Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Level: 24
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 50,000
Natasha Mercier opened from the cutoff, Ali Shahni on the button three-bet all-in for 675,000 and Mercier called.
Ali Shahni: A♣K♣
Natasha Mercier: 9♣9♥
Things didn't start well for Shahni with a flop of J♣7♠5♠, but the 8♣3♣ gave him a runner-runner flush to double up.
Adrien Delmas raised to 80,000 in the cutoff and Srikanth Yadlapati flat-called on the button. Pete Chen three-bet to 240,000 in the big blind and both Delmas and Yadlapati called.
The flop fell A♦Q♥3♦ and Chen continued with a bet of 200,000. Delmas just called and Yadlapati announced all in. Chen quickly folded but Delmas wasted little time calling off his stack of 2,065,000.
Adrien Delmas: A♠Q♦
Srikanth Yadlapati: A♣5♥
Delmas flopped two pair and had Yadlapati drawing extremely thin at this point. The Q♣ on the turn gave Delmas a full house and locked up the pot, sending him into the chip lead with the 5♦ completing the board.
The pot stood at around 780,000, and the flop showed 10♥6♥2♦ and Brandon Sheils in the small blind led out a bet of 240,000, prompting Taylor Paur on the button to call.
Both players checked the Q♦ turn.
When the 2♣ on the river appeared, Sheils took his time but then went all in for about 1,750,000. Paur double-checked his cards but folded, giving up the decent pot to Sheils.
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Arnaud Enselme opened to 80,000 from the button and was called by Ludovic Uzan and Mustapha Kanit who were both in the blinds.
All three of them checked a flop of J♣3♥4♣ and the 8♠ turn leading to the 9♠ river where Kanit led out for 110,000.
Enselme folded, but Uzan called with 5♠4♠ for the fourth pair. Kanit was only able to show 7♠2♠.
Srikanth Yadlapati raised it up from under the gun and was called by James Mendoza and Adrien Delmas in the blinds. The flop fell J♥J♣3♠ and Yadlapati continued with a bet of 105,000. Mendoza called and Delmas stepped aside.
The turn brought the 5♣ and Mendoza checked again. Yadlapati slid out a bet of 600,000 and Mendoza quickly called off his stack of 535,000.
James Mendoza: J♠9♠
Srikanth Yadlapati: 8♠8♥
The river was the K♣ and Mendoza doubled through Yadlapati with ease.
Brandon Sheils opened to 80,000 in the cutoff and Sergio Fernandez three-bet to 270,000 from the small blind. The action was back on Sheils who stuck in a four-bet to 455,000. Fernandez mulled it over for a minute and counted his chips before sending his cards into the muck.
Next door, Benoit Fiasson raised to 80,000 on the button and Nazar Buhaiov defended from the big blind. The flop fell 6♥6♦5♣ and Buhaiov led out with a bet of 140,000. Fiasson raised to 300,000 and Buhaiov also let his hand go.
Patrik Jaros jammed for roughly 400,000 from the button and was called by Mustapha Kanit in the big blind.
Patrik Jaros: K♥10♣
Mustapha Kanit: A♠A♥
Jaros ran into aces and was eliminated on 7♦7♠4♦6♠3♦.
Arnaud Enselme kicked things off from middle position with a raise to 80,000 and found callers in Patrik Jaros in the cutoff and Mustapha Kanit in the small blind.
On the 3♥2♣A♦ flop, Kanit and Enselme checked, and Jaros bet 80,000, which only Enselme called.
Enselme also checked the Q♥ turn, and Jaros continued for 180,000, which Enselme again called.
Both players opted to check the 3♣ river, leading to a showdown. Enselme showed A♠10♣ for a pair of aces, and Jaros' cards found the muck.