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Ludovic Riehl opened for 32,000 from the Hijack and there was three-bet from Andrea Benelli in the small blind to 89,000. Alex Kravchenko folded the big blind and Riehl made the call.
The flop was . Benelli continued for 85,000 and Riehl folded fairly quickly to take advantage of the rest of the break.
. Benelli continued for 85,000 and Riehl folded fairly quickly to take advantage of the rest of the break.
stayed on top of Chidwick's 
this time around.
board blanked out and Nuutinen doubled.
and Mestre called. The turn was the 
which was checked and they saw the turn card 
. Mestre led for 85,000 which Kravchenko called.
and Mestre bombed with a bet of 400,000, over the size of the pot. Kravchenko made the call.
for the full house and won against the two pair 
