Anas Tadini was all in for a mere 4,000 with and was called by two opponents who held and respectively. The board came and Tadini missed out on a miracle. The bigger stack of that split pot belongs to Rene from Spain, and it remains unclear how many times Tadini already busted today.
Among the biggest stacks are Alexandre Reard and Nicolas Noguera, both at around five times the starting stack.
Pieyre Maggi got value from Said El Yousfi when betting the three-way flop of for 1,825 and picking up a call by El Yousfi only. On the turn the Belgian bet 5,025 and was called before another 3,500 followed on the river. El Yousfi was surprised about the small bet size but called anyways to muck when being shown .
El Yousfi dropped to 12,000 as a result, but has since tripled that.
Aurelie Reard is rising as well and Sonny Franco had barely sat down before doubling for 29,125 with against the pocket jacks of Artur Conan on a board of .
Another break is in order and the players headed out of the poker room for 15 minutes to grab a mint tea, fresh air or the last sunshine of the day. Another five levels are scheduled for today and the registration closes after the end of the dinner break.
According to the screens, there are 257 players out of 368 entries remaining and 54 re-entries were fired thus far.
Javier Zarco lost a small pot when his bet of 3,300 on the river of a board was called. Zarco showed for a pure bluff while his opponent claimed the pot with for second pair.
Some further table chat emerged between the two of them and Zarco remains the biggest stack at his table right now. Below are further assorted counts.
A short-stacked Martins Kleins was all in and at risk for 11,600 on a heads-up flop of and a Spanish player called with the for the open-ended straight draw. Kleins held for middle set and the turn and river were no threat.
Christophe Savary was less fortunate. The Frenchman check-called all in after the river out of the big blind. Sabry Ferhaoui had shoved and pumped his fist when Savary mucked his cards upon being shown . Since it was an all in showdown, Savary's cards were revealed in for kings and eights.
Johan Guilbert has dropped to fewer than the starting stack and Erwann Pecheux is about there now, while Sarah Herzali still holds a short stack and is waiting for a spot to double.
Aleksandras Voisnis bumped his stack nicely, from being down to just 8,000 not long ago to more than 40,000 when he spiked top pair with on a board of .
Marius Conan was less fortunate, by the time the river showed three spades his cards were already in the muck as his opponent had for the nut flush.
Anas Tadini was down to 13,000 when he got into a raising war with Olivier Decamps. Tadini ended up shoving with the and Decamps snapped him off with the . The board came and Tadini left the table with a "well done" before re-entering for the second time today shortly after.
The same table is also missing Alexandre Tarantino and Louis Linard, the latter fell victim of the run good of Alexandre Reard when his jacks were no good versus pokcet kings.
One year ago the very same tournament attracted a field of 396 entries and the 2017 Main Event is on track to not only match this number but eclipse. Early in level six the clocks show a total of 352 entries of which 272 remain, and 40 players have already fired a second or even third bullet.
As a reminder, the registration remains open until the start of level nine following the 75-minute dinner break after level eight.
and was called by two opponents who held 
and 
respectively. The board came 
and Tadini missed out on a miracle. The bigger stack of that split pot belongs to Rene from Spain, and it remains unclear how many times Tadini already busted today.
for 1,825 and picking up a call by El Yousfi only. On the 
river. El Yousfi was surprised about the small bet size but called anyways to muck when being shown 
.
against the pocket jacks of Artur Conan on a board of 
.
was called. Zarco showed 
for a pure bluff while his opponent claimed the pot with 
for second pair.
for the open-ended straight draw. Kleins held 
for middle set and the 
turn and 
river out of the big blind. Sabry Ferhaoui had shoved and pumped his fist when Savary mucked his cards upon being shown 
.
for the nut flush.
