On the tail end of a battle of the blinds to the A♥6♠3♥A♦7♦ river, Artiom Lugovscoi check-called a bet worth 3,000. Fabian Rolli was his opponent and rolled over the 6♥2♦, which was good enough to win the pot.
2024 PokerStars EPT Paris
Nível: 9
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 1,200
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The entire room was already empty for several minutes, yet two players were involved in a heads-up duel. With the completed board reading 10♠10♥8♦K♥10♣, Lavollee was all-in for 27,700 out of the big blind with around 44,000 in the middle.
Moncef Karoui was the one deep in the tank while Lavollee sat there in silence, not giving away any information. It was by then more than 20 minutes into the break already when Karoui continued his table talk as he remarked "it's more than ten minutes I think about it" in French.
Floor staff then gave Karoui thirty seconds to act with more than 25 minutes into the dinner break already.
Ultimately, Karoui called and Lavollee then turned over his K♠K♦ for kings full of tens. Karoui flashed his K♣9♠ and was eliminated as he was covered by a small margin. He continued to talk with the floor for several more minutes, exclaiming several times "I had a real decision to make" as he spent more than half of a regular level to come to a conclusion.
Lavollee had already disappeared into his now far shorter dinner break without even stacking the chips.
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The remaining 183 players have reached their 75-minute dinner break. Registration will remain open until the start of Level 11. Play will resume at approximately 7:15 p.m. local time.
Benjamin Bonnardot raised to 2,000 from under the gun, receiving calls from Sebastien Lepape and Jack Hardcastle, in the respective blinds.
The action checked to Bonnardot, who continued for 2,500 on the 5♣J♦6♣ flop. Both players called.
The 2♣ turn checked through to the 5♥ on the river. Bonnardot bet out 8,000, Hardcastle folded and Lepape raised to 22,000. Lepape thought for several minutes before finally making the call. Bonnardot tabled 6♥6♠ for a rivered full house. Lepape mucked K♣Q♣ for a turned flush.
The action folded to Ruslan Bokshyts in the small blind, who opted to move all-in for the last 11,700. Uri Netanel called and both players tabled an ace with medium kicker.
Ruslan Bokshyts: A♠7♣
Uri Netanel: A♦8♠
The marginal kicker advantage played a pivotal role on the 9♠6♥5♦J♠Q♠ board as Netanel scored the knockout.