More than three dozen players have been eliminated in the first three levels of the day and among them were Chino Rheem, Orpen Kisacikoglu, John Mooney, Ken Okada, and Tom Holke.
Martin Ilavsky raised to 600 under the gun and Matas Pakamanis called from the button along with Michel D'Vallade from the small blind.
The dealer spread a flop of and D'Vallade checked. Ilavsky bet 700 and Pakamanis and D'Vallade called. The turn brought the and was checked around to the river. D'Vallade and Ilavsky checked once more but Pakamanis fired 1,600. D'Vallade took a minute of reflection then called and Ilavsky folded. Pakamanis showed and D'Vallade revealed to win the pot with her better kicker.
"Sorry man this is my dealer," Fabrice Somers joked to Vitaliy Li in the big blind and raised to 800 blind first to act before the cards were dealt. As a result, he picked up four callers and the flop was checked to Jonathan Fhima, who bet 1,000 on the button. Sylvain Coeur in the small blind called as well, Li folded and Somers came along.
After the turn, Somers check-folded to a bet of 2,000 by Fhima and a call by Coeur and the river was checked, Coeur won the pot with versus .
With 20,000 in the middle and the completed board showing , Sergei Atroshchanka bet 7,000 and Ali Reza Fatehi called. Atroshchanka tabled for a flush and Fatehi mucked.
Another big stack on the table is Marc Menage, while Fatehi is left short after that clash. One table over, Asker Aloev has even fewer chips at his disposal.
Rolf Eibel raised to 500 from the hijack and Mounir Tajiou called from the cutoff . Amand Ducheine, in the small blind, three-bet to 2,600 and Eibel folded but Tajiou stuck around with acall.
The flop fell and Ducheine threw in a bet of bet 2,000 that Tajiou called. The dealer burned and turned the and this time, Ducheine checked. Tajiou bet 4,000 and Ducheine snap-folded.