With two players seeing a board of A♥9♥4♠ and roughly 200,000 in the middle, Anoop Jugurnath checked and Francois Billard bet 60,000. Jugurnath raised to 130,000, Billard moved all in for roughly 600,000 and Jugurnath called with a covering stack to put Billard at risk.
Francois Billard: A♣Q♦
Anoop Jugurnath: A♠7♦
Both players had top pair but Billard was ahead with the bigger kicker. He remained ahead on the 2♠2♥ turn and river to score a full double up through Jugurnath.
With two players seeing a board of J♠4♠2♠8♥9♣ and roughly 250,000 in the middle, Anoop Jugurnath bet 125,000 from middle position and [Removed:492] raised to 540,000 from the hijack. Jugurnath made the call.
Morkos tabled 8♣8♠ for a set to take the pot and reclaim the chip lead from Jugurnath.
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Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst shoved from the button for roughly 400,000 and was called by Kevin Rivest in the small blind who had a covering stack to put Blouin-Verroeulst at risk.
Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst: A♣5♥
Kevin Rivest: A♦9♥
This time the better preflop hand held up on the 6♠10♠3♥9♣3♠ runout and Blouin-Verroeulst, who started the day with the chip lead, was eliminated in sixth place.
Timothy Ulmer opened to 60,000 from under the gun, Stephane Blouin-Verroeulst shoved for 185,000 from the next seat over, Francois Billard re-shoved from the big blind for 835,000 and Ulmer folded leaving Blouin-Verroeulst at risk.