On a board reading , Christos Arvanitis checked from the small blind. Gary Lucci bet 2,000 from under the gun and Arvanitis check-raised to 6,000. Lucci quickly called.
The turn was the and Arvanitis bet 10,500. Lucci snap-called.
The river was the and Arvanitis checked. Lucci wasted no time and fired out a bet of 50,000. Arvanitis thought for a few seconds and called.
Lucci tabled for a flush and Arvanitis flashed for a straight before mucking his cards. Lucci was eliminated in the first few minutes of the day by Arvanitis but re-entered and has now taken a good chunk of his stack back.
Jean Christophe Ferreira raised to 2,500 from under the gun and got calls from a player in middle position as well as Shaan Siddiqui in the big blind.
The flop came and Siddiqui checked. Ferreira bet 4,500 and the middle-position player folded while Siddiqui called.
The turn was the . Siddiqui checked for a second time and Ferreira bet 11,500 this time. Siddiqui paused for a moment and called again. The river was the and Siddiqui checked once more. Ferreira moved all-in and Siddiqui had a decision to make for his last 35,000 chips. He went into the tank and asked "Why so much?". He eventually called.
Ferreira tabled for a pair of tens and Siddiqui rapped the table in defeat before mucking his cards and heading to the rail.
On a flop and two checks in front of him, Marc Etienne Mclaughlin bet 3,600. Francois Billiard check-raised to 11,000 and then Pierre Paul Paulin check-raised all-in three-bet jamming for 28,800.
Mclaughlin four-bet shoved over the top and Billard folded.
Paulin:
Mclaughlin:
Paulin got caught making a move and needed a lot of help to stay alive. The on the turn didn't change anything but the fell on the river giving Paulin a straight to steal the pot.
After Chanracy Khun opened from the cutoff, Dustin Melanson moved all-in on the button for his last 20,000. Thomas Cemm cold four-bet to 50,000 out of the small blind and Khun folded.
Melanson:
Cemm:
The board ran out clean and Melanson's day came to an end.
Pascal Monarque raised to 3,800 from under the gun and action folded around to Thomas Lefort in the big blind. He thought for a moment and opted to defend.
The flop came and Lefort check-called a bet of 7,000 from Monarque. The turn was the and Lefort checked again. Monarque bet 17,000 this time and Lefort called. The river was the and Lefort checked for the third and final time. Monarque asked to see how much Lefort had left, which was about 20,000. Eventually Monarque checked back.
Lefort tabled for a flush and Monarque surrendered. Lefort began the hand with a little less than half of a starting stack but is building it back up.
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