Jeffrey van den Heuvel opened to 750,000 and got called by Yves Sanchez in the hijack and Morgan Aceto in the big blind.
The three players each checked the flop and Aceto bet 875,000 on the turn. Both players called and the river was the . Aceto checked and Van den Heuvel bet 3,600,000.
Sanchez called and Aceto folded, with the Dutch player winning the pot with for a rivered straight.
Yves Sanchez opened to 800,000 and Alexandre Fradin three-bet all in for 4,875,000 from the big blind. Sanchez called.
Yves Sanchez:
Alexandre Fradin:
Fradin flopped a flush draw on but the runout bricked for him.
The 37-year-old from Montpellier is playing the SISMIX for the very first time, after two visits to the Winamax Poker Open in Dublin and said that he'd had a swing tournament and even more so on the final day.
"I doubled on the very first hand, and then between 18 and 12 players remaining I did not play once. And then I doubled twice."
In a battle of the blinds, Fradin got jack-nine in against the ace-queen of Adrien Guyon only to spike a gutshot on the turn to stay alive. He survived until the final table but would have to settle for seventh place, taking home €17,990.
Hayg Badem opened to 700,000 from under the gun and Jeffrey van den Heuvel three-bet all in from the next position for 5,925,000. It folded to Morgan Aceto in the big blind who moved all in. Badem folded and the cards were turned over.
Morgan Aceto:
Jeffrey van den Heuvel:
Ace-king was ahead and held on the board, dodging a gutshot to double up.