Leo Margets raised to 120,000 from the cutoff. Damien Bastide defended in the big blind.
Bastide check-called a bet of 125,000 from Margets on a flop of Q♣7♣5♦.
The A♥ turn saw Bastide check again. Margets fired once more, this time for 385,000. Bastide decided to make the fold.
Nicolas Vayssieres raised to 105,000 from the hijack. Israël Castro defended, in the big blind.
Castro check-called a bet of 70,000 from Vayssieres on a flop of J♦8♥3♦.
The 8♦ turn checked through to the 6♦ on the river. Castro took the lead for 340,000 and Vayssieres made a frustrated fold.
The pot stood at 260,000 with two players looking at a board that read 2♥5♣7♣.
Pascal Ridet, in the big blind, checked the action to Richard Miklosovic, on the button. Miklosovic bet out 85,000 and Ridet called.
The 4♠ turn checked to the 5♠ river. Both players checked again for a showdown. Ridet tabled 9♦7♦, which was out in front of the A♦6♠ of Miklosovic.
Mathieu Bonnet moved all in from the hijack for 400,000, Léo Colin moved all in himself, from the small blind, covering Bonnet and Nicolas Casal called off the bet for his last 410,000.
Mathieu Bonnet: A♥7♥
Nicolas Casal: 9♠8♠
Léo Colin: A♣Q♦
The board ran out 6♥J♦K♦5♣3♦. Bonnet held to send two players to the rail.
In a blind versus blind confrontation, the full board read 7♦2♠Q♠5♦10♦, with 195,000 chips in the middle.
Davidi Kitai, in the small blind, placed a bet of 150,000, which sent Camille Lemardeley, in the big blind, into the tank.
Lemardeley thought for some time before relinquishing his cards. As Kitai raked in the pot, he flashed the A♠ to Lemardeley.
Hugo Dodengbe opened to 54,000 from the hijack and Martinez Domenech three-bet to 135,000 on the button. Dodengbe meant to respond with a four-bet jam but only slid in enough chips to qualify for a raise to 375,000. Domenech called.
Dodengbe moved all in for 141,000 on a flop of Q♠4♥10♥. Domenech called.
Hugo Dodengbe: J♥J♠
Martinez Domenech: 8♠8♦
The board ran out with the 8♣ on the turn and the Q♥ on the river. Domenech spiked a two outer, sending Dodengbe to the rail as he had him covered by one 1,000 chip.
The player in the cutoff raised to 40,000, Maxime Manzone three-bet to 125,000 from the button and Julien Da Silva cold four-bet to 270,000 from the small blind. The cutoff folded and Manzone made the call.
Da Silva continued for 150,000 on a flop of Q♣2♦8♥. Manzone called.
The 10♣ turn checked through to the 10♠ on the river. Da Silva moved all in, putting Manzone to the test for his last 470,000.
Manzone went deep into the tank, thinking for several minutes before finally electing to fold. Da Silva slid his cards to the muck face down and claimed this pot.
David Crepin raised to 50,000 from under the gun and Maxime Manzone called in the cutoff.
The action fell on Sophie Petrides, in the big blind, who chose to move all in for 337,000. Both Crepin and Manzone elected to fold.
Petrides verbalised her frustration at not being called as she raked in this small pot.
PokerNews caught up with the action as the dealer swept the cards into the muck. Davidi Kitai was all in on the river against Martin Gavrilov. Kitai held A♠9♠ for an ace-high flush, which seemingly earned him, possibly, the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
Kitai has now surpassed the two million chip mark, leaving Gavrilov short in the process.
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