Niveau: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
Niveau: 17
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 6,000
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Action folded to a player on the button, who opened to 10,000 and received calls from Olivier Armougon and Henri Lansade in the blinds.
The 10♦9♣4♣ flop was checked through, On the 5♣ turn, Armougon led out with a bet of 10,000, which only Lansade called.
The Q♦ river completed the board. Armougon checked to his opponent, and Lansade slid out a bet of 16,000. After some thought, Armougon called.
Lansade showed Q♥9♦ for rivered two pair, while Armougon showed K♥9♥ for a pair of nines as he mucked his hand.
Action folded to Kully Sidhu in the cutoff, who opened to 10,000. Frere Mallory defended his big blind.
On the K♠5♦2♦ flop, Mallory check-called a bet of 12,000 from Sidhu.
The 7♣ rolled off on the turn, and Mallory check-called once more versus a bet of 32,000 from Sidhu.
The Q♥ river completed the board and was checked through. Mallory showed 9♦9♠ for a pair of nines and that was enough to force Sidhu to dispose of his hand.
Julien Breuil opened to 10,000 under the gun and was called by Mathias Moutaoukil in middle position and Gabriel Venturini in the big blind.
The Q♠9♦6♥ flop was checked through by all players.
The 3♣ rolled off on the turn, and action was checked to Moutaoukil, who slid out a bet of 11,000. Both of his opponents called.
On the 8♥ river, action was again checked to Moutaoukil, who fired out a bet of 24,000. Only Venturini called.
Moutaoukil turned over 9♥9♣ for the flopped set of nines, while Venturini chuckled and turned over Q♥10♥ for top pair queens, sending Moutaoukil a decent pot.
Henri Lansade was seen pretty happy in front of a 825,000 chip-stack. According to him and his neighbors, a player opened from under the gun. Lansade called from the small blind, and Samuel Fournier defended from the big blind.
The dealer fanned a flop of 9♣8♥2♥, and both Lansade and Fournier check-called after the under-the-gun player made a continuation bet.
On the 4♥ turn, the player under the gun shoved for 109,000. And once again, both Lansade and Fournier check-called. However the 9♥ river brought no more action.
Under-the-gun player: QxQx
Samuel Fournier: Q♥6♥
Henri Lansade: K♥10♥
Lansade hit the best flush and scooped this massive pot, while the under-the-gun player was eliminated. Lansade now reached 900,000 chips.
Niveau: 16
Blinds: 2,000/5,000
Ante: 5,000
After a few initial levels where "everything went well," EPT champion Nicolas Dumont opened from middle position and was called by the button.
Both players checked all the way through a board of Q♠Q♦J♠J♦, but after Dumont checked again on the 3♣ river, the button bet 15,000.
After a few seconds, Dumont called, but he ran into a full house with J♣10♣.