Level: 29
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Level: 29
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 40,000
Rami Awad (EG) in the big blind saw his 410,000-chip stack being called by Victor Guinand in the small blind.
Rami Awad (EG): K♥9♥
Victor Guinand: 10♦9♠
The dealer fanned a board of 6♦5♥2♦4♥7♥ where Awad hit a flush to double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,020,000
918,000
|
918,000 |
|
|
860,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
Selim Oulmekki moved all in from under the gun for 320,000 and Mohamed Alaoui looked him up on the button with a much bigger stack. The rest of the table folded and the cards were turned.
Selim Oulmekki: K♥8♣
Mohamed Alaoui: A♥K♣
Oulmekki was in bad shape as the board ran out 5♥7♦7♣3♣9♠. Alaoui held with his ace-king high with the pair of sevens on board. He won the pot and Oulmekki was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Pierre-Emmanuel Arsenlis open-raised, Faycal Ait Ouccime three-bet, then Sunny Cocquempot four-bet to 400,000. Arsenlis called all in and Ouccime called the bet.
Cocquempot and Ouccime then checked it down on all three streets on a board of 10♦9♣7♠6♥J♥ to take the hand to showdown.
Cocquempot and Ouccime both had ace-king, while Arsenlis turned over 10♥10♠ for a set of tens to win the pot, tripling up his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
|
1,500,000
1,410,000
|
1,410,000 |
|
|
1,400,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
Fabian Bartuschk moved all in from the hijack with a relatively short stack of a few hundred thousand chips. Nolan Madene called in the big blind with a stack of several million chips and players flipped their cards.
Fabian Bartuschk: J♥10♥
Nolan Madene: K♠4♠
The board ran out Q♠4♣J♦3♠7♠ and both players paired their hands. Bartuschk hit the higher pair with his jack to win the pot, doubling his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,400,000
3,270,000
|
3,270,000 |
|
|
730,000
408,000
|
408,000 |
Level: 30
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Sandro Alves raised from under the gun and Aaron moved all in for 815,000 from the hijack. Alves made the call and players flipped their cards, with Aaron at risk.
Aaron: A♠K♣
Sandro Alves: 10♦10♠
It was a classic race. The board ran out 4♦8♦K♠J♠9♥ and Aaron paired his king on the flop. He held to win the pot, doubling his stack to nearly 1.5 million and leaving Alves short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,700,000 | |
|
|
450,000 |
Quentin Reaubourg and his big stack opened to 100,000 from the button and Matthias Vivet defended from the big blind.
Both of them checked the 5♦9♦7♥ flop leading to the 6♦ turn where Vivet led out for 160,000. Reaubourg made the call.
Vivet asked for 475,000 on the 6♥ river. Reaubourg went into the tank for almost five minutes, and eventually chose to fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,100,000
4,812,000
|
4,812,000 |
|
|
2,400,000
2,230,000
|
2,230,000 |
Level: 31
Blinds: 30,000/60,000
Ante: 60,000
The under the gun player moved all in for 315,000 and was called by Kevin Quillere in the next seat across. The rest of the table folded and players flipped their cards.
Under the gun: A♦K♦
Kevin Quillere: A♠A♥
The board ran out 9♠J♣5♥4♣3♥ and Quillere held with his pocket aces to win the pot, sending his opponent to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,150,000
370,000
|
370,000 |