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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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85,000
15,000
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15,000 |
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55,000
7,100
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7,100 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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120,000
84,000
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84,000 |
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52,000
52,000
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52,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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130,000
2,000
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2,000 |
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129,000
129,000
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129,000 |
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27,000
101,000
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101,000 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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180,000
153,000
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153,000 |
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Busted |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000
100,000
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100,000 |
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47,900
7,100
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7,100 |
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.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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58,000
58,000
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58,000 |
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Busted | |
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