When we arrived at the table, Emil Patel was all in and at risk preflop for his last 100,000 or so holding . Daniel Carlsson was well ahead with , and the tens held as the board came .
Patel hit the rail, while Carlsson now sits with around 175,000 chips.
Didier Pitcho led out for 17,000 on a flop of . Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier called, and the turn brought the .
Pitcho slowed down, checking to Mercier who grabbed a handful of chips.
"Forty-four," he said, tossing them forward.
Pitcho reached into his stack, and made the call.
A repeat deuce - the - completed the board, and both players quickly checked. Mercier ripped over for a pair of jacks, but Pitcho had that beat with for a pair of kings.
Alec Torelli was just knocked down to just over 10 big blinds after running into Stephane Benadiba's aces. Benadiba ended up all in preflop for 114,000 chips while Torelli had him covered by just 64,000.
The flop read when two Team PokerStars Pros clashed. Victor Ramdin had just check-raised Jason Mercier from the big blind to 40,000 and the action was on the under-the-gun player. Mercier eventually raised to 78,000 and that put the pressure back on Ramdin.
Ramdin had the dealer pull in the bets right after which he moved all in. Mercier was not pleased and folded after about 20 seconds. Ramdin climbs into the top 10 while Mercier dropped some more chips.
Kevin Iacofano was all in and at risk preflop holding against Team PokerStars Pro Johhny Lodden's . Despite having Lodden dominated, Iacofano was forced to chop when the board rolled off .
"I felt like I was either going to win or chop that one," Lodden said after the hand.
"Really?" Iacofano responded. "Because I thought I was either going to win or chop that one."
. Daniel Carlsson was well ahead with 
, and the tens held as the board came 
.
. 
.
- completed the board, and both players quickly checked. Mercier ripped over 
for a pair of jacks, but Pitcho had that beat with 
for a pair of kings.
and Lodden continued for 15,000. Call. Both checked the 
river.
. The Canadian flashed an ace and mucked.
and Benadiba doubled up.
