Andrius Bielskis kicked it off with a bet of 1,000 and picked up four callers including another late entrant, Rhys Jones, with position.
They got to the turn without any further action and with the board reading it was Jones who took the initiative when it was checked to him betting 3,600. Bielskis was the only player to hang around to see the river fall the and he checked it over to Jones to see what he would do.
Jones took a few moments before throwing out a chunky 8,200 bet. Bielskis didn’t look convinced and asked for the pot to be spread. A minute or so passed before he thought better of it and mucked his hand.
In a preflop raising war, Yuri Martins Dzivielevski got the remainder of his 14,000 stack in with and Marcin Wydrowski took the flip with . Not only did he leave the Brazilian in desperate shape after the flop but locked it up with the turn already. No more cards could help Martins Dzivielevski and the meaningless river completed the board.
Laurent Strouk opened the action from first position and got called by Bertrand Grospellier. The flop was and Strouk continued for 1,500. Grospellier flicked out the call as he sized his opponent up and they saw the land on the turn.
A bet of 2,500 from Strouk this time and again a call from the Team PokerStars Pro. The river completed the board and Strouk bet yet again, making it 4,500. Grospellier plucked some raising chips from his stack and threw out 16,600.
Strouk looked momentarily confused but didn’t take long to make the call. Grospellier showed for flopped trips, besting the that Strouk turned over in exasperation.
On the flop, Justas Semaska bet 1,800 and was called by one opponent to see the on the turn. The Lithuanian checked and his opponent took advantage of the perfect scare card in order to take away the pot with a bet of 4,000. Semaska gave up this hand but is still sitting on an above-average stack.
Ludovic Geilich shoved his short stack of 5,725 chips in with and was called by an opponent on the button with . The board ran out and the Scotsman is still alive. One more double up and he would be even bag around starting stack.
John Eames is the proud new owner of some new high denomination chips, but unfortunately one of the fan favorites was the one supplying them.
Eames told us he eliminated Steven Watts in a hand where he (Eames) had queens against (Watts) on a board of . Two pair for Watts, but he was drawing dead at the point the chips went to the middle.
Eames is sitting on a comfortable stack of 65,000, Watts has hit the rail.
Team PokerStars Pro Bertrand 'ElkY' Grospellier tells us how Deauville always excites him, and how he's planning on doing lots of streaming on Twitch this year.
it was Jones who took the initiative when it was checked to him betting 3,600. Bielskis was the only player to hang around to see the river fall the 
and he checked it over to Jones to see what he would do.
and Marcin Wydrowski took the flip with 
. Not only did he leave the Brazilian in desperate shape after the 
flop but locked it up with the 
river completed the board.
and Strouk continued for 1,500. Grospellier flicked out the call as he sized his opponent up and they saw the 
completed the board and Strouk bet yet again, making it 4,500. Grospellier plucked some raising chips from his stack and threw out 16,600.
for flopped trips, besting the 
that Strouk turned over in exasperation.
. The board ran out 
and the Scotsman is still alive. One more double up and he would be even bag around starting stack.
(Watts) on a board of 
