Duhamel Busts Gerin, Then Battles with Frankland
Fung Cheung checked the 
flop before Rebecca Gerin bet 2,350. Jonathan Duhamel raised to 7,000, which knocked Cheung out of the hand. Gerin reraised all in for just about 27,000, and Duhamel snapped with the 
. He was up against the 
for Gerin.
The turn was the 
to give Duhamel the lead with a pair of queens. The river was the 
and improved Duhamel to a flush. He won the pot to bust Gerin from the event.
Shortly thereafter, Duhamel battled with Mathew Frankland in a blind-versus-blind confrontation that ended on the flop with Frankland's lead bet.
Action folded to Frankland in the small blind and he raised to an unknown amount. Duhamel reraised to 4,400 from the big blind, then Frankland fired back with a reraise to 10,325. Duhamel took his time, then made it 20,700 to go. Frankland opted to just call.
The flop came down 
, and Frankland led for 17,300. He had 44,675 behind, and Duhamel went into the tank. After a couple minutes, Duhamel folded and was knocked back to 76,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
103,975 | 22,350 |
|
76,000 | 8,975 |
|
Busted |
.
, Ramin Hajiyev led out for 5,700. Jean-Noel Thorel called and Phil Hellmuth called as well.
fell on the turn and Hajiyev slowed down with a check. Thorel fired 12,000 and Hellmuth quickly called. Hajiyev folded and the two were heads up to fifth street.
complete the board and Thorel fired one last bet of 24,000. Hellmuth flung out a call and showed 
.
, and Boyaciyan had just over 20,000 behind. Moore fired 35,000 to put him all in, but Boyaciyan quickly folded.
flop saw Bellande immediately fire out 3,000, just O'Dwyer call, and the dealer burn and turn the 
with two clubs and one spade. The action was checked to Sacrispeyre who bet 2,600 and only Kurganov called.
hit and Kurganov checked again. Scarispeyre bet 7,200 and Kurganov decided to move all in for right around 14,000. The Frenchman called with 
to end Kurganov's tournament.
