Axel Santoni was on the button in a heads-up pot against Oleksii Natoptanyi in the big blind and had already committed the majority of his stack before the flop of .
Natoptanyi bet 80,000 to put Santoni all in and Santoni was given a five-second countdown before he called off.
Axel Santoni:
Oleksii Natoptanyi:
Santoni couldn't pull ahead as the board ran out to mark his elimination in 21st place.
In a blind versus blind battle, Diogo Vieira limped his small blind, getting a raise from big blind Alan Goasdoue. Vieira got tricky and put in a limp-raise, but that was not enough for Goasdoue, who put his entire stack of 2,800,000 at risk by shoving it all in. Vieira went into the tank for a bit then called.
Alan Goasdoue:
Diogo Vieira:
is what the dealer put on the table, winning the flip for Goasdoue and doubling the amount of chips he has, while Vieira was left with around two big blinds.
Vieira was left with only 175,000, which he got in a few hands later from early position and Roger Taieb called from the small blind.
Diogo Vieira:
Roger Taieb:
The board ran out and Vieira doubled up to still have a shot at victory,
The adventure was not over yet for Vieira however, as next hand he got all his chips in the middle again. This time he went for it from under the gun, and got flat called from Thibault Reverdito in the hijack. Roger Taieb went for blood again by rejamming to 1,800,000. Reverdito folded.
Diogo Vieira:
Roger Taieb:
This time the board was , cracking Taieb's aces and securing another double-up for Vieira, revitalizing his chances to win.
Jean Labryga opened to 160,000 from the hijack and Axel Santoni defended out of the small blind.
Santoni checked on the flop and Labryga checked back. Santoni then bet 280,000 on the turn and Labryga quickly raised to 800,000. Santoni called.
Santoni checked on the river and Labryga bet 600,000 to send Santoni deep into the tank.
"I've got a big hand over here," Santoni said as he thought through a decision.
Labryga called the clock and Santoni eventually called. Labryga showed for a flopped full house while Santoni mucked to show he had trips and the nut flush blocker.
Action was caught on the flop with Wuai-Cheng Tsang checking in the small blind. Alexis Lucarini continued for 80,000 and called when Tsang made it 280,000
Lucarini called a bet of 380,000 on the turn before folding on the river after Tsang fired for 480,000.
Oleksii Natoptanyi opened the action from the button by raising to 160,000. Jean Labryga flat called in the small blind, and big blind Ai Guo Xu went all-in for his last million chips. Natoptanyi got out of the way, but Labryga called quickly.
Ai Guo Xu:
Jean Labryga:
Things were looking bleak for Xu after the flop, and the turn sealed the deal. got dealt as the river and Xu, who started today as chipleader, bows out of the tournament in 22nd place.
Christopher Dowling opened to 160,000 on the button and Jean Gaye three-bet jammed a stack of 1,450,000 from the big blind. Dowling called with a bigger stack.
Jean Gaye:
Christopher Dowling:
Gaye stayed ahead with the better pair as the board ran out to earn him the double as he held his stomach and joked that he was "leaking" from nervousness after getting called.
Oleksii Natoptanyi opened to 160,000 from early position and Ai Guo Xu three-bet jammed a stack of around 2,200,000 from middle position. Eric Geraume then moved all in from the big blind with around 1,150,000 and Natoptanyi folded.
Eric Geraume:
Ai Guo Xu:
It was a flip until the flop landed to give Geraume a full house and nothing changed on the runout to earn him the double as he tried to contain his excitement.
Axel Santoni opened to 160,000 from under the gun before Julien Sitbon raised to 375,000, leaving 25,000 behind. Santoni called.
Sitbon put his last chip in the pot on the flop and was called.
Julien Sitbon:
Axel Santoni:
Santoni had Sitbon crushed with a set of nines until the turn hit the felt to give Sitbon the better set. The river completed the board and the table was stunned by Sitbon's recovery.