Barakeh Fadi opened to 6,500 in late position and Diogo Coelho called in the hijack, the rest of the table folded. Both players checked the J♣10♣3♦ flop and the A♥ came on the turn.
Fadi grabbed his card protector and spun it several times while hiding his face behind shades and sunk deep into his hoodie. He then bet 7,000 and Coelho folded, getting shown the K♣Q♥ for Broadway.
Igor Picone and Sergio Coutinho were fighting over 70,000 chips when they went to a turn of K♠7♣J♠A♥. Picone checked from the hijack and Coutinho made a bet of 35,000 from the cutoff.
Picone made the call, and the Q♣ river completed the board. Picone checked once more and Coutinho checked behind after some thinking time.
Picone opened A♠Q♥ for two pair, but Coutinho played the higher two pair with A♦K♦ and won the pot.
Guillaume Nolet raised to 6,000 in early position and chip leader Gregory Fournier called in the big blind.
Both players checked to the river on a board of 5♦3♠2♥9♣J♠ when Fournier led out for 3,000. Nolet then raised to 22,000.
Fournier spent a minute in the tank before calling as Nolet showed K♥J♥ for a rivered pair of jacks. "Nice river," Fournier said as he flashed the J♦ before mucking.
Raoul Van Wersch opened in middle position with a bet of 6,500 and was called by Igor Picone on the button.
The 6♠6♥8♦ flop was checked by both players.
The 4♣ turn brought another check by Van Wersch. Picone slid out a bet of 13,500 and Van Wersch quickly let go of his hand.
Heads-up on a flop of K♣J♠8♦, Younes Hammouchi moved all in for 20,500 from the big blind and Eric Sfez called in the cutoff.
Younes Hammouchi: K♦7♦
Eric Sfez: A♥10♦
Hammouchi was ahead with his top pair, while Sfez was on a straight draw. The 8♠8♥ runout improved Hammouchi to a full house and he doubled up.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
France is poker crazy and has produced some of the biggest names in the industry, such as Bertrand Grospellier and Antoine Saout, so it has been quite the surprise to see the "tricolore" omitted from the PokerStars Team Pro roster over the last few years.
However, at the 2024 European Poker Tour stop in Paris, PokerStars' search for the face for their French expansion finally ended with the latest addition to the team.
The remaining 309 players are on another 20-minute break.
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