After an open by a player in middle position, Ingrid Etienne in the cutoff three-bet all-in for 13,500. The button and the blinds folded to the initial raiser, who called.
Ingrid Etienne: 9♠9♥
Middle-position player: K♠10♦
Etienne was on her way to double up after the 2♥A♣8♦ flop, but the 10♥ gave the best pair to her opponent, so she was eliminated after the Q♥ river.
The cutoff opened to 3,000 and Mathieu Choffardet in the big blind decided to call.
Both players checked the 9♠A♠2♥ flop leading to the J♦ turn where the cutoff bet 3,500. Choffardet check-called and checked the J♠ river.
The cutoff took this opportunity to bet 6,500. Choffardet made the call but sent his cards into the muck when his opponent flipped over Q♥J♥ for trips.
The player in the cutoff found himself at risk for approximately 30,000 against Paul Pires-Trigo in the big blind.
Cutoff: A♦10♠
Paul Pires-Trigo: K♠6♠
The board of 3♥8♦5♣5♠J♠ didn't change anything so the cutoff doubled up. Pires-Trigo throught that he had the shortest stack and was eliminated, but he still had a bit more than 10,000 chips.
After an open to 4,000 by a player in middle position, Jean-Yves Lestrade on the button three-bet all-in to 30,500. The big bling jammed with a bigger stack and made the initial raiser fold.
Jean-Yves Lestrade: 8♦8♣
Big blind: Q♦Q♠
The board of A♣K♥A♦4♦3♦ was no help for Lestrade, who was eliminated.
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A player in middle position opened to 4,500. Pierre Merlin on the button three-bet to 16,000, then the middle-position player four-bet all-in. Merlin called with his 67,000-chip stack.
Pierre Merlin: A♥K♠
Middle-position player: K♦K♣
Merlin ran into kings and on 4♥5♦J♠2♥K♥, he was eliminated.
On a flop of [ad5c6], three players agreed on a bet of 6,000 before Cédric Chevalme in the hijack bet 10,000 on the K♠ turn.
Mohammed Bekheira in middle position folded, but another player called from two seats over.
This third player and Chevalme checked the 2♥ river where the middle-position player flipped over A♣J♦ for top pair. Chevalme revealed the A♥ and said he had the 9♥ with it.
