Federico Petruzzelli had moved all in from the big blind and under-the-gun Gyeong Tae Yoo faced a decision for all his chips.
The board read .
After a brief pause he made the call but gave a groan when he saw his had run in to the of Petruzzelli. The one outer did not arrive on the river, the came instead and the Korean was out just before the end of the second level of the day.
So we see a battle between button and small blind, Flavien Guenan had 5,125 in front of him and Valentino Yasenov Konakchiev clicked it back to 7,700. After long consideration the Frenchman called and they saw the flop. No action followed immediately, that took place on the turn when Guenan check-called 6,700 after about two minutes. The river completed the board and Konakchiev moved all in after his opponent checked. It was for 19,000 and the Frenchman had slightly less. Guenan ended up tank-folding one minute before the end of the second level.
Nicolas Oger previously battled against Mitchell Johnson and left him with only half starting stack. However, in the very last hand before the end of the second level, Johonson doubled up through the very same opponent. The action escalated on the turn where Johnson got his last 14,075 in with the and Oger called with the . The completed the board but was already meaningless. Johnson gets to enjoy a much better time off now.
On a table nearby we also saw Timo Pfutzenreuter on the river folding the when Rasmus Nielsen made it 10,000 to go. The Dane returned the favor with the to give his opponent something to think about in the first break of Day 1B.
Roberto Romanello talked to us on the first break of the day about aiming to become the first two-time EPT champion, Monte Carlo, and his plans for the summer.
Christian Troger limped from early position for 200 but Ben Warrington bumped up the price of poker with a raise to 700. Elisabeth Hille made the call on the button and when the blinds folded Troger threw in the extra chips to call.
The flop was . Troger checked and Warrington bet 1,500. When Hille made the call Troger folded and it was heads up to the turn card .
Warrington continued the betting for 3,200 and once more Hille made the call. The fell on the river. Warrington thought for a while, took some chips from his stack and then put them back. He took some out again and bet 5,800.
Hille sat there for a while. She had 17,000 chips left but didn’t seem to like either that river card or how the action had gone. In the end she saved her chips and made the fold.
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had run in to the 
of Petruzzelli. The one outer did not arrive on the river, the 
came instead and the Korean was out just before the end of the second level of the day.
flop. No action followed immediately, that took place on the 
turn when Guenan check-called 6,700 after about two minutes. The 
river completed the board and Konakchiev moved all in after his opponent checked. It was for 19,000 and the Frenchman had slightly less. Guenan ended up tank-folding one minute before the end of the second level.
turn where Johnson got his last 14,075 in with the 
and Oger called with the 
completed the board but was already meaningless. Johnson gets to enjoy a much better time off now.
river folding the 
when Rasmus Nielsen made it 10,000 to go. The Dane returned the favor with the 
to give his opponent something to think about in the first break of Day 1B.
