Chloe Dufour raised to 1,200 from the hijack and was called by both Maxime Blanquet in the cutoff and Noreddine Kacem on the button.
Dufour bet 1,500 on a flop of 4♦A♣7♦. Blanquet and Kacem called, then all three of them checked the 6♦ turn.
They checked the 4♣ river as well so Dufour flipped over A♥9♥ for two pair. Blanquet mucked his cards, as well as Kacem who revealed the A♠.
Level: 4
Blinds: 200/500
Ante: 500
After an open by the hijack, Paul Bigot in the big blind three-bet to 4,800. The cutoff four-bet to 12,300, so Bigot went deep into the tank. He moved all-in and the cutoff snap-called, finding himself at risk for a total of 49,000.
Cutoff: A♣K♠
Paul Bigot: K♣K♥
Bigot hit a set on 2♦10♠7♦K♦A♠ and sent his opponent to the rail.
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Level: 3
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Heads-up on a flop of 10♥K♥4♣ with already 8,000 in the pot, Adrien Dumont in the big blind bet 2,600. Alexandru Danes on the button called.
Both players checked the 5♠ turn leading to the Q♥ river where Dumont bet 11,500.
Danes went deep into the tank but ultimately folded.
Lucas Duclos opened to 800 from the button but Michel Dousteyssier in the small blind three-bet to 3,000. The big blind folded and Dousteyssier called.
The dealer fanned a flop of 5♥4♥7♦ and Dousteyssier bet 3,000. Duclos called and saw Dousteyssier fire a second barrel to 7,000 on the A♦ turn. He called again.
Dousteyssier checked the 3♦ river, so Duclos led out for 15,000. Dousteyssier made the call with A♠A♥ and caught Duclos bluffing with Q♥J♥.
Level: 2
Blinds: 100/300
Ante: 300