Nick Pupillo had been eliminated from Day 1b and 1c, but he was just sweating his brother James who had sent Xiaojie Cheng to the rail. The latter was all in with and stood no chance against on a board of .
Jack Sinclair was busy on his phone and typing a social media post with the words "Sorry Kristen," which he showed openly. That confirms the elimination of Kristen Bicknell, who had been on Sinclair's table and lost with jacks to the ace-king suited of the Brit.
Soon after, Malek Grabsi jammed up his stack and then defended his big blind against Timur Margolin's open raise from late position. Grabsi led the flop for 6,500 and Margolin jammed for his last 52,500. Grabsi had that barely covered and needed some time, but made the call eventually.
Timur Margolin:
Malek Grabsi:
The turn improved Grabsi to a straight and he dodged the hearts redraw with the river.
With some 60,000 in the middle and the turn showing , Alexandre Moreau had pushed into Marc Isman, who eventually called with for top two. That hand remained best after the river and Isman doubled for 71,000.
"Were you thinking about folding?" Benny Glaser asked and Isman shared a story of big pot he had lost earlier in the day. Glaser confirmed that Moreau had pushed the turn with and took another hit to his stack as a result.
Guillaume Diaz has vanished and it remains to be seen if he busted in time to still register for Day 1c or if he was too late and won't be able to defend his title anymore. Also on the rail are several notables such as Chin Wei Lim, Thomas Boivin and Luca Moschitta.
The of Arnaud Peyroles were about to be mucked while the Frenchman grabbed his belongings and was ready to leave the table. Kristen Bicknell had looked him up with and the ace-high was good enough on a board of .
On a three-way flop of , Jerome Olivetto ended up all in and at risk with the and Tobias Heinsdorf called with for a set. Olivetto grabbed all his belongings and almost got there with the turn and river run out. However, Heinsdorf prevailed with his full house and secured the knockout.