Kenny Hallaert has built himself one of the biggest stacks in the room and is using it to his advantage.
In a recent pot, after [Removed:564] limped under the gun and Wiktor Smolka raised big to 6,100 on his left, Hallaert was next to act and came right over top for 15,000. Action folded back to Avends, who folded his limp, and then Smolka folded as well to preserve his stack as well.
Nick Petrangelo opened to 2,800 fro early position and only Abel Aspas called from the big blind.
Aspas check-called a bet of 2,000 on the 
flop before action checked through on the 
turn.
Aspas led out for 4,000 on the 
turn and was snap-called. Aspas turned over the 
and Petrangelo nodded his head as he mucked his cards.
Niveau: 10
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
William Kassouf opened to 2,800 in middle position and was called in the cutoff by Harpreet Gill.
On the 
flop, Kassouf continued for 5,500 and was met with a raise to 13,000 by Gill. Kassouf made the call.
The turn brought the 
, and this time Kassouf checked. Gill fired for 16,000 and was check-raised all-in by Kassouf to about 37,000, which barely covered Gill. Gill called and was in bad shape.
Harpreet Gill: 
William Kassouf: 
Kassouf's top two pair had Gill's bottom two pair crushed. That is until the miracle river brought the 
to give Gill a full house.
The dealer counted down the chips and the boisterous Englishman was left with just two brown T-100 chips, which went in shortly after and never came back, sending Kassouf to the rail.
2021 GPI Favorite Poker Personality Masato Yokosawa has been clawing back recently from a stack as small as 2,400 chips.
In a recent pot with table chip leader Henrik Hecklen, Yokosawa bet 3,800 into a pot of 5,500 on a river board of 
.
Hecklen folded to award the pot to Yokosawa who's added a zero to his chip total and now sits at 24,000.
Belarmino De Souza opened to 2,200 from early position before Arsenii Karmatckii three-bet to 7,000 from middle position.
De Souza then raised to 17,500. After a few moments, Karmatckii put in more chips, five-betting to 43,000.
De Souza would use his 30-second allowance before moving all-in as the slightly superior stack and his opponent snap-called.
Arsenii Karmatckii: 
Belarmino De Souza:
De Souza was in terrible shape while Karmatckii was in pole position to scoop one of the biggest pots of the day. He would do just that, as his kings held on the 
runout.
It has been a good day on the felt for Chris Brewer who has been steadily adding to his starting stack throughout Day 1. He just raked in another sizeable pot against Georgi Sandev.
With the board displaying the 
, Brewer moved all-in from the big blind. Sandev would go onto count his chips, and it appeared that he had 40,000 behind.
After using two time bank cards, he decided to fold after being tested by the American.
Niveau: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
The players have been sent on their final 15-minute break of the day.
Upon return, they will play two more 60-minute levels before bagging for the night.
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