Bryn Kenney completed the small blind, Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel checked his cards then tapped the table and checked.
The flop was greeted by a check from Kenney, a bet of 23,000 from Duhamel and a call from Kenney. Both players seemed disinterested in the turn and they checked. However, Kenney lead for 23,000 upon the arrival of the and Duhamel released his hand into the muck.
It should be an interesting battle between Kenney and Duhamel as they are both vastly experienced but also quite short stacked.
Vojtech Ruzicka used his position over Kevin MacPhee very strongly to take a pot down on the river to move to 620,000 chips.
MacPhee opened fro mid position and Ruzicka was the only caller to the flop. MacPhee continued for 36,000 and Ruzicka called.
On the turn the two players swapped roles as MacPhee check-called a 54,000 bet. The river fell and Ruzicka really upped the pressure with a 167,000 bet when the action was checked to him again.
MacPhee wasn't happy with the situation and elected to fold and preserve his remaining 195,000 chips.
The final nine players have been moved to the more comfortable surroundings near the media desk, where there is a special final table set up. With this being an eight-max event this is not the official final table, that is when we get to eight.
A squeeze play from Andras Nemeth had him leaving the tournament in 10th place.
Steven Silverman opened the pot to 22,000 from the hijack and he was called by Kevin MacPhee on the button before Nemeth shoved for 256,000 from the big blind. Silver re-shoved behind and that forced out MacPhee who open-folded .
Nemeth:
Silverman:
The board ran to make Silverman two pair. MacPhee could've taken them both out if he'd called.
The players will no redraw onto one table. That draw and fresh chip counts coming up.
Timothy Reilly had to make some ICM related folds whilst play was hand-for-hand on the bubble, but now the bubble has burst he has been given the freedom to get his stack into the middle.
Reilly did exactly that when the action folded to him on the button. He moved all-in for 140,000 with and Martin Jacobson called in the big blind with . Reilly made trips on a board and doubled up.
Davidi Kitai shoved from the button for 88,000 and took the blinds and antes. The very next hand he was all in again and this time Bryn Kenney moved all in behind.
Kitai:
Kenney:
The board ran to send the EPT Berlin champion to the rail
Alain Goldberg has just been handed a lifeline here in Deauville, his lowly ten-nine triumphing against the ace-king of Alexandre Reard.
Goldberg moved all-in for around 11 big blinds on the button and Reard, in the big blind, had one of the easier calls he'll ever have to make. Goldberg showed and Reard .
The first three community cards came down , with the turn being the . Reard could have hit a jack, queen, king or ace to bust Goldberg, but the river was the full house completing and Goldberg survived.
This bubble was like London buses: you wait for ages for a player to bust and then two go at once.
The action folded around to Tibor Nagygyorgy in the cut-off and he moved all for a little less than 100,000 chips. Alexandre Reard was on the button and moved his big stack in as well. If that wasn't enough Adrian Mateos called all in from the big blind for around 130,000.
Nagygyorgy:
Reard:
Mateos:
The board ran to hand the whole pot to Reard.
Nagygyorgy was the shortest stack so he was the bubble boy; Mateos was the 12th place finisher.
No decision has yet been made as to whether play will continue after the final table of eight has been reached. Martin Jacobson joked that he'd suggest an equity chop once they reach that point.
Some players clam up on the bubble and stop playing any hands. Adrien Mateos is not some player, he is not afraid to bubble as shown by his recent antics.
Mateos has been all-in no fewer than three times during the past couple of orbits, the chips he picked up have kept him slightly ahead of the blinds and antes. On two occasions Kevin MacPhee has almost called Mateos' shoves — it is only a matter of time before that MacPhee, or one of the other players, makes Mateos show a hand down.
flop was greeted by a check from Kenney, a bet of 23,000 from Duhamel and a call from Kenney. Both players seemed disinterested in the 
turn and they checked. However, Kenney lead for 23,000 upon the arrival of the 
and Duhamel released his hand into the muck.
turn the two players swapped roles as MacPhee check-called a 54,000 bet. The river fell 
and Ruzicka really upped the pressure with a 167,000 bet when the action was checked to him again.
to make Silverman two pair. MacPhee could've taken them both out if he'd called.
and Martin Jacobson called in the big blind with 
board and doubled up.
and Reard 
, with the turn being the 
. Reard could have hit a jack, queen, king or ace to bust Goldberg, but the river was the full house completing 
to hand the whole pot to Reard.
