D'Ursel Takes Consecutive Pots
In the last two hands of Level 1, Igor D'Ursel won consecutive pots to become the biggest stack on his table.
For the first hand, Denis Simionel opened to 300 from under the gun before the player in middle position three-bet to 1,000. Igor D'Ursel flat-called from the cutoff and then Henri Juutilainen four-bet to 4,000 from the big blind. Only D'Ursel called.
The 
flop checked through to the 
turn. Juutilainen bet 3,000 and was called. On the 
river, Juutilainen check-folded after D'Ursel fired for 10,000.
The following hand, D'Ursel opened to 300 from the hijack and called when Juha Helppi made it 1,300 on his direct left.
D'Ursel check-called for 1,000 on the 
flop before the 
turn checked through to the 
river. D'Ursel then led out for 3,500 and after some thinking time, Helppi folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
63,000 | |
|
25,000 | |
|
24,000
-6,000
|
-6,000 |
was spread across the felt with around 7,500 in the middle already. Morten Klein checked from the big blind and Giedrius Breive made a large bet of 8,000 on the river. Klein looked him up and Breive showed 
for a full house to scoop the pot.
landed on the turn and Klein checked again. Breive sized up another bet of 2,200 this time and Klein ditched his cards to the muck.
flop but conceded the pot after Rantala sized up to 6,500 on the 
turn.
turn before Benhamou made it 4,000. Ilie called. Bindel was waiting for the river card, thinking both of his opponents had called his bet. However, he realised he had missed 5,000 off his bet size. Upon seeing that he faced a raise, he folded. 
river and Ilie quickly made it 15,000 and Benhamou wasted little time calling. 
with around 4,000 in the middle already. Julien Sitbon led out for 700 from the small blind and was called by Ramzi Karam in the big blind and Stefan Olofsson on the button. 
on the river. With four spades on the board now, Sitbon fired out a bet of 11,000. Karam quickly folded and Olofsson eventually did the same.
