Pierre Neuville is among the older players in the field, but he's clearly also among the toughest. At the age of 71 Neuville's coming of his best year in tournament poker, including a runner-up finish at the World Series of Poker, and we talked to him about poker providing a way to stay young.
Walking past the table, Ludovic Geilich pointed to his mobile phone and then showed us that he was already checking for flights. It may be a bit prematurely, but the Brit is actually down to only 5,200 chips. A few more familiar faces have been spotted on the tables around and their counts can be found below as well.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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50,000
20,000
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20,000 |
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49,000 | |
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38,000 | |
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36,000
19,000
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19,000 |
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20,000 | |
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17,000 | |
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5,200
18,000
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18,000 |
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Martin Staszko is down to two T5000 chips, one T1000 chip and his lucky rabbit mascot. The 2011 WSOP Main Event runner up is going to need all the rabbit’s feet he can get to dig himself out of that hole.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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11,000
15,000
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15,000 |
Julien Brecard had lost some chips and then found the perfect spot to chip up again after having flopped a straight with 
. He moved all in after the 
turn and Jean Paul Zaffran made the call with 
. The 
river left Zaffran with only 550 chips and Brecard doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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40,500
14,000
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14,000 |
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After a raise to 500 and two calls, another opponent squeezed to 1,700 and Vladimir Bozinovic as well as Yuri Gulyy also wanted to see the flop of 
. Bozinovic made it 3,800 to go and was only called by Gulyy before the Serbian shoved the 
turn for 15,000 with 
. Gulyy called with 
and found the 
river to bust Bozinovic.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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57,000
27,000
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27,000 |
|
Busted |
The table mates of Nicolau Villa-Lobos had been teasing the young 888poker pro for what Simeon Nadenov described as "greatest ever call with ace-high". It was rather sarcastic based on the tone but nonetheless Villa-Lobos is up to more than twice the starting stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000 |
Jan Heitmann opened to 525 from the cutoff and found calls from the players in the hijack, button, and Carlos Da Silva in the big blind. The four players saw a flop of 
and all four checked to the turn. The dealer put out the on fourth street and a short-stacked Da Silva shoved all in for his last 3,425. Heitmann called the other two players quickly folded.
Heitmann: 
Da Silva: 
The 
finished off the board, keeping Heitmann out in front. Da Silva hit the rail and Heitmann increased his stack to 86,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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86,000
8,000
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8,000 |
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Busted | |
On a flop of we saw Julien Brécard in the small blind check to the big blind. Brécard's neighbor checked as well, Amir Mozaffarian on the button bet 600. Brécard made the call, the big blind folded.
Brécard check called another 1,300 on the 
turn and checked a third time after the landed on the river.
Mozaffarian thought for a second before slapping his hand on the table announcing he checked. Brécard showed , but that hand went face down into the muck after Mozaffarian tabled 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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26,500
3,500
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3,500 |
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On a flop of the small blind checked. Georgios Zisimopoulos bet out 1,100 from middle position and David Boyaciyan in middle position made the call, the small blind folded.
Both players checked the on the turn and the 
popped up on the river. Zisimopoulos bet out 2,800 and Boyaciyan tossed in a 5,000 chip to call. Zisimopoulos showed 
and Boyaciyan mucked.
That pot went to the Greek, Boyaciyan in need of a comeback.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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12,750
17,250
|
17,250 |
PokerStars Team Pro is still among the chip leaders despite dropping some of the early profit he had collected over the course of the past 30 minutes. The latest hand saw him betting 2,800 on the river of a 
board and his opponent tank-called. Heitmann turned over the for a backdoor flush and that won the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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78,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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