Luigi D'Alterio raised from early position to 250,000 and it folded to small blind Jean-René Fontaine. He jammed for 1,070,000 and Alexandre Reard sent his cards to the muck from the big blind. The Italian player called and they opened up.

Jean-René Fontaine:
Luigi D'Alterio:

The board ran out and Fontaine wasn't able to catch up and lost with the worse kicker of the two.

The man from Réunion, a French overseas department, won €25,440 for finishing ninth.