With only 62 players left of the 152 hopefuls that started the day, the bubble is looming. The field needs to lose 9 more players before they're all in the money.
With only 62 players left of the 152 hopefuls that started the day, the bubble is looming. The field needs to lose 9 more players before they're all in the money.
Thierry Morel raised to 17,000 from the cutoff and was called by Polo Santoni on the button. The players in the blinds folded.
The flop came ![]()
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, Morel bet 15,000, Santoni called.
They both checked through the
on the turn and the
on the river. Morel showed ![]()
for two pair, nines and eights. Santoni showed ![]()
which did not beat Morel's hand and the pot was pushed towards Morel.
Drisse Maouchi couldn't be found on any of the tables anymore so it looks like he has been eliminated even though he had a good start of the day.
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
The 69 remaining players have just gone for their second break of the day which lasts 15 minutes.
HCC is having a great day and is having fun stacking up his chips. In a pot of about 40,000 and the flop reading ![]()
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, he had checked from the big blind. Ali Mechiche Alami bet 13,000 from the under-the-gun position. HCC raised to 45,000 and after some time, Alami folded.
The following players have busted before they reached the money stages:
Arnold Bellaiche limped in from the lojack, Christophe Bouziane shoved all in from the hijack and action folded back to Bellaiche. Bellaiche didn't need much time to think and he called.
Arnold Bellaiche: ![]()
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Christophe Bouziane: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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- the ace on the turn gave Bellaiche the higher pair and Bouziane was sent to the rail.
Pierre Calamusa has just been eliminated by HCC who has now taken over the chip lead. Calamusa had opened with ace-queen, HCC three-bet, Calamusa shoved for about 18 big blinds and HCC called with ace-king. Ace-king high card won and Calamusa was sent away.