After heavy action on a flop of , Fabrice Soulier got his stack of 22,000 chips in with and was called by the player on the cutoff with . The on the turn changed nothing but the on the river sent the Frenchman to the rail. Whether or not he will re-enter is not known yet.
In the second tournament are downstairs, Dario Sammartino raised to 450 and the player in the cutoff seat moved all in for 4,225. Sean Prendiville called on the button and all other players including the Italian mucked their cards. Prendiville had his opponent dominated with versus and the board ran out .
With 2,000 already in the middle, Davidi Kitai fired a bet of 1,050 against a single opponent who made the call. The turn saw said opponent check again and Kitai bet 2,500 - this time it was enough to see off the other player.
In a blind-on-blind battle, the small blind checked to Joni Jouhkimainen on a flop and the Finn bet 400 into the 800 pot. The small blind called to see the on the turn before checking once more and Jouhkimainen bet 1,025 but was called again.
The river was the and the small blind checked one last time, Jouhkimainen then made a big shove all in for 7,075 and the small blind thought for about a minute and made the call.
Sorel Mizzi called a 525 bet on a board against one opponent before he checked back the turn and river. Alas for Mizzi, his opponent turned over which had flopped a flush draw and gutshot only to backdoor into two pair. The Canadian quickly folded on seeing this.
Tobias Peters opened to 350 preflop and the big blind made it 1,025. Peters called to see a flop and then called a 1,300 bet. The saw the big blind barrel again, this time betting 2,700 but Peters made the call once more.
The river was the and the big blind bet 6,500. For the first time, Peters looked duly concerned and he took a couple of minutes before deciding to fold. He was shown the for his trouble.
Fatima Moreira de Melo raised to 375 preflop and was called by the small and big blinds to see a flop. Both blinds checked to de Melo who bet 675 but only the small blind called. The turn saw de Melo fire 1,200 after a check and again the small blind called.
The was checked through and the small blind showed for a flopped set. de Melo quickly mucked.