After a short-stacked player pushed all in for about 3,000 from early position, Bernard Guigon called from middle position, then Remi Castaignon reraised to 5,500 and it folded around. Guigon called the reraise, and the three players saw the flop come .
Guigon checked, Castaignon bet 5,500 again, and after some thought Guigon stepped aside. Castaignon then tabled his while his opponent showed . The then fell on the turn to fill Castaignon's straight, and after the river another player has hit the rail.
The big board may be a little behind at the moment, but is presently showing 325 players still remaining from the 475 who began play today. All, of course, are hoping to make it through to join the 165 survivors from yesterday's Day 1a.
There was a sizeable pot brewing on one of the outermost tables, the board was reading . Roberto Romanello was still to act but his opponent checked out of turn and exposed her cards - for a turned straight.
The floor was called and the ruling was that Romanello could make any decision he wanted now and then his opponent could act accordingly, though with her cards exposed.
The Welshman thought for a minute and then moved all in for about 45,000 into the 25,000 pot. His opponent (who doesn't have an ID card - scandalous!) took two minutes before opting to fold.
Former EPT Dortmund champion and current Team PokerStars Pro Sandra Naujoks is currently watching from the sidelines after being given a one orbit penalty.
The reason for her warning was the result of accidentally exposing her cards to her opponent. Naujoks thought her opponent had checked behind so she revealed her hand, unfortunately her opponent had not checked and the penalty was given.
Nicolas Levi, the 'Hatpimp' albeit sans hat here is up to 106,000. He successfully flipped with against Aido Sergio's for what looked to be an 80,000 chip pot when the board came .
Poor old Philippe Boucher is struggling for chips, struggling for confidence, struggling to win a pot.......NOT.
We approached the table as Boucher was stacking chips from eliminating another player. This meant the table went to nine-handed and the players were asked to space out accordingly. "Good, I was struggling for room for my chips!" jested the Canadian.
He was still stacking his chips when he opened to 1,000 from the cut-off. A player in the small blind called and Boucher whispered, "When will they learn?"
The flop fell and Boucher folded to a bet. See, he can't win a hand!
We came on a hand involving Jake Cody in which he and another opponent had reached the river with the board showing .
When checked to the English pro had paused a bit before pushing out a river bet. The circumstance, bet size, and method all worked well enough to earn a call, then Cody tabled his hand — — to scoop the pot.
Thibaud Guenegou has been eliminated from the main event after his fellow countryman Victor Chopeaux hit a runner-runner straight.
We arrived at the table to see Guenegou all-in with the in front of him — the same hand that resulted in Vicky Coren's elimination earlier in the evening — and Chopeaux with in front of him. The flop had already been dealt and the was the next card out of the deck, its appearance prompting a few ooh la la's from those seated at the table. The completed an unlikely straight for Chopeaux and with that Guenegou's tournament came to an abrupt end.
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As we move into the final level of Day 1b, the blinds and antes have reached a crisis point for some with below-average stacks.
Case in point: Seat 1 on Table 29 isn't proving a very habitable location. Bryn Kenney recently lost the last of his chips while sitting there to be eliminated. And soon after another short-stacked player ran into the of Freerk Post, and when the community cards came ten-high yet another hit the rail.
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