PokerNews France's Mathieu Sustrac lost a few big hands right before break.
He first lost a big pot after he raised with and was squeezed by a player with and another player with called. After not pairing the board, he was down to about 15,000 chips.
Sustrac moved tables and when down to about 6,000 chips he got it all in with and lost to a player with when an hit the flop.
The last 20 minute break of the day has just begun. After the the break and two more blind levels is the 90 minute dinner break. Play will then resume for another two blind levels before Day 1b is history.
294 entrants thus far joined the field in Day 1b with 137 left. Late registration will close after this blind level. We will be updating chip counts on some of the notable players in the field shortly after the next break which will begin in 3 minutes.
Quentin Laugt just doubled up when while holding on a board of he completes his flush when the spikes the turn. His opponent Abderrazzak Bouhari was less than thrilled holding . Bouhari was unable to out-flush his opponent when the completed the board on the river.
Another popular female player has exited the tournament. Baumann, who was down to 10 big blinds, shoved all-in with and was called by . What seemed like a good spot to double - or at a minimum split a pot - wound up instead sending Baumann to the rails when a appeared on the board.
Baumann left the tournament arena putting to rest any doubts about her potentially re-entering today. Late registration closes after Level 8 which is about to begin in a couple of minutes.
Guillaume Darcourt (courtesy of Caroline Darcourt)
France's Guillaume Darcourt is near the top of the field with 75,000 chips. Darcourt dominating a field isn't anything new as he has almost $1.4 million in live tournament cashes placing him in 30th place according to The Hendon Mob. Darcourt also has been known to dominate online poker. According to PocketFives, the French player was once ranked in the top 1,000 online poker tournament players in the world before the French online market became segregated.
On a separate note, some of the members of the media covering the tournament are secretly (or maybe not so secretly anymore) rooting for Guillaume Darcourt as he is the husband of the official photographer covering the tournament Caroline Darcourt.
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