There was a raise to 2,000 from middle position and the button called. Fabrice Soulier was in the big blind and also tagged along to see the flop of . Soulier checked and the player in middle position continued for 2,500. Both the button and Soulier called.
The turn was the and the action was checked to the button who bet 21,000. Soulier thought for a moment and then called for his remaining 19,400. The player in middle position laid his hand down and the remaining two hands were tabled.
Soulier immediately turned over for a full house on the flop, while his opponent was drawing dead with the , only good enough for a straight. The insignificant completed the board and Soulier more than doubled up his short stack.
Players are now heading on their last 15-minute break of the day. There are currently 192 entries for Day 1A with 121 players remaining. When the action resumes, there will be three levels remaining in the evening before players will bag and tag.
Ben Bensimhon continues to remind everyone around him how many chips he has, and indeed he has the largest stack in the room at the moment. A few stacks have started to emerge over the 100,000 chip mark as players get set to head on their last break of the day.
Maxim Lykov opened to 1,300 from under the gun and was called by a player in middle position. The cutoff three-bet to 3,800, only to have the button, Lykov, and the player in middle position all call to see a flop.
The dealer fanned the flop of and the action was checked to the cutoff who continued for 7,000. Lykov was the only player to call, going heads-up to the on the turn. Lykov chose to lead out for 6,200 and his opponent reluctantly folded after tanking for over two minutes.
Brandon Cantu and Vojtech Ruzicka have each found themselves a seat since the dinner break. Cantu made the trip to Rozvadov for the WSOP Europe beginning next week, after cashing in six different WSOP bracelet events earlier this summer. He also has over $4.3 million in career earnings.
Ruzicka is a former WSOP Main Event final tablist in 2016, finishing in 5th place. He has over $3.6 million in career earnings and will likely be around for the King's Casino for the next month at least.
Fabrice Soulier has seen is stack slowly being chipped away at, and finally said enough was enough. Soulier got his last 12,500 in the middle with and found himself in a dominating position up against the .
The board ran out and Soulier found a key double up. Still sitting under starting stack, Soulier has plenty of work to do with only a few levels remaining in the day.
With around 6,000 in the middle preflop, there was another pot brewing between Catalin Pop and Daniele Primerano. The two players have been running over their table, each building a chip stack and sharing some laughs at the same time. However, it was time for them to battle against each other again.
The flop fell and Primerano check-called a bet of 3,500 from Pop. The turn was the and Primerano checked again. Pop fired a bet of 8,800 and Primerano stuck around to see the on the river. Both players checked and Primeraino showed . Pop, however, hit a nine on the river with to take down the pot.
. Soulier checked and the player in middle position continued for 2,500. Both the button and Soulier called.
and the action was checked to the button who bet 21,000. Soulier thought for a moment and then called for his remaining 19,400. The player in middle position laid his hand down and the remaining two hands were tabled.
for a full house on the flop, while his opponent was drawing dead with the 
, only good enough for a straight. The insignificant 
completed the board and Soulier more than doubled up his short stack.
and found himself in a dominating position up against the 
and Soulier found a key double up. Still sitting under starting stack, Soulier has plenty of work to do with only a few levels remaining in the day.
and Primerano check-called a bet of 3,500 from Pop. The turn was the 
. Pop, however, hit a nine on the river with 