Sofian Benaissa, Day 1a chipleader is rapidly increasing his chip count. IN this hand he called a bet from his opponent on a board of , then called another bigger bet of 10,500 on the turn, which was the
On the river Benaissa saw his opponent bet for a third street, this time 15,500 but Benaissa quickly put together a raise of 31,500 forcing his opponent out of the pot. The Frenchman has a real style to him when it comes to pushing players around in pots and this time showed his opponent , which was met with a surly nod.
We saw Gael Dirig leaving the tournament floor so we headed over to his table, and spoke with Guy Taylor. Taylor didn't eliminate him, just crippled him in the previous level.
Dirig called from the small blind and Taylor raised to 6,500 from the big blind. Both players then saw and Dirig check-called a bet of 5,000 on the flop, and then 10,000 on the turn of .
On the river Dirig checked a third time and Taylor moved all in for his remaining 30,000 chips and Dirig called it off with . Unluckily for him,Taylor held moving him up over the average chip mark for the tournament
Gerard Janssen raised under the gun and got four callers including Silva and Le Floch. The flop was and Janssen continued for 15,000 getting calls from Silva and Le Floch. Janssen bet again on the turn and was called by Le Floch, with a quick glance at Silva's stack. It was a wise glance as Silva then moved all in for 61,800.
Janssen folded and Le Floch thought about it for a few minutes before calling.
Le Floch:
Silva:
Le Floch needed a spade to bust Silva, but the river was the and Le Floch was knocked back to starting stack just before the first scheduled break of the day
Players will return to the first hour-long level after the break, so here are some of the big stacks ahead of what could be a decisive series of levels
, then called another bigger bet of 10,500 on the turn, which was the 
river Benaissa saw his opponent bet for a third street, this time 15,500 but Benaissa quickly put together a raise of 31,500 forcing his opponent out of the pot. The Frenchman has a real style to him when it comes to pushing players around in pots and this time showed his opponent 
, which was met with a surly nod.
before checking behind on the 
river. His opponent showed 
.
and Dirig check-called a bet of 5,000 on the flop, and then 10,000 on the turn of 
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. Unluckily for him,Taylor held 
and all players checked Neuville donk-lead the 
turn for 12,000 and Darcourt was the only caller. 
and both players checked. Neuville tabled 
and Janssen continued for 15,000 getting calls from Silva and Le Floch. Janssen bet again on the 
turn and was called by Le Floch, with a quick glance at Silva's stack. It was a wise glance as Silva then moved all in for 61,800.
