On a flop of , Sadri Saleh bet and called the shove of Daniele Cuomo for 20,500 with the . Cuomo had flopped the flush with , but couldn't hold up on a turn and river run out.
It was a classic flip that decided over the fate of Clement Cure, who had jammed pre for around 33,000 with the . Timur Azizov looked him up with and the board came and Cure tapped the table before heading out of the tournament area.
On a flop of , Giuseppe Carbotti had moved all in and just put one chip forward and Sorin Sufragiu called, but only after that he realized and was explained by other players at the table and the dealer that Carbotti had indeed moved all in for 23,900. Alexander Timokhin on the button jammed over the top and Sufragiu reluctantly checked his cards several times, seemingly confused, before eventually folding face up.
Giuseppe Carbotti:
Alexander Timokhin:
The turn improved Carbotti to a straight and the river was a blank to secure the triple up for the Italian.
According to the screens, there are 322 players out of 679 entries remaining and they have been sent into a 75-minute dinner break. Action is set to resume at approximately 7.57 p.m. local time.
The field has been cut into more than half and slowly, it seems possible to take a closer look at some notable stacks with around 300 players remaining in the Salle des Etoiles.
Josep Maria Galindo Lopez opened to 2,600 and big stack Philippe Le Touche called, both then called a three-bet by Benoit Martin. On a flop, only Le Touche called a continuation bet for 11,000 by Martin and the latter then jammed the turn for 32,100. Le Touche reluctantly called and Martin, who was part of the three-way all in for Kristen Bicknell's straight flush, turned over for kings.
Le Touche had the check mark with his and the river was a formality.
One table over, Jack Salter sent an opponent to the rail when he raised and called the three-bet shove with . He faced and dodged a diamond draw on the turn to build his stack.