was the 
