Karim Abdelmoumene raised in the cutoff and then called the all-in by the table short stack Antonino Venneri in the big blind for the last 4,900.
Antonino Venneri: 
Karim Abdelmoumene: 
The 
board brought the set right away for the Italian and he doubled.
"I told you, the lucky chip, are you happy now," Tibor Halatsch on the button said in table chat.
Sonny Franco four-bet to 6,900 preflop and then called the all-in of Gabriel Corral Carrillo as both players turned over the two premium pocket pairs in No-Limit Hold'em.
Gabriel Corral Carrillo: 
Sonny Franco: 
There was no upset on the 
board as Corral Carrillo doubled with aces full to put a major dent into the stack of Franco.
Ricardo Graells open-shoved for his last 5,100 from under the gun and Ferenc Deak looked him up from the button. The blinds got out of the way and action was heads-up with Graells at risk.
Ricardo Graells:
Ferenc Deak: 
The board ran out 
and Graells turned a pair of queens to secure the double and inject some life back into his chip stack.
With nearly 15,000 in the pot and 
on the board, Anthony Gardner checked from the cutoff and Fausto Tantillo bet 2,300 from the button. Gardner check-raised to 8,500 and Tantillo went into the tank. After a few moments of thought, Tantillo tossed his hand in the muck to give up the pot.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Almost half of the Palmiers Room is in play and several notables can be found there with the following chip counts at a glance.
A squeeze to 23,600 was in front of Denis Karakashi on the button and he then called the all-in by Morten Hvam to set ip the following showdown.
Morten Hvam: 
Denis Karakashi: 
The board ran out 
and Hvam doubled for 33,300.
One hand later, Karakashi three-bet jammed for around 13,000 and Laurent Torres called.
Denis Karakashi:
Laurent Torres:
This time, Karakashi had the best of it on the 
board and doubled back into contention.
Akan Kaya limped in from middle position and Hossein Ensan called from the next seat over. A player in the cutoff made it 1,200 and both players called. The flop was 
and all three players checked to see on the turn. Kaya bet 1,700 and Ensan called while the cutoff got out of the way. The river was and both players checked before Ensan mucked after Kaya turned over 
for a pair of tens. Ensan had just 5,000 remaining at the end of the hand.
A few hands later, Kaya raised to 1,200 and Ensan committed the rest of it. Kaya called to put him at risk.
Hossein Ensan:
Akan Kaya:
The board ran out 
and the queens held to send the former WSOP Main Event champion to the rail in the early stages of Day 1b.
The turn brought fireworks between Gangzhou Hu and Javier Gomez Zapatero with the latter betting 6,000 and then calling the shove by Hu.
Gangzhou Hu:
Javier Gomez Zapatero:
Gomez Zapatero had turned a set of kings but the very same card had improved Hu to broadway. The river was a blank and Hu doubled for 31,300 to leave the Spaniard with a very short stack.
Three ways to the 
river, Akan Kaya checked in the small blind and Gustavo Mastelotto made it 8,800 to go in the cutoff. Hicham Hachoumi on the button very reluctantly called and Kaya got out of the way.
Mastelotto tabled the 
for two pair, kings and fives, and that won the pot. The Brazilian moved up to three times the starting stack and has cemented his spot near the top of the leaderboard for now.
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