Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
Level: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
With 627 entries recorded after 8 levels, this Day 1a already surpasses last year's Day 1a 549 runners.
The 433 remaining players are on a 25-minute break.
Alexandre de Zutter in the cutoff opened to 2,500, then last year's winner Anthony Dasbourg three-bet all-in for 11,300. "Let's go" De Zutter said while making the call.
Anthony Dasbourg: K♠8♠
Alexandre de Zutter: Q♠10♣
The dealer fanned a board of 2♦A♥A♠J♣J♥ and Dasbourg secured a double up.
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Level: 8
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Aurélien "Guignol" Guiglini raised from the button and was called by the big blind.
Both players checked the 7♥A♦7♦ flop leading to the 2♣ turn where the big blind bet 2,000. Guignol folded while making a face, showing that he didn't hit the board at all.
On the next hand, he raised to 1,700 from the cutoff and the new big blind called. Guiglini only had to bet 2,000 on 10♣6♣2♥ to make his opponent fold.
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43,000
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Action was on the river on a board of 8♠6♦8♦Q♣8♥ and Alexis Bordanave was all in against Jeremie Pezin, who was covered with a stack of around 20,000.
Pezin had A♥9♥ for ace-high with the trip eights on board. Bordanave showed A♠Q♠ for a full house, eights full of queens to win the pot, sending Pezin out of the tournament.
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The player in the hijack open-shoved all in for 15,000 and Audrey Verlomme called in the big blind. Players flipped their cards, with the hijack at risk.
Hijack: A♣2♥
Audrey Verlomme: J♦J♣
The board ran out Q♣10♣4♠6♥5♦ and Verlomme held with her pocket jacks to win the pot, sending her opponent to the rail.
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122,000
72,000
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Younes Charrat opened from the button. The big blind defended and check-called on Q♦8♥A♣ after Charrat continued for 2,800.
The 5♠ came on the turn and Charrat fired a second barrel of 7,200. It didn't take long for the big blind to check-fold.
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145,000
101,000
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47,000
47,000
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47,000 |