Will Davies has more than tripled his stack since the start of Day 2 and the Brit just scooped a small pot. After calling a raise on the button, Davies also saw Belmehel Dja Daouadji call from the big blind. The trio checked down the board and Dja flipped over . The third player in the hand mucked and Davies won the pot with .
"I didn't even know if I had diamonds," Dja admitted and has since dropped below the average.
Jean Koja only showed one of his cards on the river in a small pot against BAUTIST from Spain and his six had paired up to give the Frenchman showdown value. However, he mucked the second hole cards while BAUTIST flashed for nine-high only ... and the floor was called.
Subsequently, Koja was given a one round penalty and he was spotted pacing around the tournament area.
Aurelie "run good 4 love" Reard flopped two sets to boost her stack, sending an opponent from Spain to the rail as a result, and her stack eclipsed the current average after a dry start to Day 2.
First she three-bet pocket aces out of the big blind and initial raiser Daniel folded while the other Spaniard called, then went broke with for top pair. Reard had an easy call with top set and avoided a runner runner miracle. Another flopped set of fours in the blinds provided more chips and Reard is back on track.
Corinne Mermet also boosted her stack significantly after having dropped below 90,000 not long ago.
Benoit Petiot three-bet all in for what appeared to be 45,000 in late position and initial raiser Agatino Spitaleri snap-called, tabling . Petiot was at risk with the and the in the window was very bad news, Petiot was left drawing dead on a blank turn.
Pierre Merlin was all in and at risk for 46,000 from the small blind with and Anthony Cruz called from the big blind with . There was no upset for Cruz, who boosted his stack further while enjoying a massage. Below are further updated stack sizes from the tournament area.
The stack of Hassan Fares had taken a big hit as of lately and he was all in with the . "Jose" from Spain, who barely had him covered, had an easy call with the and the board came .
Joining the action on the three-way flop of , the big blind checked and [Removed:520] bet 12,000 from under the gun. PMU.fr online qualifier Remi Pencreach called on the cutoff and the big blind folded.
After the turn, [Removed:524] continued for 26,000 and was called before making it 20,000 to go on the river. Pencreach took plenty of consideration and called, then sent his cards in the muck as soon as [Removed:524] flashed for top set.
According to the tournament screens, there are just 70 players remaining after four levels of 60 minutes each on day 2 and the field is slowly but surely nearing the money bubble with 55 spots guaranteed a portion of the prize pool.
All remaining hopefuls were sent into a 15-minute break and the T-100 chips will now be raced off.