Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Players are now on a 20-minute break. There are 878 entrants in the tournament and 469 remain at the end of Level 8.
Bernard Vu ended up getting his 16,400 chips in from the big blind against Guy Allouche in the cutoff.
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Vu's ladies held to secure the double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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36,500 | |
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34,300 |
With around 20,000 in the pot and ![]()
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on the board, Frederic Degoutte checked and Fabien Bischoff shoved with him covered. Degoutte went into the tank to consider the straight possibilities on the board before he ultimately moved his last 25,000 into the middle.
Bischoff turned over ![]()
and Degoutte showed ![]()
. The river was
and Bischoff held on to secure the pot and send Degoutte to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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95,500 | |
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Busted |
Petr Kubenka got his remaining stack of approximately 28,000 in from the big blind and was at risk against Pham Tien Dung in the hijack.
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The two were flipping, and the ![]()
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board came out all low cards to keep Dung's nines ahead and eliminate Kubenka.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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72,000
16,000
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16,000 |
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Busted |
With around 24,000 in the pot and ![]()
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on the board, Christopher Puetz committed his last 14,000 and Arnaud Peyroles went into the tank from the next seat over.
After considering his options, Peyroles tossed out a chip to call. Puetz turned over ![]()
for a pair of aces, while Peyroles showed the losing ![]()
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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52,500
52,500
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52,500 |
|
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52,200
52,200
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52,200 |
Ciro Miranda had gotten his short stack in on the button and was at risk against Sloane Martin Ceccaldi in early position.
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Sloane Martin Ceccaldi: ![]()
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Miranda ran big slick into rockets, and although the ![]()
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flop provided a glimmer of hope, the
and
completed the board to confirm the pot for Ceccaldi.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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36,000
36,000
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36,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Gianluca Speranza raised to 1,600 from middle position.
"Do you even have enough chips to raise?" asked Samy Barka as he called from the small blind.
The flop came ![]()
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and Barka checked. Speranza bet 1,400 and Barka folded quickly. Speranza picked up another pot and is back to about half the starting stack just moments after being down to his last two T-100 chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,800 | |
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12,400
12,200
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12,200 |
PokerStars Ambassador Julien Brecard had gotten his remaining stack in on the button and was at risk against Thi Xoa Nguyen in the big blind.
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Brecard was looking to improve but the ![]()
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flop changed nothing. However, the dealer put down the
turn onto the felt to vault him ahead, and the
completed the board to confirm his double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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35,000
35,000
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35,000 |
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12,000
12,000
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12,000 |