After Serge Ekert had opened with a raise, Erik Cajelais moved all in holding 
for around 15,000. Unfortunately for him, Ekert held 
, made the call, and the board ran out dry. With that, Cajelais was sent packing in 27th place.
Meanwhile, Vic Gupta followed him out the door in 26th place.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,200/2,400
Ante: 400
With around 20,000 in the pot and a flop of 
, Anthony Pons checked and opened the door for McLean Karr to bet 7,800. Pons responded with a check-raise to 7,800, and after asking for a count, Karr moved all in. Pons snap-called off for 54,700 and Karr knew he was in trouble.
| Showdown |
Karr:   |
Pons:   |
"I should have just raised and then I could have gotten away from it," Karr said aloud. "I didn't think he'd raise a set so big." Karr was in bad shape, but the 
turn did give him a flush draw. Unfortunately for him, the 
river was no help.
We're not sure of the action, but we can confirm that Casey Kastle has just doubled through Remi Bollengier. The former held 
on a 
board while the latter had 
.
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | John Monnette |
| 2 | Anthony Pons |
| 3 | Igor Kalinicenko |
| 4 | Remi Bollengier |
| 5 | Valentin Detoc |
| 6 | Guy Pariente |
| 7 | Gil George |
| 8 | McLean Karr |
| 9 | Casey Kastle |
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Ashly Butler |
| 2 | Sylvain Gibert |
| 3 | Erik Cajelais |
| 4 | Antonin Teisseire |
| 5 | Salvatore Bonavena |
| 6 | Serge Ekert |
| 7 | Florian Ciuro |
| 8 | Amaury Detoc |
| 9 | Marc Bariller |
| Seat | Player |
|---|---|
| 1 | Antonio Esfandiari |
| 2 | W.J. Vincent |
| 3 | Jamel Haddad |
| 4 | Vic Gupta |
| 5 | Henri Chapuis |
| 6 | Andrey Gulyy |
| 7 | Emil Eriksson |
| 8 | Ugo Jaskula |
| 9 | Joe Kuether |
After the quick eliminations of [Removed:224] (30th), Gianluca Cedolia (29th) and Frederic Penel (28th), we are down to the final 27. That means it's time for a complete table redraw, which we will have for you in just a bit.
Ugo Jaskula raised to 4,000 from middle position and then called when W.J. Vincent moved all in from the cutoff for 18,500.
| Showdown |
Vincent:  |
Jaskula:   |
Vincent had the lead and stayed there as the board ran out 
.
John Monnette opened for 4,600 from middle position and received a call from Amaury Detoc in the cutoff. It was heads-up action to the 
flop, and Monnette promptly checked to Detoc, who fired out 5,300. Monnette thought for a moment before moving all in and Detoc quickly called off for 26,800 total.
Showdown
| Detoc: |
| Monnette: |
Monnette was well out in front but needed to dodge the open-ended straight draw of Detoc. He did so on the 
turn, but not after the dealer burned and slowly flipped over the on the river.
"Really?" Monnette exclaimed. "You're going to sweat me like that?" Monnette was clearly upset the dealer had paused before revealing the river, and he was quite vocal in his opposition. Regardless, the result was the same and Detoc doubled to 65,000.
Meanwhile, Anthony Russo has been eliminated from the tournament in 31st place.
| Year | Entrants |
|---|---|
| 2007 | 623 |
| 2008 | 1,048 |
| 2009 | 1,254 |
| 2010 | 1,395 |
| 2011 | 2,626 |
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
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