David Benichou limped first-to-act and Ekrem Atush shoved for his last 74,500 from the hijack. Action folded to Iliodoros Kamatakis in the big blind and he also went all in for more. Benichou folded and hands were revealed.
Ekrem Atush: K♦Q♥
Iliodoros Kamatakis: A♠Q♣
The J♣A♣6♦K♣9♠ kept Kamatakis best with a pair of aces and Atush was eliminated late in the evening.
Action folded around to Alexandre Hocquaux, who moved all in from late position for 32,500. Iliodoros Kamatakis shoved over the top for over 200,000 and the rest of the table folded. Players flipped their cards, with Hocquaux at risk.
Alexandre Hocquaux: K♥8♥
Iliodoros Kamatakis: A♠K♣
Hocquaux was well behind to Kamatakis' ace king. The board ran out 3♠Q♣7♥K♦4♣. Kamatakis further improved to a pair of kings and scooped the pot. Hocquaux was eliminated from the tournament.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Following an open raise, Antonio Poncio reraised to 25,000 and Antonio Rutigliano moved all in for 34,500. The original raiser folded and Poncio made the call. Two players flipped their cards, with Rutigliano at risk.
Antonio Rutigliano: A♠Q♥
Antonio Poncio: A♣J♠
Rutigliano was well ahead until the board ran out J♦K♦3♥9♥9♣ to give Poncio a pair of jacks. He added to his stack and Rutigliano was eliminated from the tournament.
Danail Zhelev shoved for around 50,000 from early position and was called by Anh Do in the hijack. Everyone else folded and hands were tabled.
Danail Zhelev: 2♥2♦
Anh Do: K♠K♦
Zhelev was in rough shape and the J♣9♥9♠K♣8♠ runout needlessly improved Do to a full house — eliminating Zhelev as we approach the Day 2 bubble.
Victor Pertile open raised to 9,000. The player in the small blind called and then Philippe Le Touche pushed all in from the big blind for 225,000. Pertile called for 126,000 and was at risk as players flipped their cards.
Victor Pertile: A♦Q♠
Philippe Le Touche: A♥9♦
The board ran out 8♣J♥Q♣2♦3♠. Pertile hit a pair of queens on the flop to seal the deal and win a huge double up, leaving Le Touche, who was once the flight chip leader, with around 118,000 chips.
The remaining 28 players are now on a 15-minute break.
Play will end for the day when the field is reduced down to 23 players.
Level: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
Julio Sanchez opened to 10,000 from the hijack and action folded to Philippe le Touche in the big blind, who shoved for enough to put Sanchez all in for his last 76,000. Sanchez called instantly and hands were revealed.
Julio Sanchez: J♠J♣
Philippe le Touche: A♣8♦
The 9♠Q♦10♠K♦Q♣ runout improved Sanchez to a straight and he doubled up through le Touche, who was left with just 55,000 following the hand.
Iliodoros Kamatakis open raised from late position and Andreas Samuelsson reraised from the button. Kamatakis responded by moving all in for the rest of his opponent's stack and Samuelsson made the call.
Andreas Samuelsson: Q♣Q♠
Iliodoros Kamatakis: J♦J♣
Kamatakis had pocket jacks and Samuelsson had pocket queens. The board ran out Q♥K♠A♠9♥10♦. Samuelsson made trip queens on the flop and Kamatakis picked up a backdoor straight draw.
The river completed Kamtakis' straight to send Samuelsson to the rail.
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