Level: 27
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 27
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
Erwann Pecheux opened from middle position to 60,000 and got callers in Beldjoudi and Anthony Rodrigues. Pedro Oliveira, in the small blind, enquired after Pecheux and Beldjoudi's stacks before putting in a raise to 225,000.
Pecheux and Beldjoudi called, but Rodrigues made the call and together they saw a flop of ![]()
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. Oliveira, who was first to act, thought for a minute or two before announcing he was all-in. Rodrigues snap-called and tabled ![]()
while Oliveira showed Aces.
Rodrigues had flopped a straight, but Oliveira had outs. However the ![]()
were nought but bricks and Oliveira exited in 9th place
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,200,000
980,000
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980,000 |
|
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Busted |
Loic Blarez moved all-in from the button and got called by Mathieu Selides in the big blind.
Selides: ![]()
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Blarez: ![]()
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Selides needed a Jack but it didn't come as the cards were dealt ![]()
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,900,000
540,000
|
540,000 |
|
|
1,050,000
405,000
|
405,000 |
The cards were on their backs and it wasn't looking good for Jonathan Khalifa who was dominated by chipleader Mathieu Selides
Khalifa: ![]()
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Selides: ![]()
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It wasn't looking good for Khalifa and it was all done by the turn, with Khalifa exiting in 8th place after the board was dealt: ![]()
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| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,500,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
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Busted |
Pecheux moved all-in for roughly 550,000 from the hijack and Loic Blarez called from the big blind.
Pecheux: ![]()
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Blarez: ![]()
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Unbelievably, Erwann Pecheux had managed to pick up Aces for the second time in the space of half an hour. However, this time his luck was not to be. A big gasp went up as the flop was dealt ![]()
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, with the
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doing nothing but sealing the Frenchman's fate, finishing in 7th place for €19,095
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
|
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Busted |
The action has slowed somewhat now that we are six-handed, but they have just announced that in 30 minutes there will be a 75 minute dinner break.
Meanwhile the seats are filling up with players eager to sample a taste of the final table atmosphere
Loic Blarez opened to 90,000 from the cutoff and was three-bet by the chip leader Mathieu Selides from the button. Samir Beldjoudi, who had been nursing a short stack for a while moved all in for just over 1,000,000 chips. Blarez folded and Selides made the call.
Selides: ![]()
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Beldjoudi: ![]()
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There was a king in the window for Beldjoudi as the flop came ![]()
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, but he failed to find another as the board completed ![]()
. With five players left the average is now a whopping 53 big blinds, with players fast approaching their scheduled dinner break
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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|
6,500,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
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Busted |
Here are the chip counts for the players as they go on a 75 minute dinner break. Afterwards players will return to blinds of 25,000/50,000 with a 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,780,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
2,940,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
1,645,000
345,000
|
345,000 |
|
|
1,290,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
725,000
1,175,000
|
1,175,000 |
The remaining five players have all taken their seats for the next level, Level 28: 25,000/50,000/5000. Mathieu Selides still leads with just over half the chips in play
Level: 28
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000