Vanessa Rousso opened for 900 under the gun and received a call from the player directly to her left. Roberto Romanello then put in a three-bet to 3,300 from middle position, which cleared the field all the way back around to Rousso. She thought for a few moments before four-betting to 6,900, but Romanello was not having it and five-bet to 13,800.
Rousso considered what to do for a long time. To call would leave her with just 5,050, while pushing would put her tournament life at risk assuming Romanello would call. After about two minutes Rousso folded, and Romanello took the opportunity to show the .
Jonathan Duhamel made it 650 to go and was called by both the button and the big blind. The three players saw a flop of and the big blind checked. Duhamel pushed out a c-bet of 850 and the button folded. The big blind called and fourth street fell.
The prompted both players to check and the paired the board on the river. They both checked once again and the big blind showed . Duhamel nodded in agreement and mucked his cards. He's currently sitting on 68,000 in chips.
The board read when Giacomo Fundaro moved all in for 8,500 chips. According to John Eames, who was just railing the table, Fundaro had exposed the . At this point there was already a member of the staff watching over as the other player was trying to make a decision.
After a while Fundano's opponent folded and he took down the pot. The floor staff gave him a one round penalty, and the Italian wasn't happy. He tried to explain that he did this all the time in cash games, but the floor staff emphasized that this was not a cash game.
Fundaro walked away from the tournament area and was visibly frustrated with the ruling.
We saw Jon Aguiar stand and collect his bag, so we made our way over. The dealer had swiped the cards by the time we arrived, but the result was the same... Aguiar had been eliminated by Mikhail Petrov. A quick check of his Twitter shed some light on the situation:
Even though the Main Event is the last event, all hope for WSOP Europe gold is not lost to Aguiar. You see, the Event #5: €10,450 Mixed Max - No-Limit Hold'em heads-up finale was postponed so that Aguiar and his opponent, Brandon Cantu, could play in the Main. As soon as Cantu is done, the two will recommence the Mixed Max tournament and battle it out for a bracelet.
From under the gun, Antoine Saout raised to 700. The only caller was Sam Holden from the big blind, and the flop came down . Both players checked.
The turn was the , and Holden led for 1,150. Saout made the call to see the fall on the river. Holden bet 2,600, and Saout raised to 7,450. Holden thought for a minute, then made the call.
Saout showed the for just ace high. Holden turned up the for a pair of jacks to win the pot. Holden moved to just under 50,000 while Saout dropped under 20,000.
A board of was spread in front of Daniel Negreanu and Lifeng Chen. Negreanu bet 3,700 and Chen quickly called. The river was the and Negreanu pushed out a bet of 8,000. Chen shrugged and called the bet.
Negreanu showed for trip tens. Chen showed for trips tens as well with a slightly worse kicker.
"Oh! You had had the hearts too!" said Negreanu as he scooped up his new chips. He's currently sitting on about 63,000.
An under-the-gun player, who we'll call UTG, opened for 800 and received a call from Eugene Katchalov in middle position. The rest of the field got out of the way and it was heads-up action to the flop.
UTG bet 850, Katchalov called, and the dealer burned and turned the . This time UTG made it a healthy 3,500 to go, but Katchalov wasn't afraid and raised to 9,200. UTG made the call and then check-called an even bigger bet of 13,600 on the river with for a flopped set. Unfortunately for him, Katchalov had flopped a bigger set with .
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and the big blind checked. Duhamel pushed out a c-bet of 850 and the button folded. The big blind called and fourth street fell.
prompted both players to check and the 
paired the board on the river. They both checked once again and the big blind showed 
. Duhamel nodded in agreement and mucked his cards. He's currently sitting on 68,000 in chips.
. At this point there was already a member of the staff watching over as the other player was trying to make a decision.
. Both players checked.
fall on the river. Holden bet 2,600, and Saout raised to 7,450. Holden thought for a minute, then made the call.
for just ace high. Holden turned up the 
for a pair of jacks to win the pot. Holden moved to just under 50,000 while Saout dropped under 20,000.
was spread in front of Daniel Negreanu and Lifeng Chen. Negreanu bet 3,700 and Chen quickly called. The river was the 
and Negreanu pushed out a bet of 8,000. Chen shrugged and called the bet.
for trip tens. Chen showed 
for trips tens as well with a slightly worse kicker.
. This time UTG made it a healthy 3,500 to go, but Katchalov wasn't afraid and raised to 9,200. UTG made the call and then check-called an even bigger bet of 13,600 on the river with 
for a flopped set. Unfortunately for him, Katchalov had flopped a bigger set with 
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