Sergio Da Silva opened to 800 from the hijack and the player on the button called along with the big blind.
The flop was and the big blind checked. Da Silva bet 900 and the button folded but the big blind called.
The turn brought the and this time, the big blind led out with a bet of 1,600. Da Silva raised to 4,700 and his opponent snap-folded. Da Silva showed before raking in the pot.
Aurelie Reard saw her stack cut down a fair bit in the early stages of the day but just scored a double to get above the starting stack. The cards of her opponent were already in the muck as Reard's 10,600 were paid off, as she had turned a straight with on a board.
On the river of a board , Jussi Häkkänen made it 5,100 to go and Jose Enrique Prieto Pulido moved all in, which Häkkänen called. Prieto Pulido turned over for a straight flush and Häkkänen hit the rail with for a full house.
Players are now gone on their first 20-minute break of the day. According to the screens, the Day 1a field has already eclipsed 1,000 entries and some two dozen players were eliminated in the first two hours.
On the river of a completed board of , Alexandre Hocquaux check-raised from 2,000 to 8,000 and Gilles Gauyacq reluctantly called. Hocquaux turned over the for quads and Gauyacq mucked face up.
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The player in early position raised to 500 and Julien Martini called from the hijack along with Simone Salis on the cutoff. The small blind called and the big blind three-bet to 3,000. The player in early position, Martini, and the cutoff, added the remainder to call but the small blind tank-folded.
The flop was and the player in the big blind bet 2,500. The player in early position folded but Martini and the cutoff called.
The turn brought the and was checked through tot he river. Again, the three players opted to check. The player in the big blind showed , Martini tabled , and Salis showed to take down the pot.