2024 PokerStars EPT Paris
Action folded around to Cai Jianping, who open raised from the button. Hugues Girard three-bet to 2,000 from the small blind, then Jianping four-bet to 7,000. Girard moved all in for less than 15,000 and Jianping made the call with the bigger stack. Players flipped their cards.
Hugues Girard: A♣K♦
Cai Jianping: A♥6♥
The board ran out J♥2♥K♣3♦10♥. Girard paired his king on the flop, but Jianping completed his flush on the river to win the pot, sending Girard to the rail.
Adamo Facchin Meneguz raised to 500 from the hijack, receiving calls from Markku Koplimaa in the small blind and the big blind.
The K♥2♠Q♠ flop checked through to the 2♣ on the turn. The action checked to Meneguz, who bet out 300 and only Koplimaa called.
The 2♥ river checked to a showdown. Koplimaa tabled 3♥3♣, while Meneguz won this pot with A♥Q♣.
Cedric Schwaederle bet the K♠J♣6♥10♦ turn for 2,100 and Redouane Bella mulled it over for a long time while fiddling with the chips for a minute. He then called but instantly folded when Schwaederle bet the 8♠ river.
The pot stood at approximately 18,000 with the full board reading Q♦5♦2♥2♠8♥.
Azamat Tulepbergenov, in the big blind, checked the action to Chakib Mhiri, who was in the cutoff. Mhiri bet out 15,000 and Tulepbergenov went deep into the tank, thinking for some time before making the call.
Mhiri tabled K♦Q♥ for top pair, winning him this pot.
According to the clocks, Day 1b has attracted a field of 702 entries so far and the side room is now in play. Some 674 players remain and they have been sent on the first scheduled 20-minute break of the day.
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Level: 3
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300
Liam Melis ended up all-in and at risk for a short stack of 10,700 on the A♦Q♣7♦. He tabled the A♣Q♠ and had very little to fear, as Cedric Lellouche only revealed A♥9♥.
The 8♠ turn and 5♥ river changed nothing whatsoever and Melis doubled.