2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes

The turn had already been dealt and it gave us a board of .

The pot was a six-way limp-fest and the passiveness continued as all players checked the flop. Mads Andersen put a stop to this after the turn had been dealt with a 1,300 bet, but this was instantly raised up to 4,075 by the player in the next seat.

Philippe Rouas was next to act and after a good deal of thought he moved all in. Andersen moved out of the way to let the other player make the call for most of his chips with . He was behind to Rouas' .

The river of changed nothing, enabling Rouas to get back up to his starting stack of 20,000.

Antonio Esfandiari and Rafe Furst are seated at the same table, and they have been involved in a few pots together already. In their latest tangle, Esfandiari opened the action with a raise from the cutoff seat, making it 400 to play. Rafe Furst was in the big blind, and he reraised to 1,400. Esfandiari wasted no time calling, and the two men went to a heads-up flop.

It came down , and Furst led out with a continuation bet of 1,000. Esfandiari called.

Fourth street was the . Furst slowed down a little bit, checking over to Esfandiari, who checked behind.

The last card off the deck was the . That was good enough for Furst to fire another 2,000 chips into the middle. Esfandiari thought for a minute, then nodded knowingly. He asked, "Two jacks huh, kid?" as he slipped his cards into the muck, sending a few chips over to his fellow pro.

Evelyn Ng - 24,400
Jeff Madsen - 42,000
Glen Chorny - 18,400
Michael Mizrachi - 47,500
Noah Schwartz - 51,700
Rafe Furst - 39,000
Philippe Rouas - 12,800

A player in late position raised it up to 600 before Scotty Nguyen reraised to 1,800 from the big blind. The late position player responded by throwing in another 10,000 worth of chips. Scotty would've been all in if he called and he duly did with and was in good shape against his opponent's .

The board ran to double Nguyen up to 22,000.

Tiffany Michelle has been riding the short stack since the first level, dipping into the danger zone as she looked for a spot to get her chips in.

She found such a spot in a recent hand. The player under the gun limped in, and another player in middle position raised the bet to 600. Tiffany was a few seats down the line, and she moved all in for 1,950. The limper folded after a bit of deliberation, while the raiser made the call, putting Tiffany all in and at risk of elimination.

Michelle:
Opponent:

Tiffany was well ahead, and the flop kept her in the lead. The on the turn sealed the deal, sending her a much-needed double up. She now sits with 4,500 chips. Healthy, but not wealthy by any means.

Into Level 3 and still no Mr Ivey. Storm clouds are gathering outside though, so that may force him off the beach!

The players are back in their seats for the start of Level 3.

The tournament clock has been paused while the players take their first 15-minute break of the day.