Jonathan Duhamel opened with a raise to 12,000 and Jean-Noel Thorel called from the button. Anton Morgenstern shipped all in over the top for around 100,000 from the blind and Duhamel moved all in over the top. Thorel folded and the hands were tabled.
Duhamel:
Morgenstern:
Duhamel was way out in front and kept his lead after a flop hit the felt. The turned and Morgenstern was in need of a jack on the river to double up.
The river brought paint, but it was the and not a jack like Morgenstern required. He was sent home in 22nd place and Duhamel now sits around 620,000.
From under the gun, Jean-Noel Thorel raised to 18,000. Emil Mattsson reraised from the next seat to 40,000, then action folded to Team PokerStars Pro Jonathan Duhamel in the small blind. He reraised and made it 95,000 to go. Thorel moved all in for 353,000, and Mattsson folded. Duhamel called.
Duhamel held the for two over cards to the for Thorel. Following a runout of , Thorel's pocket tens held up. He won the pot to double to more than 750,000 in chips. Duhamel was left with 340,000.
There have been a flurry of eliminations immediately after returning from the dinner break. First to fall was Timothy Adams in 25th place. The players then combined to the final three tables and Jose Carlos Garcia fell in 24th. Soon after, Philipp Gruissem was eliminated at the hands of Joni Jouhkimainen.
There was some mutual admiration between Team PokerStars Pro Jason Mercier and FC Barcelona's Gerard Piqué in the High Roller earlier today (which broke an EPT €10,000 High Roller record with 180 entries) Hey, everyone's got to have a hobby or two, right? Nothing wrong with the occasional selfie. Find out more at the PokerStars Blog.