Team PokerStars Pro Sandra Naujoks has been eliminated. Short-stacked, she moved all in preflop with and was called by Pascal Leyo with . The door card was an ace and although Naujoks picked up a gutshot, she couldn't hit it on the board.
This leaves Matthias De Meulder as the only remaining Team Pro still in the tournament.
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The bubble having burst, action has picked up immediately following players' return from the break. Along with shenanigans.
Herve Santais was just now all in with his short stack against two opponents, Paul Guichard and Romeo Robert. The remaining two players were vying for the pot as the reached the turn with the board showing . Meanwhile, Santais had stood and even put on his coat, suggesting his chances of keeping his seat and surviving the hand were dim.
Guichard bet 15,000 on fourth street and Robert called, then both checked the river. Guichard showed , but his pair was beaten thanks to that river card as Robert tabled . Then with a bit of fanfare Santais revealed his cards one at a time… first the … then… the !
Santais had flopped the nut straight and rivered a flush. Needless to say, neither Guicard nor Robert appeared amused at the sight of Santais's hand. To be fair, we came on it in the middle and so can't say for sure whether or not Santais may have gone all in blind. In any case, he's now removed his coat and retaken his seat.
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Just as all the other players were heading off to their break, many hadn't noticed that there was still action going on over on table 9.
Christophe Lesage had opened to 8,000 preflop, getting called by David Susigan before Said Basri moved all in for his last 10,500. Yury Gulyy flat-called and since it was an under-raise Lesage and Susigan could also only call.
The board checked down the whole way and all four tabled their hands.
Lesage:
Susigan:
Basri:
Gulyy:
Susigan took the pot and Basri finished in 121st place. Since the vast majority of the players had already gone on break, they'll receive a happy surprise when they return in about five to ten minutes.