Another player has just walked into the room to take his seat and that would be none other than Antonio Esfandiari, fresh off his win in Event #2: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em. Esfandiari won the event just minutes ago after beating Remi Bollengier heads up. For his victory, Esfandiari won €126,207.
Esfandiari joined his table and is seated directly to the left of Phil Hellmuth. When Esfandiari saw this, he was extremely excited and couldn't wait to get in on the action.
From under the gun, Erik Cajelais raised to 400. Action then folded all the way to Daniel Negreanu in the small blind. He reraised all in for 4,200. Play got back over to Cajelais, he tanked, then called.
Cajelais:
Negreanu:
The board ran out and Negreanu doubled up.
"Back in business!" said Negreanu with excitement. He's back to just under the starting stack with that double.
From under the gun, Thomas Wahlroos raised to 450 while play was five-handed at the table. In the small blind, Manig Loeser reraised to 1,200 and then play fell on the defending champion Tristan Wade in the big blind. He reraised all in for 4,400. Wahlroos then re-shipped for 8,000 and Loeser called.
Loeser:
Wahlroos:
Wade:
The flop, turn and river ran out and Loeser's kings held up. He made three kings to bust both players and ensure we'd be getting a new champion this year.
We can confirm that both Mike Watson and Antonio Esfandiari have been eliminated from the tournament. The former finished as the runner-up in this very event last year, but won't be having the same success in 2012; likewise, Esfandiari, who won his third bracelet in Event #2 not more than 40 minutes ago, won't be getting another in this event.
John Tabatabai raised all in from the small blind against Jean-Robert Bellande's big blind. Bellande called to put himself at risk for his last 2,725 with the . Tabatabai held the .
The flop, turn and river ran out and Bellande doubled up.
From the small blind, Jean-Robert Bellande raised to 700. Scott Seiver called from the big blind, and the flop came down . Bellande fired 1,000 and Seiver called.
On the turn card, Bellande checked. Seiver bet 1,2000, and Bellande folded.
The tournament staff has just announced the official numbers. Today's event drew 141 players and created a prize pool of €406,080, which will be distributed to the top 20, with €107,614 of that going to the winner.
Check out the Payouts Tab for the full list of payouts.
Meanwhile, tournament officials have determined that due to the size of the field, the winners of each table, of which there will be 20, shall return tomorrow and play as two tables of ten instead of playing heads-up matches; what's more, the tables will be balanced as play progress, meaning it will essentially be a regular 20-person tournament at that point.
and Negreanu doubled up.
and Loeser's kings held up. He made three kings to bust both players and ensure we'd be getting a new champion this year.
. Tabatabai held the 
and Bellande doubled up.
. Bellande fired 1,000 and Seiver called.
