Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
The player in the hijack opened to 1,700 and was three-bet to 4,500 by Lylian Baunez in the cutoff. The player on the button called cold and Victor Guinand shoved for 26,700 from the big blind.
The initial raiser folded, Baunez called all in for approximately 16,000 and the player on the button called as well for a three-way all in.
Lylian Baunez: J♦J♠
Victor Guinand: A♠A♥
Button: A♦Q♠
Guinand had way the best of it with his aces, but the J♣4♠2♦ flop vaulted Baunez into the lead with a set of jacks.
The 6♣ turn and 10♦ river changed nothing and Baunez was awarded the triple up while Guinand was left short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
53,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
9,500
56,500
|
56,500 |
Picking up the action on a board of 10♥3♠8♣K♥ with 53,000 in the pot, Benjamin "Bengous" Layani in the cutoff moved all-in for 17,000 and the button quickly called.
Benjamin Layani: A♦A♣
Button: A♠A♥
Both players were surprised when they discovered that they both had aces, and they split the pot after the 9♦ river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
Andrey Golubev opened to 1,600 from the cutoff and was called by Bekim Murtezi in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
Action checked through on the 4♥5♣A♠ flop and 6♥ turn; however, Golubev bet 2,500 after being checked to a third time on the A♦ river.
Murtezi folded, but the player in the big blind looked Golubev up, who tabled A♥J♥ for trip aces. His opponent couldn't beat it and mucked — conceding the pot to Golubev.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
148,000 | |
|
|
50,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
Coralie Sferrazza opened to 1,600 from early position and found one caller in Julien Dupre in the big blind for a heads-up pot.
Dupre check-called a 1,100 bet from Sferrazza on the 9♥A♠8♥ flop, but check-folded facing a 6,000 barrel from Sferrazza on the 3♣ turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
75,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
55,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
|
|
||
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
76,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
|
75,000
36,000
|
36,000 |
|
|
66,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
|
62,000
26,000
|
26,000 |
|
|
60,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
56,000
37,000
|
37,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
51,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
34,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
|
30,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
12,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 7
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
Players in the field have been sent on a 15-minute break.
So far, the tournament has attracted 120 entrants. Of those, 84 remain.
Kevin Naegelen opened from the hijack and was called by Thierry Morel on the button. Ali Boulacel squeezed to 4,600 and both Naegelen and Morel called.
Action checked through on the 7♣6♦6♣ flop and then Boulacel bet 4,600 after the 9♠ fell on the turn. Naegelen called and Morel folded.
Both players checked down after the 5♠ completed the board and Boulacel could only show A♦Q♣.
Naegelen turned over J♥9♥ for nines and sixes and was awarded the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
90,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
|
53,000
53,000
|
53,000 |
|
|
36,000
1,000
|
1,000 |
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