Jean-Noel Thorel opened to 55,000 first to act and got three callers. Everyone checked the flop to bring a board of on the turn. Charlie Carrel bet 155,000 into the field out of the small blind, and only Thorel called. On the river, Carrel fired a further 185,000, and no sooner had the bet escaped his fingertips than Thorel was moving all in for about 800,000 total. Carrel didn't seem too surprised as he smiled at the bet and exchanged banter in French and English with his opponent. Eventually, someone called the clock and Carrel used almost the entirety of the countdown before mucking. Thorel immediately moved to show, and Carrel knew what he was about to see.
"Oh, fuck," he said.
Sure enough, Thorel rolled over for a bluff, much to the enjoyment of the other players and the crowd.
Over on table 11, Viacheslav Buldygin has taken over control and was involved in most hands to build his stack significantly.
Hand 1
Timothy Adams raised to 48,000 in the cutoff and Buldygin called in the small blind. On the flop, Buldygin check-called a bet of 55,000 and the duo then checked the turn. The fell on the river and Buldygin bet 70,000 to force a fold from Adams.
Hand 2
Buldygin opened to 50,000 and Bertrand Grospellier called in the big blind. The flop went check, check, and the same applied for the turn. Grospellier bet the river for 76,000 and Buldygin folded.
Hand 3
Buldygin raised to 50,000 and Julian Thomas called on the button, Adams filled up from the big blind. The trio ended up checking through a board of and Adams showed . Buldygin had that beat with for a straight and Thomas mucked.
From the cutoff, Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 55,000. Juha Helppi, over on the button, announced his all-in for 476,000. Both blinds folded and Thorel called.
Jean-Noel Thorel:
Juha Helppi:
The board ran out an uneventful and Helppi fist pumped before raking in the pot.
Vojtech Ruzicka raised to 55,000 in the cutoff, and everyone left in the pot called.
Action checked around to the button on the flop, where Charlie Carrel bet 105,000. Only Mustapha Kanit, in the big blind, wanted to keep playing.
The Italian check-called a further 275,000 on the turn, and the hit the river to make the board rife with possibility. Kanit checked quickly and Carrel thought a bit and announced all in. It looked to be a bet of about 800,000 to put Kanit to the test. After thinking for about a minute, he put in some chips to indicate a call.
Carrel showed for the nut flush. Kanit flashed the for a straight before mucking and leaving his seat.
Down to his last 180,000, Martin Kozlov pushed all in. His neighbor Paul Newey in the hijack asked for a count, counted his own stack, and repushed for 288,000. All other players folded and Kozlov got the bad news soon enough:
Martin Kozlov:
Paul Newey:
The in the window didn't promise any excitement for Kozlov, but the and that followed left Kozlov a decent amount of outs anyway.
The on the turn was a blank, leaving Kozlov in need of a flush on the river, but it was Newey improving with the .
The next hand, Bertrand Grospellier raised to 50,000, but he folded to Newey's shove. The Brit is back in business!
Anthony Zinno opened to 60,000 and Julian Thomas defended his big blind to see a flop of . Thomas checked and Zinno checked behind, the duo then did the same on the turn. After the river, Thomas bet 80,000 and Zinno folded.
Hand 2
Thomas limped in from the small blind and Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier checked in the big blind. The duo checked the flop, Thomas then took down the pot with a bet of 27,000 on the turn.
Hand 3
Thomas asked for the stack of Timothy Adams in the big blind and limped on the button. Grospellier filled up from the small blind and Adams checked his option. The duo proceeded to check down a board of entirely. Grospellier flashed , Adams mucked and Thomas scooped the pot with for a pair of nines.
Charlie Carrel was the one raising it up to 55,000 from the cutoff. Small blind Mustapha Kanit called and so did big blind Jean-Noel Thorel. Both blinds checked on and Carrel bet 65,000. Kanit folded, Thorel called. Both then checked the on the turn before the on the river had Thorel bet 75,000.
"Oooohhh!" Carrel exclaimed, "King? You have a king-face."
Thorel said nothing and Carrel eventually called. Thorel showed and Carrel took it down with the .
The next hand, Jean-Noel Thorel limped in from the small blind and Juha Helppi checked his big blind. Thorel check-called 25,000 on before both checked the on the turn. The on the river had Thorel bet out an even 100,000. Helppi thought about it for some time before he called.
Thorel tabled for bottom pair and Helppi just said "That's good," before sliding his cards into the muck.