Hannes Neurauter raised to 600 from the under-the-gun position. The player in mid-position called.
The flop came , Neurauter bet 500 and his opponent called.
The dealer turned the around and now Neurauter bet 2,300 and his opponent called again.
The river completed the board with the , Neurauter bet 6,800. That bet sent his opponent into the tank and he mumbled to himself for about three minutes. In the end, he folded. Neurauter showed .
Christophe Savary limped in from mid-position and Cheng-Wei Yin raised to 800 from the lowjack. Mohamed Bouzgarrou, sitting in the cutoff, called. Savary folded.
The flop came , Yin bet 1,000, Bouzgarrou raised to 2,400 and Yin called.
The turn brought them the , Yin checked and Bouzgarrou shoved all in for about 10,000. Yin tanked for a bit and then called.
Cheng-Wei Yin:
Mohamed Bouzgarrou:
Bouzgarrou had flopped trip fives and Yin had two pair with the pocket jacks he had in his hand. The river completed the board with the to give Yin the upper hand with a full house, jacks over fives, and the elimination to his name.
Ben Bensimhon told the team how he had just doubled up:
"The under-the-gun player opened to 400, I flat with from the button. The flop was , he bet 700, I raised to 1,700 and he called. The turn was another . He check-called my bet of 2,500. The river came . He checked, I shoved for about 26,000 and he called with ."
Alexandre Reard raised to 700 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Abdou Zizi, in the cutoff, and Imad Derwiche, in the small blind and the player in the big blind.
They all checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. Derwiche bet 1,000, the big blind and Reard folded. Zizi called.
The river completed the board with the , Derwiche check-folded to the 5,000 bet of Zizi. Zizi showed to the table after he was asked to show something.
- Said El Yousfi has just taken his seat at the table. El Yousfi won the WSOP Circuit Global Casino Championship tournament in 2016 for $343,256 in total and will be looking to add another win to his list of accomplishments.
- Smain Mamouni and Jerome Sgorrano are seated at the same table as Pierre Calamusa. Mamouni won a WSOP Circuit Ring yesterday when he won the Deepstack tournament beating Sgorrano heads-up.