On the three-way flop of , Ramon Colillas checked the small blind and Hirotaka Nakanishi bet 20,000 in the big blind. Weiran Pu on the button raised to 56,000 and Colillas moved all in. Nakanishi got out of the way quickly and Pu needed some time to come to the same conclusion.
In a battle cutoff versus small blind, the flop showed and Vasily Kurdin clashed with Bruno Volkmann, the latter having check-raised and then jammed into Kurdin. An instant call followed and that was bad news for Volkmann.
Vasily Kurdin:
Bruno Volkmann:
Volkmann needed a king to avoid a major setback, but the turn and river were both blanks to let Kurdin double for massive 580,000.
James Romero opened to 18,000 and picked up a call by Sergey Frizyak from one seat over. Jacquelyn Scott in the big blind moved all in for 276,000 and Romero was sent into the think tank.
"I don't think I can fold this one," he said and Scott replied "I'd love the double up." Romero then moved all in and suddenly Frizyak was also in the think tank, but ended up folding.
Jacquelyn Scott:
James Romero:
On the flop, Scott made quads and jumped up in joy. The turn and river didn't matter and Romero took a small hit to his big stack.
The field is on their first break of the day. The break will be slightly longer than 20 minutes, as all the players will be moved from the Salle des Etoiles to the Americas Room.
Patmaseelan Naicker doubled through Mikhail Soltanov when his last 88,000 went in before the flop with versus and held up thanks to a board.
One table over, Teresio Ciacanelli got his stack in with for two pair on the flop only for Jacquelyn Scott to turn over for top set. The turn and 2s] river piled more misery on Ciacanelli, who grabbed his belongings and headed out of the tournament area.
Stanislau Shylkou doubled for 204,000 with against the of Arnaud Enselme and the board came to let the kicker play.
Soon after, Jean Desmotte clashed with Michael O'Grady and had the best of it with versus . The board ran out and O'Grady was left with very few chips.
Arsenii Karmatckii doubled through Paul-Francois Tedeschi in a big pot. Tedeschi opened to 20,000 and Karmatckii three-bet to 75,000, which Tedeschi just called.
On the flop, Karmatckii continued for 75,000 and picked up a call before he jammed the turn for 250,000. Tedeschi called and was shown the by Karmatckii, while he revealed the . A cruel on the river gave Karmatckii the seven-high straight to score a spectacular double.