Within a matter of five minutes, two players busted over on table seven to create some big stacks in Giuseppe Leone and Jan Wolfgarten. The first hand saw a raise to 700 and two calls including Leone in the blinds and he check-raised the flop to 4,500. Only Omer Acar stuck around and then shoved the turn for around 25,000 with the as per the Frenchman.
Leone tank-called with the for two pair and his opponent had turned the straight with . The river gifted Leone a full house.
Shortly after, a raising war broke out between Wolfgarten and Henrik Jeppsson. The latter ended up calling a five-bet shove for his last 18,000 chips with the and the Swede immediately stood up with "nice hand" as soon as he spotted the of his opponent.
Within five minutes, four players were sent to the rail: Axel Bambadjian, Jean Michel Ploch, Olivier Theuillon and Pavlos Xanthopoulos. The screens show 220 out of 229 players remaining and right now it seems unlikely that a new record in terms of participation will be set here in Cannes.
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Ian Simpson lost a few chips when he got runner runner flushed and then opened to 750 with the . Lucas Monnier three-bet to 1,850 from one seat over and was called to see a flop of with one diamond. The Brit check-called a bet worth 1,900 and then check-raised the turn from 4,000 to 11,000.
Monnier called and then called the shove on the river with only to see the bad news.
It all escalated on the turn and [Removed:247] didn't understand at all how his opponent Gregory Hawes could call his all in with . The Brit had completely misread his hand and was just able to say "what a stupid way to go out" before grabbing his belongings and heading out of the door.
[Removed:250] had obviously flopped it with the and enjoys a decent start to Day 1b. Omar Lakhdari didn't waste much time either. The hyper-aggressive Algerian / French is already out as well.
The 2015 Unibet Open champion Daniel Chutrov tried to bluff with on a jack-high board and was looked up by Quentin Laugt with pocket nines for second best pair to the community cards. Laugt is up to around 50,000 and the Bulgarian out of the tournament area already.
Another six players busted in quick succession and among them were Andreas Leledakis and Micke Norinder. The exit of the Greek is unknown, but Norinder got his last 14,500 chips and change in with the only to see his opponent snap him off with the .
It was all over after the turn and the meaningless river completed the board. "Of course", the Swede had laughed as soon as he spotted the American Airlines on the other side of the table.
Szymon Bujok opened three hands in a row and was met with a three-bet to 2,200 by the player next to him to call and see a heads-up flop of rainbow. The Pole check-called 3,500 and did so again for 5,100 on the turn that gave a flush draw. On the river, Bujok tank-called the shove of his opponent and the other player mucked.
Bujok insisted to see the cards and the dealer revealed the ... .
Shortly after on the very same table, Ronald Steinmetz was all in for his last 10,150 on a flop of and David Ozman looked him up with the . Steinmetz got there with the as the fell on the turn, the river bricked.
There will be another short break after the end of level four and half an hour of the current level as well as the break remains in order to join the competition. A total of 235 participants have already done so and that number may still increase. Either way it's already a very decent field and worthy of the fun ambiance of the event.
flop to 4,500. Only Omer Acar stuck around and then shoved the 
turn for around 25,000 with the 
as per the Frenchman.
river gifted Leone a full house.
and the Swede immediately stood up with "nice hand" as soon as he spotted the 
of his opponent.
and that was it.
. Lucas Monnier three-bet to 1,850 from one seat over and was called to see a flop of 
with one diamond. The Brit check-called a bet worth 1,900 and then check-raised the 
river with 
only to see the bad news.
. The Brit had completely misread his hand and was just able to say "what a stupid way to go out" before grabbing his belongings and heading out of the door.
and enjoys a decent start to Day 1b. Omar Lakhdari didn't waste much time either. The hyper-aggressive Algerian / French is already out as well.
only to see his opponent snap him off with the 
turn and the meaningless 
river completed the board. "Of course", the Swede had laughed as soon as he spotted the American Airlines on the other side of the table.
river, Bujok tank-called the shove of his opponent and the other player mucked.
and David Ozman looked him up with the 
. Steinmetz got there with the 
as the 
river bricked.
