Besides Paul and Fernando Pons who were there from the start, Rati Vale Il Dieko and Tsunamy registered in the previous level. They were joined by BigC just now and there are plenty of other players from Spain in the mix.
After a raise by a player in late position, Kamel Atoui three-bet to 800 and was called by the initial raiser. Atoui and his opponent saw a flop of and the Frenchman continued with a barrel worth 1,100, his opponent called.
The fell on the turn and, after yet another check, Atoui bet 3,300 to win the pot without showdown upon firing a second barrel.
On the tail end of a hand between Francois Tosques and Jonathan Therme, the latter bet twice the pot on the river of a board for 4,200. Therme called and was shown for a busted gutshot and queen-high only while Therme raked in the pot with for top pair.
Tosques could all but grin and received no answer to his table chat ... . Next to Tosques is Romain Lewis on bullet number two and the Frenchman is one of two players so far to have re-entered the competition.
Louis Linard defended his big blind against a raise by [Removed:124] from under the gun and check-raised the flop of from 650 to 1,900. [Removed:126] called and then faced a bet of 3,800 by Linard on the turn to call.
After the river, Linard bet 8,200 into a pot of 11,500 with about 11,500 behind and [Removed:126] talked through possible hands before tossing in a single chip for the call. Linard showed for top two and that won the pot.
Aivaras Kerusauskas had been railing his fellow countryman Aleksandras Voisnis until the early morning hours to see his friend take down the High Roller. Kerusauskas just showed up at the start of level three and is currently waiting for further late entrants to show up and get the ball rolling.
The field has grown to 218 entries, of which 214 players remain.
Down to around 12,000 the last time he was spotted, Gaetan Balleur had experienced a rough start and that would get even worse as he just exited the tournament area. Balleur apparently called a shove on a flop with queen-jack for two pair while his opponent had flopped bottom pair and a flush draw. Another eight on the turn gave the opponent trips and Balleur was eliminated.
Among those to enter the competition towards the end of level two including Anas Tadini and [Removed:44]. Others include Sofian Benaissa, Antonio Chemi, 2016 November Niner Fernando Pons and Said El-Yousfi.
and the Frenchman continued with a barrel worth 1,100, his opponent called.
fell on the turn and, after yet another check, Atoui bet 3,300 to win the pot without showdown upon firing a second barrel.
for 4,200. Therme called and was shown 
for a busted gutshot and queen-high only while Therme raked in the pot with 
for top pair.
from 650 to 1,900. [Removed:126] called and then faced a bet of 3,800 by Linard on the 
turn to call.
river, Linard bet 8,200 into a pot of 11,500 with about 11,500 behind and [Removed:126] talked through possible hands before tossing in a single chip for the call. Linard showed 
for top two and that won the pot.
flop with queen-jack for two pair while his opponent had flopped bottom pair and a flush draw. Another eight on the turn gave the opponent trips and Balleur was eliminated.
