Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Level: 8
Blinds: 1,000/1,500
Ante: 1,500
Tahar Said opened to 2,500 from under the gun and Malek Grabsi in the small blind three-bet to 12,000. Said four-bet to 30,000 and Grabsi snap-called.
Grabsi led out for 12,000 on a flop of 10♣7♠3♠. Said pushed his stack forward to move all-in for 24,900 and Grabsi called.
Tahar Said: A♦K♣
Malek Grabsi: A♣K♦
Both players had the same hand once again. The 3♦6♣ runout changed nothing and they split one more time today.
Mo Xu opened to 2,500 from under the gun and was called by Adria Diaz Dalmau in the hijack, by the cutoff and the small blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of Q♦8♠A♠ and Xu continued for 4,000. Diaz Dalmau raised to 9,000 and only Xu made the call.
Diaz Dalmau fired a second barrel to 5,500 on the 5♠ turn, but it was too much for Xu who check-folded.
Level: 7
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
The 67 players of Day 1a are on a 15-minute break.
Ludovic Bourrit raised to 2,500 from the cutoff and called after Rémi Derossi on the button three-bet to 8,000.
Derossi continued for 3,000 on the 6♣10♣10♦ flop and fired a second barrel to 8,000 on the J♥ turn. Bourrit quickly check-called both times. "Do you always snap-call?" Derossi asked. "Always," Bourrit answered.
The A♣ river was checked by both players and Bourrit revealed 9♦8♣ for nine-high. "It's good," Derossi said while sending his cards into the muck.
Heads-up on a board of 6♠K♦3♠Q♦3♦, Eric Sfez in the cutoff bet 17,100 but Francois Romero in the big blind moved all-in for 29,900.
It only took a few seconds for Sfez to call with J♦8♦ for a flush. Romero had trips with 4♠3♣ and was eliminated.
Level: 6
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Tahar Said opened to 2,000 from early position and was called by the small blind. Malek Grabsi in the big blind three-bet to 12,000 but Said moved all-in for 42,400. The small blind folded but Grabsi went deep into the tank. He eventually made the call.
Tahar Said: A♥K♥
Malek Grabsi: A♦K♣
The dealer fanned a board of 7♣3♣3♠3♥5♣ and they split the pot. "Why don't you snap-call?" Pierre Calamusa asked Grabsi after the hand.
After an open by the cutoff, Yuhan Wang in the small blind moved all-in for 15,400. Lucas Pignay in the big blind called and the cutoff folded.
Yuhan Wang: K♥Q♠
Lucas Pignay: A♥A♦
Wang couldn't do much against aces and on J♣9♥4♣6♦5♠, he was eliminated.