Benjamin Hammann jammed from the small blind to apply pressure on Valentin Imperatore in the big blind and his 10,000,000 chip-stack. But Imperatore called for his tournament's life.
Valentin Imperatore: K♦K♣ 
Benjamin Hammann: J♦8♥
Hammann hit a two pair on 8♦9♠A♣6♣9♦, but it wasn't enough to crack Imperatore's kings so Imperatore doubled up.
Aliosha Staes on the button jammed for 42,000,000, Benjamin Hammann in the small blind moved all-in as well for 14,000,000 and Valentin Imperatore in the big blind folded.
Benjamin Hammann: Q♦Q♣
Aliosha Staes: K♦J♦
Hammann flopped a set then hit a full house on Q♠K♣3♣8♥8♠ to secure a double up.
Aliosha Staes raised to 1,200,000 from the button with 5♠2♥. Benjamin Hammann, in the small blind, three-bet to 6,800,000 from the small blind, leaving himself 5,800,000 behind the line, holding A♦7♦.
Valentin Imperatore, in the big blind, woke up with 10♠10♣ and went deep into the tank, eventually choosing to fold. Staes also snap-folded.
Aliosha Staes raised to 2,100,000 from the small blind holding A♥9♥. Benjamin Hammann, in the big blind, called with K♠10♠.
The K♦8♠3♦ flop saw Staes continue for 1,500,000. Hammann, with top pair, called.
The Q♠ turn slowed down Staes who checked and then folded to a bet of 800,000 from Hammann.
Aliosha Staes raised to 1,200,000 from the button and Valentin Imperatore called in the big blind.
The 10♥6♦8♠ flop checked through to the 6♥ turn and the 3♠ river. Imperatore bet out 1,800,000 and Staes snap-called. Imperatore tabled J♠10♣ for top pair, while Staes had to muck his 8♥4♥.
Niveau: 43
Blinds: 300,000/600,000
Ante: 600,000
The four remaining players are on a 60-minute dinner break.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valentin Imperatore | France | 12,300,000 | 21 |
| 2 | Timothe Labassa | France | 11,300,000 | 19 |
| 3 | Aliosha Staes | Belgium | 44,900,000 | 75 |
| 4 | Benjamin Hammann | France | 7,300,000 | 12 |
Aliosha Staes limped from the small blind, so Benjamin Hammann only had to check his option to discover a flop of 3♠J♣Q♣.
Staes bet 500,000 and Hammann call, then on the 7♦ turn, Staes fired a second barrel of 1,900,000. Hammann called again.
The Q♦ completed the board and Staes moved all-in for 39,000,000 with Q♥J♦ for a full house. Hammann went into the tank for five minutes with A♥6♥, but eventually decided to fold instead of hero-calling with ace-high.
Thanks to this pot, Staes now holds more chips than his three opponents combined.
Valentin Imperatore raised to 1,000,000 from the button with A♣3♠. Aliosha Staes, in the big blind, defended with 4♣3♣.
The 10♦4♠6♦ flop checked through to the K♥ turn and the 7♠ river. Staes checked and then folded his bottom pair to a bet of 1,700,000 from Imperatore.
Timothe Labassa raised to 1,000,000 from the button holding A♥10♣. Aliosha Staes, in the small blind, utilised his big stack and put in a three-bet to 3,600,000, with A♦7♥.
Labassa tanked for some time before putting in a four-bet to 6,500,000. Staes mulled over his options before five-bet jamming for Labassa's effective stack of 14,000,000. Labassa snap-folded.
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