| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
139,000 | 99,000 |
|
95,000 | 73,000 |
|
90,000 | 5,000 |
|
60,000 | -70,000 |
|
55,000 | 5,000 |
|
45,000 | -55,000 |
|
26,500 | -14,500 |
We saw Emil Eriksson making his way to the payout desk, which meant he had been eliminated. W.J. Vincent was kind enough to inform us that Eriksson had shipped with 
and was called by the 
of Joe Kuether.
A on the flop paired Eriksson on the flop and gave him the lead, but Kuether would hit his two outer when a spiked on the river to win the pot and send Eriksson home in 22nd place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
111,000 | 94,000 |
|
Busted |
A controversial hand just developed over at Table 86. It happened when Amaury Detoc limped from middle position and Ashly Butler announced that he was all in while subsequently tossing in about 10,000 worth of chips, though he had 65,000 more stacked up behind. The action folded back around to Detoc, who only spoked French, who asked the dealer how much it was.
"Seventy five," the dealer responded. It appeared Detoc attempted to clarify how many zeros that entailed, but the English-speaking dealer and Detoc weren't having the easiest time communicating.
"Call," Detoc said, prompting Butler to turn over 
. Detoc seemed confused as to why Butler would expose his cards and then it became apparent he thought the raise was to 7,500 given the chips in the pot, not an all-in raise to 75,000. Detoc began to argue his case while other players at the table chimed in with their opinions in a mixture of English and French.
The floor made his way over and assessed the situation, ruling that since Detoc said, "Call," and Butler revealed his hand, he would be forced to call the raise. Detoc was clearly not happy, nor were some other French players and media in the room. A French-speaking floor was called over to explain the situation, and ultimately Detoc was forced to call and turned over 
.
It was a race for a monster 150,000-chip pot, and neither player seemed excited to be in it. Butler was behind, and Detoc was obviously not confident. The 
flop saw Detoc put his hands on his head and it appeared the pressure was taking its toll. The 
turn brought Detoc one step closer to benefiting greatly off his mistake, but fate can be a cruel thing as he found when the 
spiked on the river to give Butler the win.
Detoc reacted sharply and walked away from the table, while Butler gave a rather subdued celebratory fist pump.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
155,000 | 80,000 |
|
58,000 | -77,000 |
We didn't catch all the details as we were busy catching a controversial hand, which we'll be writing about next, but we do know that John Monnette was just eliminated after getting all in preflop with 
only to run into the of Igor Kalinicenko. Monnette would not improve as the board ran out 
and his day came to an end in 24th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 16
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Players are now on a 20-minute break. During this time the tournament staff will be racing off the black T100 chips. The remaining players will then play two more levels before calling it a night.
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While we were scoping out Antonin Teisseire's newly acquired stack of 190,000 (we're not quite sure what hand he won to get it), we heard someone say, "Nice call," and saw Marc Bariller call the all-in shove of Florian Ciuro, who had around 70,000. The former held 
and was well out in front of Ciuro's 
, but the board ran out 
and Ciuro spiked his out on the river. Bariller was clearly dejected, as were many of his French supporters.
Meanwhile, Antonio Esfandiari eliminated Ugo Jaskula over at Table 88 and chipped up to 210,000 in the process.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000 | 55,000 |
|
191,000 | 135,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Remi Bollengier put in a raise from the cutoff only to have Gil George moved all in for approximately 33,000 from the big blind. Bollengier gave it some thought and decided to call with 
, which was ahead of George's . The board would run out 
and the gracious George made his way to the payout desk in 25th place while his wife looked on from the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
85,000 | 47,000 |
|
Busted |
"You don't have to write about that one if you don't want," Antonio Esfandiari told us as we approached his table. We arrived too late to know exactly what happened, but what we can tell you is that "The Magician" had 
in front of him on a board reading 
and the dealer was counting down his stack to be paid by Andrey Gulyy. When all was said and done, Esfandiari doubled to 155,000 and is our new chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
155,000 | 85,000 |
|
24,000 | -76,000 |
