The action passed to Jean Miguel Lacerda on the cutoff and he opened to 135,000 with an addition 700,000 or so behind. The button and small blind folded but Linton raised all in. Lacerda tanked for almost two minutes before letting his hand go.
On flop, Pete Linton led out and Florian Hoeller called from the cutoff. The turn was the and Linton continued his aggression with a 390,000 bet. Again, Hoeller called. The river brought the into play and Linton now checked. Hoeller, with his lower half of his face covered by his t-shirt, bet 600,000 putting the pressure onto Linton.
Linton was not feeling any pressure if his response was anything to go by because he check-raised all in. This sent Hoeller into the tank for almost three minutes, and at one point he sat with his entire head inside his t-shirt. After checking, rechecking and double recheking his hole cards, Hoeller folded and was shown the for his troubles.
Freddy Deeb was all in preflop and was called by Jean Miguel Lacerda and Jerome Brion. The flop came and Lacerda checked, Brion fired a bet of 300,000 and the Portuguese player folded.
Deeb:
Brion:
"Nine, one time!" said Deeb.
The came on the turn and the river meant that Deeb was eliminated in 13th place. He left the table, wishing everyone luck.
A misstep from our chip leader Alban Juen who made a move on the turn of a board but he was snap-called by Xavier El Fassy who had flopped a set with . Juen flicked his cards in the muck instantly but was forced to retrieve them and show which couldn't catch anything on the river.
Bassam Elia opened to 175,000 from the hijack and then called when Gwendoline Janot three-bet to 425,000 from the button. The flop saw Elia tap the table and check. Janot couldn't wait to get her chips into the middle, making it 1,100,000 to go.
"You have what? Jacks?" asked Elia before folding face up.
Ferhad Seyadi had just been handed a lifeline in this tournament after doubling up through Freddy Deeb in fortunate circumstances.
Seyadi got his 780,000 chips into the middle from the cutoff with and Deeb looked him up with the far superior . Deeb's hand stayed best on the flop, but fell way behind on the . Deeb stayed behind on the river.
Julian Gardner moved all in from the cut-off and Devilfish, on the button, slammed his chips in to call, declaring it the best hand he’d had all day. The blinds folded and the cards were flipped over.
Gardner had and Devilfish had
The board came
No good for the Devilfish. He was out in 14th for €14,000