Sebastien Zanolini limped in from early position and Jerome Lhostis moved all in for 745,000 from the small blind. The big blind folded and Zanolini called.
Jerome Lhostis:
Sebastien Zanolini:
The flop came handing the initiative to Zanolini. The turn and river didn't help Lhostis's cause and he handed over his chips to Zanolini.
In the very next hand he lost his remaining 20,000 chips to Zanolini when his came up against the of his opponent, with Zanolini flopping a flush for good measure.
Olivier Dumont had chipped up since the break, but had found himself short. After Davidi Kitai opened Dumont moved all in for 280,000 with and Kitai called with .
The flop came which was safe for Kitai. The turn was the giving Dumont extra straight outs.
The rail let out a gasp when the came on the river, giving Dumont a pair and meaning he doubled up.
It folded to the newly doubled-up Olivier Dumont on the button who moved all in for 580,000. He was called by Sonny Franco who had recently been moved to the feature table.
Olivier Dumont:
Sonny Franco:
There was a king on the flop, and Franco picked up a flush draw to boot on the turn meaning Dumont was drawing to one out. The river was the and he was eliminated.
According to our French colleagues, Belgian Davidi Kitai has been eliminated by Lozano Manzanares. Kitai held and moved all in. He was called by the and was eliminated.
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Sebastien Zanolini raised to 110,000 and Laurent Decauwert three-bet to 380,000 in the small blind. Peter Eichhardt cold-called in the big blind and Zanolini called also.
The flop came . It checked to Zanolini who moved all in for 745,000.
Decauwert tanked and eventually had the clock called on him. He counted out the chips to make the call and slid them forward.
Eichhardt turned over , folding. "He has Ace-King," he said, pointing at Decauwert.
Zanolini showed and Decauwert hesitated. "I was good?" asked Eichhardt, watching as Decauwert showed .
The turn was the and the river the and Zanolini chipped up.
Players are going on their final break of the day. Just a reminder that the current plan is to play down to 18 players or the conclusion of Level 26 which is in two levels time.
Before the last break the pace of bustouts seemed to ratchet up a notch, meaning that the tournament average soared. Players are now seated with an average stack of 2,500,000 with the big blind at 60,000.
This means that players can bide their time, especially with a maximum of only two and a half more levels of play tonight.
Just a reminder that the plan is to play down to 18 players or the conclusion of the level after the current one.
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