Having held less than a single big blind mere moments earlier, kirt282 found himself all in preflop for 5,700 from middle position. Both the big blind Nervous888 and under the gun player Ayoub Khlifi Hajji had made the call.
With a dry side pot, Nervous888 check-called a bet of 3,500 from Khlifi Hajji on the 10♣10♦4♦ flop, and did the same when his opponent sized up to 5,000 on the 3♣ turn.
Action quickly went check-check on the 2♥ river, and Nervous888 showed J♠J♦. kirt282 tabled 7♦7♠ and as he was leaving the table Khlifi Hajji showed the other two, windmilling 7♣7♥ across to land on the other sevens.
miselea3 opened to 1,200 from middle position. Rg24 called on the button, before Bastian Dupont made it 3,800 to go from the small blind, leaving just 400 behind. miselea3 called, and Rg24 folded.
The two players then got it all in on the K♦K♥4♥ flop.
Bastian Dupont: 7♥7♦
miselea3: A♣9♠
Dupont retained the lead on the 4♦2♥ runout to survive.
Action was picked up on the turn, in a pot contested between cutoff Lucas92 and big blind Mathieu Pontin.
With 29,900 in the middle, and a board reading 7♥A♠6♠3♥ Pontin threw forward a bet of 22,000. Lucas92 went into the tank, and after careful consideration he carved out a raise to 50,000.
Pontin, in disbelief, sat back in his chair. After around 30 seconds, he decides to muck his cards face-up, tabling A♦K♠
Ayoub Khlifi Hajji opened to 1,200 under the gun. kirt282 called from middle position, as did Imad Derwiche on his left, before cutoff Adrien Gerard made it 5,000 to go. All players with 1,200 already invested made the call.
The 7♥6♠7♠ flop checked to Derwiche, who made it 10,000 to go. Gerard folded, as did Khlifi Hajji, before kirt282 tank-shoved. Derwiche snapped him off for his 37,400.
Imad Derwiche: 7♣5♣
kirt282: 8♠8♥
Derwiche had flopped trips, and if that wasn't enough he improved to four-of-a-kind on the 7♦ turn. As it turned out, trips wouldn't have been enough, as the 8♦ river gave kirt282 the second nuts with top boat.
Hamza Ben Fkih Ali opened to 1,200 from middle position. Abdullah Akbarpoor made it 3,500 to on the button, and Ben Fkih Ali called. The J♣A♣6♥ flop saw Ben Fkih Ali check-fold to a bet of 2,100 from his opponent.
At the same time on the table next door, Ced38 opened to 1,200 under the gun, and called a three-bet to 4,000 from Antonio Alves Mendes, who was sat two seats to his left.
The 10♠2♥7♣ flop saw Ced38 check, then fold to his opponent's bet of 3,800.
Action was picked up four ways to a flop of 7♦8♥J♠. Small blind H72, big blind Joao Pedro Santos, and early position opener Goulpinte all checked over to Maelys Gregoire. Gregoire bet out for 2,000 into a pot of 4,500, and only H72 called.
The 8♠ turn saw H72 check-call another bet, this time of 4,000. The K♣ river went check-check, and H72 tabled Q♣J♣ which was no good against the A♦J♥ of Gregoire.
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Action was picked up preflop, with magicarp on the button sat with a bet of 8,000 out in front of him. His opponent, La DUP, had moved all in from middle position, which sent him into the tank. After quite some time, he found the call.
magicarp: A♠K♥
La DUP: A♦K♣
Both players held the same hand, but it was magicarp who was left with equity following the 10♠7♠8♥ flop. Although improbable, the J♠ turn gave both players a massive sweat, as magicarp now had any spade to scoop.
The river 3♣, although the right colour for magicarp, saw La DUP breathe a huge sigh of relief, as the two players split the dead money.