From early position, Matan Krakow raised to 1,100. Matt Salsberg reraised to 3,200 from middle position, and then action folded to Yannick Bonnet in the small blind. He moved all in for 12,725. Krakow folded, but Salsberg called.
Salsberg:
Bonnet:
The flop, turn and river ran out to give Bonnet a straight and double him up.
With about 3,500 in the pot, Arnaud Anatole, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi and Phil Ivey each checked the flop in that order. The landed on the turn, and Anatole moved all in for 11,350 — a big overbet. Mizrachi made the call before Ivey folded.
Anatole:
Mizrachi:
"Can't fold the royal draw," said Mizrachi when he turned over his hand.
The dealer dealt the on the river that gave Mizrachi the winning flush. He busted Anatole en route to getting back to 130,000 in chips.
"That's why you're the best," said Vanessa Selbst to Mizrachi from the other side of the table.
We caught the action with 25,000 in the middle and a board reading . John Monnette had checked and Martial Blangenwitsch moved all in for just shy of 38,000.
Monnette, who has cashed in three events so far in Cannes (there are only seven), thought for about 40 seconds before making the call for about 2/3 of his stack. Blangenwitsch then turned over and a dejected Monnette revealed . The failed to help Monnette and he slipped to 20,300 while Blangenwitsch doubled to 100,000.
After a player raised to 1,150 from under the gun, action folded to Dan O'Brien in the big blind. He three-bet to 3,000, but the original raiser upped it even more with a four-bet to 7,000. O'Brien moved all in for 23,000, and his opponent called.
O'Brien showed and was flipping with the pocket jacks for his opponent. The board ran out , and O'Brien was eliminated.
We're not sure of the preflop action, but we do know that both Jean-Noel Thorel and Henry Tran put in 7,000 and saw a flop of , which they both checked. When the hit the turn, Tran checked, Thorel bet 8,000, and Tran check-raised to 28,000. Thorel moved all in for around 40,000 total and Tran made the call.
Showdown
Thorel:
Tran:
Thorel got it in good with a set, but Tran did hold a flush draw. Fortunately for Thorel, the was harmless and he doubled big in the last half hour of the night.
Aleander Kravchenko checked the flop from the big blind and watched Frank Kassela bet 1,900 from middle position. Kravchenko then woke up with a check-raise to 15,000, and Kassela reluctantly called off for about 8,500 total.
Showdown
Kravchenko:
Kassela:
"Deuce," Kassela said with a chuckle when he saw Kravchenko's hand. While the Russian was ahead, Kassela was drawing live; that is until the spiked on the turn. "Good game guys," the 2010 World Series of Poker Player of the Year said. The was put out on the river and Kassela took his leave late on Day 1a.
No, that's not a typo, Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi has nearly 300,000 in chips. He just busted Vanessa Selbst in unknown action and seems to be having quite a party at his table. We would be, too, if we had nearly ten times the amount of chips we started with.
The tournament officials have just announced to the field that each table will play out six more hands before the players bag and tag their chips for the night.
to give Bonnet a straight and double him up.
flop in that order. The 
landed on the turn, and Anatole moved all in for 11,350 — a big overbet. Mizrachi made the call before Ivey folded.
on the river that gave Mizrachi the winning flush. He busted Anatole en route to getting back to 130,000 in chips.
. John Monnette had checked and Martial Blangenwitsch moved all in for just shy of 38,000.
and a dejected Monnette revealed 
failed to help Monnette and he slipped to 20,300 while Blangenwitsch doubled to 100,000.
and was flipping with the pocket jacks for his opponent. The board ran out 
, which they both checked. When the 
was harmless and he doubled big in the last half hour of the night.
flop from the big blind and watched Frank Kassela bet 1,900 from middle position. Kravchenko then woke up with a check-raise to 15,000, and Kassela reluctantly called off for about 8,500 total.
spiked on the turn. "Good game guys," the 2010 World Series of Poker Player of the Year said. The 
