From the cutoff, Davidi Kitai raised to 47,000. Maxim Panyak called from the small blind and Michael Kolkowicz called from the big blind.
The flop came and Panyak checked before Kolkowicz lead for 115,000 into 162,000. Kitai contemplated what to do with his arms folded in front of him and eventually decided to fold. All of the sudden, Panyak moved in for 727,000 and Kolkowicz let out a big sigh. Kolkowicz tanked for a bit and
Lee Hon Cheong opened the cutoff for 45,000. Andrey Bondar on the button had bigger plans and three-bet to 112,000. Once the blinds folded, Cheong shoved all in for 506,000. Bondar was quick to call.
Andrey Bondar:
Lee Hon Cheong:
The board ran out and that was the end of it for Cheong. Down to 22 players in the Main Event.
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier got it in there for 185,000 or so in the cutoff, and Marius-Catalin Pertea put him at risk from the small blind.
Pertea:
Grospellier:
ElkY was dominated, but the was as good as he could hope for without finding his five, since he picked up a gutter and chopping outs. The turn didn't help. but the river made him a straight.
After an Alexandru Papazian open and a Davidi Kitai button flat, Gianluca Speranza jammed out of the big blind for approximately 470,000. Kitai looked him up.
Kitai:
Speranza:
The race went Kitai's way as the board ran out , giving him aces up. With just 24 players remaining, it's time for new seats to be drawn.
Stefan Schillhabel (hijack) and Paul-Francois Tedeschi (cutoff) took a flop of . Schillhabel, the initial raiser in the hand, checked. Tedeschi bet 58,000 and Schillhabel check-raised to 195,000.Tedeschi folded instantly.
Romain Nardin had a raise to 50,000 in front of him in the cutoff, and small blind Arne Coulier was all in for 466,000 when we arrived at their table. Nardin called.
Nardin:
Coulier:
The flop was bad enough for Coulier since Nardin added a straight draw, and the turn was even worse.
"Good luck, guys," Coulier said as the dealer completed the board with the .