Level: 27
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
Level: 27
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 20,000
William Blais came back from the break with a stack of around two million chips after earning himself two monster double-ups to finish the level.
In this hand he moved all in from the small blind putting Thomas Papazoglou to the test in the big blind. Papazoglou called.
William Blais: ![]()
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Thomas Papazoglou: ![]()
The board ran out ![]()
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and Papazoglou doubled his 432,000 stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,600,000
400,000
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400,000 |
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900,000
778,000
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778,000 |
Sonny Franco was all in for his last 300,000 against runaway chip leader Matthieu Lamagnere.
Sonny Franco: ![]()
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Matthieu Lamagnere: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Franco was eliminated, cashing in the event he finished second in last year.
Meanwhile Lamagnere is moving up to over 2,500,000 which is more than triple average.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,600,000
1,840,000
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1,840,000 |
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Busted |
The pace of eliminations has lifted somewhat, and some of the latest people out the door include defending champion Otto Richard as well as Day 1b chip leader Christophe Gil
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Level: 28
Blinds: 12,000/25,000
Ante: 25,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,550,000
1,179,500
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1,179,500 |
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1,300,000
1,087,000
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1,087,000 |
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1,200,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
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1,150,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
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1,100,000
806,000
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806,000 |
|
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900,000
200,000
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200,000 |
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900,000
755,000
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755,000 |
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800,000
574,500
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574,500 |
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800,000
275,000
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275,000 |
|
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700,000
556,000
|
556,000 |
|
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600,000
348,000
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348,000 |
|
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500,000
241,000
|
241,000 |
|
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500,000
330,000
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330,000 |
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400,000
320,000
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320,000 |
|
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370,000
130,000
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130,000 |
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350,000
93,000
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93,000 |
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300,000
227,500
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227,500 |
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Antoine Fontaine was all-in for his tournament life for his last 536,000 but it wasn't looking good as his ![]()
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of Bruno Michels.
However, the ![]()
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gave Fontaine two pair and although the
on the turn gave his opponent a flush draw, the river
bricked and Fontaine doubled to over a million chips.
The average right now is 900,000 with blinds at 12,000/25,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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1,100,000
1,006,000
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1,006,000 |
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612,000
436,000
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436,000 |
Level: 29
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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3,200,000
600,000
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600,000 |
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2,400,000
2,228,000
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2,228,000 |
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2,000,000
1,680,500
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1,680,500 |
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1,800,000
1,220,000
|
1,220,000 |
|
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1,600,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
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1,550,000
1,120,000
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1,120,000 |
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1,250,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
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1,200,000
861,500
|
861,500 |
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1,100,000
857,500
|
857,500 |
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1,000,000
745,000
|
745,000 |
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850,000
300,000
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300,000 |
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730,000
459,500
|
459,500 |
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650,000
511,000
|
511,000 |
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650,000
173,000
|
173,000 |
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630,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
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600,000
467,000
|
467,000 |
|
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600,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
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600,000
116,000
|
116,000 |
|
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550,000
280,500
|
280,500 |
|
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525,000
266,500
|
266,500 |
|
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500,000
253,000
|
253,000 |
|
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500,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
Among the recent eliminations is last year's sixth-place finisher Jason Tompkins.
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