Quentin Reaubourg open-raised to 200,000 from late position and Matthias Vivet looked resigned as he moved all in from the big blind for 440,000. Reaubourg called for the extra chips and players flipped their cards.
Matthias Vivet: Q♦9♣
Quentin Reaubourg: K♦10♦
The flop ran out 4♠Q♠J♠ and Vivet paired his queen. Reaubourg picked up a straight draw to go with his overcard, so it wasn't over yet. The turn came the 5♥ and river the 7♥. Vivet held with his pair and doubled his stack.
Vivet then got several shoves through in a single orbit to chip up to around 1,400,000.
Nolan Madene raised from early position and Matthias Vivet moved all in from the next seat for around 1,400,000. Madene made the call to put Vivet at risk as the cards were turned.
Matthias Vivet: JxJx
Nolan Madene: 9♥9♠
Vivet was way ahead with his pocket jacks but, after his recent successful double up, was about to run into a cruel end as the board ran out K♠9♦K♣8♠9♣ to give Madene quad nines.
Madene got up and walked all the way around the table, which is no easy task at times, to shake his opponent's hand as Vivet took his leave.
On the feature table, Mustapha Amaouche raised to 160,000 from the hijack, Simon Perez on the button three-bet all-in for 1,200,000, then Alexandre de Zutter in the small blind shoved for 2,100,000. Amaouche counted his stack and struggled to make a decision. He eventually folded J♣J♥.
Simon Perez: A♥8♦
Alexandre de Zutter: K♦K♥
It was a very good fold by Amaouche as De Zutter found kings and eliminated Perez on 7♣9♣4♠3♥10♠.
Action folded around to Marc Bougaret, who moved all in from the small blind for 2,300,000. Jérôme Sgorrano made the call in the big blind and had his opponent covered by a fine margin.
Marc Bougaret: 10♥10♠
Jérôme Sgorrano: A♠K♥
It was a classic race, one in which Bougaret won as his pocket tens held on a board of J♠5♦5♠8♥9♣. He won the pot and chipped up to close to 5,000,000, which left Sgorrano with just 125,000 left to play with.
The next hand, Sgorrano successfully found the double up when he called off his stack in the small blind against Thomas Bus' late position raise. Bus had J♦9♠, while Sgorrano had K♣7♠ and hit two pair on the Q♦6♠4♣K♦7♣ board to bring his stack up to 450,000.
The following hand, Sgorrano moved all in from the button and Kevin Belhamici called in the big blind to put Sgorrano at risk again. The cards were turned.
Jérôme Sgorrano: A♦4♥
Kevin Belhamici: J♠8♠
The flop came 10♠8♣9♠, giving Belhamici a pair and straight draw and Sgorrano a whole load of nothing. The turn came the 2♥ and river the 9♣. Belhamici won the pot and Sgorrano was eliminated in 39th place.
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