We're not entirely sure what happened, but we are sure that Ukrainian player Oleh Okhotskyi has exited the tournament. On a board he called all in from Jeffrey Hakim who had slightly more chips than he did. Okhotskyi might have had a jack but that was unclear. The in front of Hakim was clear as water though, the nuts secured him the near double up.
Chakib Bennani raised to 700 preflop before Chris Day made it 2,100 in the seat next to him. In the next seat, Mateusz Kosowski cold four-bet to 4,600 and it was passed back to Bennani who quickly folded.
Day called to see the flop where both players checked. The turn saw a 5,900 bet from Day and that was enough to secure him the pot.
A scalp for Zimnan Ziyard, he'd bet 2,200 on the river of a before Gregory Benac moved all in for about 14,000. Initially, the EPT Loutraki champion wasn't too enthused but he made the call with , having outflopped Benac's .
Rony Halimi from France won a live satellite to qualify for the Main Event and just played a pot with the man of many Hendon Mob flags, Dominik Nitsche from Germany. The board read and Nitsche threw out a bet of 1,000. Halimi called and the river card was dealt . Nitsche again bet, 1,600 this time. Halimi seemed unconvinced and made the call to see Nitsche turn face up . Having checked the board to satisfy himself that his hand was good Halimi tabled his .
One month ago, nobody knew anything about Dominik Panka. Not much is still known about him, but the newly-crowned PCA champion was the star attraction when the first Europe-based event of 2014 got under way today in Deauville. Read more at the PokerStars blog.
Check out Felicia Field's interview with Dominik earlier today.
Kenny Hallaert, who made the final table of this tournament back in 2011 (6th for €155,000), didn't have to good a start. Without losing any significant pot, he dwindled down to 12,000. "My draws were missing, my opponents draws were hitting" he told us with a smirk in the last break. Just now he was catching a break though as he more than doubled his stack.
Frenchman Philippe Lima had limped and Kenny Hallaert had over limped with . Hallaert's next door neighbor isolated with a raise and both Lima and Hallaert made the call. All three players checked on and the soon hit the table. Lima bet out 2,100 and Hallaert and the third player made the call. The hit the river and Lima checked to Hallaert. The Belgian player moved all in for 6,625 and the preflop most agressive player opted to fold. Lima made the call though, but his couldn't beat Hallaert's straight.
board he called all in from Jeffrey Hakim who had slightly more chips than he did. Okhotskyi might have had a jack but that was unclear. The 
in front of Hakim was clear as water though, the nuts secured him the near double up.
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flop where both players checked. The 
turn saw a 5,900 bet from Day and that was enough to secure him the pot.
before Gregory Benac moved all in for about 14,000. Initially, the EPT Loutraki champion wasn't too enthused but he made the call with 
, having outflopped Benac's 
.
. Nitsche again bet, 1,600 this time. Halimi seemed unconvinced and made the call to see Nitsche turn face up 
.
and the 
hit the river and Lima checked to Hallaert. The Belgian player moved all in for 6,625 and the preflop most agressive player opted to fold. Lima made the call though, but his 
couldn't beat Hallaert's straight.
