Michael Kwiek raised preflop to 14k, and button Alex Kravchenko upped it to 39k. Kwiek folded, saying, "Minimum, two aces. MINIMUM!" So confident - and in fact Kravchenko showed him the 
then held them up to the light to check the front wasn't visible through the back, with a smile.
Patrick Bruel rivered quads vs. Theo Jorgensen and received a call of his raise to 115k (from 37k) to boot. The board ended up 
and although he didn't look like he enjoyed it at all, Jorgensen counted out the call and got to see Bruel's 
in return. Pretty sure a Queen flashed on its way into the muck...
Antoine Amourette had opened preflop from UTG but Andrew Teng decided to 3-bet on the button to 36,500.
As Amourette slid in a 4-bet to 85,000 we wondered if we were about to see a good old raising war or more domination by the chip leader. Teng had the clock called on him but then tried to raise to 166,000 only to be informed he had to make it a minimum of 170,000.
Amourette then gave up and Teng picked up almost 100,000 with no flop.
Reynald Zrnjevic just got a double up through Arnaud Mattern. Mattern raised to 12,500 from UTG and Zrnjevic decided to be brave by pushing all-in from the big blind for 47,000 total with 
flipping against the Frenchman's .
The board came 
and Zrnjevic danced around the room in celebration. He's up to 100,000.
The first big hand to go decisively against Jimmy Ostensson (that I've seen anyway) just saw a cool-as-an-iceberg 
flop get all of Mickael Guenni's stack in the middle with 
vs. Ostensson's 
. "Sick," was his comment as he bumped Guenni to over 540k.
Nassif, the shortest stack coming back today, rightly announced, "I don't think I can make it to the next pay jump without doubling up," as he put his stack in preflop when it folded to him on the cutoff. Big blind Andrew Teng looked him up with 
and that stayed ahead of his .
Antony Lellouche raised preflop to 12,000 and Antoine Amourette made the call.
The flop came 
and Lellouche bet 16,000 before Amourette announced all-in. Lellouche stated that he thought Amourette had Aces but then decided he would call anyway with 
, Amourette turned over 
.
The turn and river both bricked and like buses, our exits have come in threes.
Jimmy Ostensson bet out 16,500 on a 
flop only for Arnaud Esquevin to raise to 36,500. After some deliberation, Ostensson moved all-in and Esquevin eventually made the call.
Ostensson:
Esquevin:
The turn was the and the river was the 
- Esquevin goes out in 24th place.
Wirh nary a "Shuffle Up and Deal" play commenced bang on time, quietly. Just a subdued click of chips and hands started moving stacks around.
A pot grew between Thomas Nielsen and Bruno Lopez which ended up being Nielsen's last. Under the gun Nielsen checked the 
flop and called Lopez when he bet 30k. On the turn, check again to Lopez, who bet 80k this time.
"All in," said Nielsen.
"Call," said Lopez.
"I''m out," said Nielsen, before he saw his opponent's hand - . He could only table 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
719,000 | |
|
564,500 | |
|
||
|
555,500 | |
|
|
516,500
53,500
|
53,500 |
|
455,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
451,500 | |
|
416,500
500
|
500 |
|
392,500
131,500
|
131,500 |
|
340,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
||
|
|
291,000 | |
|
278,500
49,500
|
49,500 |
|
266,000
34,000
|
34,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
262,000
62,000
|
62,000 |
|
|
253,000
148,700
|
148,700 |
|
|
252,500
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
208,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
|
196,000
72,000
|
72,000 |
|
188,500
111,500
|
111,500 |
|
183,500
4,900
|
4,900 |
|
170,500
64,500
|
64,500 |
|
149,500
38,500
|
38,500 |
|
|
105,000
12,000
|
12,000 |
|
96,500
36,500
|
36,500 |
|
|
65,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
38,000
42,000
|
42,000 |
