Artem Litvinov raised to 600 and was called by Bruno Lopes, Johnny Nedved and Ludovic Geilich in the big blind. On the 
flop all players checked and Geilich then bet the 
turn for 1,800. All three opponents mucked and the pot was awarded to the Scotsman.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
16,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
Ivan Soshnikov is one of the latest players to register for the tournament and he is diving straight into the action, although not with the result he might have hoped for in this hand.
Pavel Gonchakov had made it 1,000 on the flop of a board reading 
and Soshnikov raised to 2,800. The other player involved pre-flop folded and Gonchakov made the call.
On the 
turn Gonchakov check-called a 6,100 bet from Soshnikov and when the river 
appeared Gonchakov checkwd once more. Soshnikov considered his options and the one he picked was the check behind.
Gonchakov tabled 
for the winning hand to grow his stack even more.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
85,000
4,000
|
4,000 |
|
24,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
Level: 6
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 50
In a battle of the blinds, there were 5,000 chips in the pot between Gaelle Baumann and Jacques Der Megreditchian with the flop reading 
. Baumann bet 3,350 and reluctantly called the raise of her opponent to 7,500. Both then checked the 
turn and Baumann faced another bet of 6,000 on the 
river.
She eventually made the call and mucked when Megreditchian turned over 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
31,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
||
Yury Gulyy opened to 800 before the flop and it folded over to Hervé Boulan in the small blind. Boulan cut out a three-bet to 2,250 and the big blind folded, putting action back on Gulyy.
Gulyy thought for about a minute before reaching for his stack of grey T5,000 chips. Gulyy picked up entire stack and plopped them straight into the middle of the table. This was enough to put Boulan all in and suddenly he was at a decision for his last roughly 14,000. In the end, Boulan let it go and Gully pulled the pot. Gulyy now has about 67,500 to his name.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
67,500
10,500
|
10,500 |
Bart Lybaert, who finished 20th in the FPS High Roller here earlier this week (€8,600) and also cashed in the same event last year (9th for €9,400), is sitting comfortably on a stack of 77,000.
Lybaert told us he isolated an early position limper with a raise to 1,000 from the button. The player in the big blind made the call and so did the limper.
Three way to the flop where 
with two clubs appeared. Action checked to Lybaert who bet 2,000. The big blind folded, the pre flop limper made the call.
That player check called another 4,000 on the 
-turn and 9,000 on the 
-river.
Lybaert showed for a flopped two pair and collected the chips after his opponent mucked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
77,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Ludovic Geilich called a 5,000 bet from Pierre Merlin on the flop of a board reading 
. They went on to check the turn card and the river card 
. Merlin mucked his cards and Geilich collected the pot without having to show his cards.
On the next hand Artem Litvinov opened for 900 and Merlin made the call from the small blind. Geilich bumped it up to 3,200 after checking Litvinov’s reduced stack and he glumly folded. Merlin made the call and they checked it down to the river of a board reading 
where Merlin bet 4,500. Geilich took fewer than five seconds to throw out a calling chip.
Merlin had 
and Geilich showed 
so they chopped it up.
From checking flights on his phone a few hours ago when he was down to 5,000 chips Geilich has fought his way back but Litvinov looks down in the dumps now his stack is just hovering above the same mark.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
28,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
|
||
|
6,150
12,850
|
12,850 |
He’s known as one of the best horse racing handicappers around, but now poker is David Gutfreund’s thing, as a big win in November demonstrated. The PokerStars Blog reports.
Joining the action on the 
flop, Sotirios Koutoupas check-called a bet of 1,500 by Ivan Soshnikov and both checked the 
turn. On the 
river the defending Deauville champion check-called a bet of 3,100 by Soshnikov and then mucked when he was shown .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
110,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
|
||
|
|
110,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
70,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
60,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
||
|
|
44,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
41,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
40,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
|
||
|
40,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
32,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
||
We arrived at the table in time to see three players table their cards before the flop in an all in confrontation. The shortest of the trio was Bart Moens, who was all in for his last 7,000. Anton Bertilsson was the next biggest stack and was also at risk for a stack of 9,200 total. A third player had the other two covered and was hoping to score a double knockout an reduce the field by two.
Moens:
Bertilsson:
Opponent: 
The flop came down 
, giving Bertilsson the overall lead with top two pair. Moens let out a shrug after seeing his ace-queen was outflopped and he stirred in his seat while waiting for the turn card. His disappointment was quickly turned around after the 
rolled off on fourth street, pairing his queen and giving him the lead with a better two pair. The 
finished off the board and Moens was secured new life through a triple up. Bertilson's ace-jack bested the third players sixes and he was awarded the side pot, keeping him alive but on life support with just about 4,500 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
22,000 | |
|
4,500
13,500
|
13,500 |
