The legendary Erik Seidel made it 7,000, then avoided big trouble by folding when Oleh Cherepianyi made it 22,800, and Ouri Cohen pushed in for a little more than that behind.
Cherepianyi called with the and Cohen had been cooled off with the , busting after a board of blanks.
After a raise, Matthew Davenport just flat-called and Marko Neumann then squeezed to 24,000 out of the big blind. The initial raiser folded, but Davenport jammed and received a snap-call by the German for his last 74,300.
Neumann:
Davenport:
Nothing changed with a blank board of and the German doubled up.
Nicolino Di Carlo opened to 6,500 from the button and Albert Daher then three-bet to 26,500 from one seat over. Simon Deadman in the big blind four-bet all in and Di Carlo asked for a count. It was 113,400 in total and the Italian folded. Daher asked the dealer to pull in his three-bet and give him a count on the additional chips to call.
That was determined to be 86,900 and Daher folded.
French pro Erwann Pecheux has been on quite a tear and he's now up to 400,000 after knocking out another player.
Pecheux just raised to 6,00 and [Removed:37] moved all in for 21,000 from his direct left. Pecheux made the call right away, creating the following showdown.
Pecheux:
Macalou:
The board ran out and Pecheux raked in another pot.
Marko Neumann raised from early position and was called by Sam Chartier before making a continuation bet on the flop. Both then checked the turn before the river saw Chartier check-raise from 13,500 to 52,000.
Neumann called with the and Chartier's for two pair ended up second best.
Late on Day 2, Erwann Pecheux hit basically everything and skyrocketed his stack into the top 10. Day 3 pretty much starts the same way and he is up to more than half a million, latest victim was Maksim Kolosov.
Pecheux defended in the blinds and check-called a continuation bet on the flop. On the turn, Pecheux bet 26,500 and was called by the Russian before making it another 53,500 to go on the river.
Kolosov just flat-called and was shown for the turned nuts, flashing his for the flopped nut straight ... ouch.
Erwann Pecheux raised to 6,000 under the gun and got called from a player in middle position. Ilan Boujenah then squeezed all in for 44,400 and Pecheux called. The third player folded.