Roman Herold was eliminated from the tournament by Johann Zeitoun right before the money was reached in 137th place after he ran with in the full house of Johann Zeitoun who had on the board.
Zeitoun now holds one of the biggest stacks in the room with 690,000 while Herold was sent to the rail empty-handed.
Seth Davies raised from middle position and a very short-stacked Victoria Coren Mitchell put her last 9,000 in the middle. All the other players got out of the way and they opened up.
Seth Davies:
Victoria Coren Mitchell:
The board ran out and Coren Mitchell was eliminated from the tournament just before the money was reached.
Pablo Melogno raise-folded against a jam by Fatima Moreira De Melo but remains one of the biggest stacks in the room.
Ludovic Geilich has jumped above half a million and Remi Castaignon just had to forfeit a pot to drop below that threshold.
On a completed board of with 110,000 in the middle, Eric Rabut shoved for 85,000. Castaignon reluctantly folded and flashed his cards, Rabut returned the favor and showed for a full house.
Two-time EPT champ Vicky Coren is one of the shortest stacks in the bubble phase. After posting both her 4,000 big blind and big blind ante, she was left with a mere 11,000. After a raise and a call, she opted to fold to continue her survival struggle with three big blinds.
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With three players to go before the bubble bursts, the players are on a 30-minute break. After the break, they'll play one more level of 90 minutes before play is done for the day.
Tamer Kamel limped from the hijack and Julien Martini put his big stack in the middle from the button. He had everyone at the table covered. The player in the big blind tanked for a while and Martini was talking to him while Kamel was also still in the hand. The player eventually folded and it was on Kamel.
Kamel though about it for another minute or so and Martini called the clock because he thought that he had enough time already. Kamel started to make a scene out of the situation and wanted a floor person present. Kamel called Martini ''an asshole'' for calling the clock and ''influencing the action'' in a multi-way pot.
Martini got a warning from the floor person for talking and the thirty-second countdown started. Kamel waited until his time ran out and he mucked his cards when his hand was declared dead.
Jean-René Fontaine had also been in the hand and was out of the way when the completed board showed . Paul-Francois Tedeschi had checked and Ariel Celestino moved all in for 39,000, which sent Tedeschi into the think tank.
The clock was called on Tedeschi once more, who reluctantly called and was shown by Celestino. Tedeschi flashed for two pair and Fontaine said "I had a set of tens" in French.