Brigitte Doubles; Klatt Runs Well; Toma Takes a Seat

After a raise and three callers, a short-stacked Thierry Brigitte moved all in for the last 6,500 and was called only by Valon Budima. The latter showed and picked up a straight draw to crack Brigitte's , but ultimately the board ran out . "I would have called if he didn't, I had ace-ten suited," table neighbor Gianluca Speranza said in table chat.

One table over is 2017 PokerStars Championship Monte-Carlo runner-up Andreas Klatt and he has enjoyed a decent start into Day 1b after he was never above starting stack the day before. "I doubled up with flush versus set and won a few pots after that," Klatt added while Tsugunari Toma just sat down on his table.

Toma immediately called a raise to 1,100 and headed to a three-way flop of . The action checked to Toma and his bet of 2,400 won the pot uncontested.