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 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.
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.
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.
Three players each put in 3,600 preflop and took a flop of . Both John Monnette and Frank Kassela checked from middle position, and that opened the door for Martial Blangenwitsch to bet 8,600 from the hijack. Both Monnette and Kassela folded and that was the end of that.
It was a very boring hand, but it gave us an excuse to update you on the stacks of the 2010 Player of the Year (Kassela) and the current Player of the Year contender (Monnette).
There was already 17,000 in the pot and a board reading when we reach Table 17. Sebastian Guinand had checked from the big blind and Justin Bonomo followed suit from the hijack. Guinand then tabled for kings and jacks, which was good as Bonomo folded his hand.
and was flipping with the pocket jacks for his opponent. The board ran out 
. John Monnette had checked and Martial Blangenwitsch moved all in for just shy of 38,000.
and a dejected Monnette revealed 
. The 
failed to help Monnette and he slipped to 20,300 while Blangenwitsch doubled to 100,000.
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.
to give Bonnet a straight and double him up.
. Both John Monnette and Frank Kassela checked from middle position, and that opened the door for Martial Blangenwitsch to bet 8,600 from the hijack. Both Monnette and Kassela folded and that was the end of that.
