The action started with Francesco Grieco raising it up to 5,200 in chips. Sandrine Rousseau then bumped it up to 19,200 from the small blind which was enough to force the big blind out.
Grieco made the call and both watched the flop come down . Rousseau paused for a second before moving all in for her remaining 36,300 in chips. Grieco reluctantly called and the cards were tabled.
Grieco:
Rousseau:
The and completed the board which was good enough for Rousseau who held with her over pair.
We arrived at the table just as Jean-Philippe Piquette raised from middle position. Oskar Fogel then moved all in for 53,000 from the button forcing the blinds to fold. Piquette then made the quick call and the cards were revealed.
Piquette:
Fogel:
The board ran out to see Fogel win with ace-high as he moves to over 100,000 in chips.
Eugene Katchalov, who's last name has been the fuel for puns since, well forever, just called Pierre Chevalier's all in on . Anirudh Seth had checked from the small blind, Pierre Chevalier had moved all in from the big blind for 16,000 exact, Katchalov had called, and Seth was thinking about it but eventually folded.
Chevalier wasn't so sure his was good as he breath a big sigh of relief as soon as he saw Katchalov's . The on the turn and on the river didn't change that and Katchalov failed to bust his French opponent.
After losing the previous big pot, Jean-Philippe Piquette was all in for his last 29,000 chips with pocket tens against the of Johnny Lodden. The Team PokerStars Pro from Norway made a straight on the turn and the river bricked. Other familiar names of the international poker circuit ran out of chips as well recently and you can find them listed below.
This does include Day 1a chip leader Dmitry Ponomarev and EPT London runner-up Georgios Karakousis.
Emil Mattson from Sweden opened to 5,800 and his next door neighbors in the hijack an cutoff made the calls. Vanessa Selbst in the small blind squeezed to 21,300 and the big blind folded. Mattson shoved all in for 184,000 total and the hijack and cutoff immediately folded. Selbst needed some more time, but eventually made the same decision.
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Alfie Adam kicked things off with a raise from the cut off before Christian Ptok made it 14,000 to go from the button. The blinds folded before Adam reached for more chips and raised it once more to 22,700.
The bet was called and both players watched the flop come down . Adam continued where he left off, sliding out 29,000 in chips. Ptok tanked for a minute before making the call before the dealer revealed the on the turn.
Adam paused for a short time before betting out 35,000. The bet was to much Ptok who mucked his hand moments later.
Brian Altman was already a big stack after Day 1a and now appears to be the chip leader ahead of Gustav Nordh. Gerald Karlic and Shannon Shorr are only half way there but increased their stacks significantly as well.
The webcast team informed us about another massive upswing to the stack of Omar Lakhdari and apparently the Frenchman had limped from under the gun with pocket aces. Two short stacks pushed with and , the aces of Lakhdari held up.
Three notables joined the rail lately though: Bryan Leskowitz, Craig McCorkell and Kitty Kuo.
. Rousseau paused for a second before moving all in for her remaining 36,300 in chips. Grieco reluctantly called and the cards were tabled.
and 
completed the board which was good enough for Rousseau who held with her over pair.
to see Fogel win with ace-high as he moves to over 100,000 in chips.
. Anirudh Seth had checked from the small blind, Pierre Chevalier had moved all in from the big blind for 16,000 exact, Katchalov had called, and Seth was thinking about it but eventually folded.
on the turn and 
of Johnny Lodden. The Team PokerStars Pro from Norway made a straight on the 
. Adam continued where he left off, sliding out 29,000 in chips. Ptok tanked for a minute before making the call before the dealer revealed the 
and 
, the aces of Lakhdari held up.
