Matas Cimbolas was warning his tablemates not to raise his big blind. He proclaimed that he felt great power in his hand, and action did fold to the small blind, where Marc-Olivier Perrault peeked at his cards, thought a bit, and flicked his T5,000 that represented the blind in for a call. Cimbolas declared himself all in and Perrault snap-called.
"Ace," Cimbolas announced proudly, showing .
Perrault, however, had two aces: .
The flop came , and Cimbolas started enthusiastically rooting for a six. Two tens completed the board thought, and he shipped 61,000 to his right.
Patrick Serda bet 28,000 from the big blind on a board of , and Aleksey Ponakov called from a middle position. Serda moved all in on the river, putting Ponakov to the test for his last 76,000. Ponakov folded fairly quickly.
Dmitry Yurasov opened the cutoff for 9,000 and saw William Kassouf three-bet all-in from the button for 81,000. Both blinds released and Kassouf meant to start a speech to Yurasov about him not calling and what not but was met by a swift insta-call from his neighbor so the table chat halted at that. Kassouf did, however, have by far the best hand.
Paul-Francois Tedeschi opened the hijack to 8,000 and over on the button it was Farid Yachou who three-bet to 21,000. Both blinds released, Tedeschi called.
Tedeschi check-called a bet of 24,000 on before both of them checked the on the turn. The completed the board and Tedeschi checked again. Yachou bet 37,000 and Tedeschi folded after some time in the tank.
Yachou showed while raking in the chips.
"One time only," Yachou said, "I always do this one time!"
Ole Schemion was under the gun and called a bet of 23,000 from big blind Yang Zhang on a board of . Zhang looked at his cards again and then turned over for a straight. Schemion couldn't beat that, and he's down to just a few blinds.
Paul Hoefer cut out a bet of 68,500 in a battle of the blinds with sitting on the felt. Big blind Patrick Serda peeked over at his remaining stack and saw just around 30,000. He dropped in some calling chips, and Hoefer tabled for a flush. Serda whipped his cards into the muck and paid it off, muttering to himself afterward.
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, and Cimbolas started enthusiastically rooting for a six. Two tens completed the board thought, and he shipped 61,000 to his right.
, and Aleksey Ponakov called from a middle position. Serda moved all in on the 
river, putting Ponakov to the test for his last 76,000. Ponakov folded fairly quickly.
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and Kassouf doubled up.
on the turn. The 
completed the board and Tedeschi checked again. Yachou bet 37,000 and Tedeschi folded after some time in the tank.
while raking in the chips.
. Zhang looked at his cards again and then turned over 
for a straight. Schemion couldn't beat that, and he's down to just a few blinds.
sitting on the felt. Big blind Patrick Serda peeked over at his remaining stack and saw just around 30,000. He dropped in some calling chips, and Hoefer tabled 
