A surname like Grobocopatel is going to draw your attention regardless of the scenario, but when there are two in the field you're going to start asking some questions.
A quick check reveals that they are indeed father and son. Lionel is doing a lot better than his son for the moment. Benoit just eliminated Paul Guichard when his bested his opponent's on a run out. Benoit's father Lionel immediately turned around to confer with his son. It remains to be seen just how far the pair of them can go...
Here are some updated chip counts from the field. Said El Yousfi is carrying his run-good on from his High Roller final table to a good stack here on Day 1 of the Main Event. Meanwhile Houssein El Otmani and Kully Sidhu have joined the field. Jean Montury and Kalidou Sow are on their second bullets, with both entry and re-entry open until the start of Day 2.
Players are going on their second 20-minute break of the day. There are currently 109 players left from the 137 that started. The average is only 37,706 from a starting stack of 30,000, and entry/re-entry is open until the start of Day 2.
Three players saw a flop of . It checked to Hamza Baba who bet 2,200. The first player called before [Removed:432], fresh from his 4th place in the High Roller for €11,800 raised to 7,100. Baba called and the third player in the hand folded.
The turn was the and both players checked.
The river was the and [Removed:433] bet 5,500 and Baba quickly called. [Removed:433] mucked, but Baba couldn't help but turn over for top pair as he raked in the pot.
We've just been informed that Kalidou Sow has been eliminated by Pierre Neuville in an interesting hand. Sow opened to 1,000 and Neuville three-bet in position to 3,500. Sow called and the flop came with one diamond.
Sow checked and Neuville bet 4,000. Sow check-raised to 11,000 and was all in and Neuville called. Sow held and Neuville . We didn't get the river cards, but we were told that they were both diamonds, giving Neuville a flush and eliminating Sow.
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run out. Benoit's father Lionel immediately turned around to confer with his son. It remains to be seen just how far the pair of them can go...
. It checked to Hamza Baba who bet 2,200. The first player called before [Removed:432], fresh from his 4th place in the High Roller for €11,800 raised to 7,100. Baba called and the third player in the hand folded.
and both players checked.
for top pair as he raked in the pot.
. It checked to the player on the button who bet 2,200. Turker and Fernando both called. 
for trip sevens and took down the pot.
with one diamond.
. We didn't get the river cards, but we were told that they were both diamonds, giving Neuville a flush and eliminating Sow.
and Grobocopatel bet out for 1,600. Elamrani called and Guichard raised to 10,000. Both his opponents called.
. It checked to Guichard who moved all in for 25,000. Grobocopatel called and Elamrani folded.
