After Yacine Benziouche opened from under the gun, Sylvain Berthelot in the cutoff three-bet all-in for 23,800. Benziouche went into the tank and called.
Sylvain Berthelot: 10♥10♣ 
Yacine Benziouche: A♣J♥
The 2024 EPT Barcelona Estrellas champion kept the lead all the way through a board of Q♦6♠3♦4♥3♠ and doubled up.
French streamer Hadrien "zChance44" Gallois opened to 2,800 from under the gun and he was called by the button. Emmanuel Guimbretiere in the small blind squeezed to 12,000 and Gallois was the only one to call.
Guimbretiere continued for 8,000 on a flop of A♥A♦9♣. Chance eventually check-called to find the 6♥ turn that he checked.
Guimbretiere fired a second barrel to 15,000 and Gallois went deep into the tank. After two minutes, he chose to fold while saying that he "didn't believe in Guimbretiere's story".
Level: 10
Blinds: 700/1,400
Ante: 1,400
"Again? Again?", Jaime Branquinho on the button repeated after Fabrizio Abbracciavento in the hijack doubled his 24,100-chip stack through him on A♥7♣9♠4♣10♣.
Fabrizio Abbracciavento: 10♦10♥
Jaime Branquinho: A♦7♠
Branquinho flopped two pair but Abbracciavento was lucky enough to hit a set on the river to double.
Gustavo Urrejola opened to 2,500 from under the gun and faced Constantin Lau who defended from the big blind.
The dealer spread a flop of 3♣J♣5♣. Urrejola continued for 1,500 and Lau check-called.
Urrejola fired a second barrel to 6,000 on the J♦ turn. Lau check-raised all-in for 33,500 and Urrejola snap-called.
Constantin Lau: A♠J♠
Gustavo Urrejola: A♣2♣
Lau jammed with trips but ran into the nut flush and was eliminated after the 6♠ river was revealed.
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
The 182 players are on a 20-minute break.
The action was picked up on a flop of K♣7♥3♥ with 17,000 in the pot. Medhi Servat in the cutoff moving all-in for 15,500 and Corentin Prigent under the gun eventually made the call.
Medhi Servat: K♦Q♦
Corentin Prigent: 9♠9♦
The 4♣5♥ runout changed nothing and Servat doubled up. Prigent was eliminated moments later.
Lozano Hugues opened to 2,000 from under the gun. Florian Delbergue on the button three-bet to 6,300, then Philippe Colin in the small blind four-bet all-in for 13,500. Hugues folded but Delbergue seemed to have no choie but to call.
Philippe Colin: 6♣6♠
Florian Delbergue: K♠8♠
Colin's sixes kept the lead all the way through a board of 3♦4♥5♥J♠10♥ and he secured a double up.
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