On a flop of , Ali Alawadhi checked and Leonard Kensmil bet 2,500. Without hesitation, Alawadhi check-raised to 5,200. Kensmil briefly paused before committing the calling chips.
Alawadhi continued his instant decision making on the turn, this time by directly checking. Kensmil appeared a bit confused by his opponent's antics and elected to check behind.
The river brought the and the American instantly acted a third time. He took one of every chip-denomination - totalling 6,625 - and flung it in the middle.
"So sick. Sick dealer", Kensmil laughed.
"Ok, I call", the Frenchman added seconds later.
"Two pair", Alawadhi said, showing . Kensmil quickly showed for the rivered straight and took down the pot.
One of the more dangerous players in the field is Kalidou Saw. The Frenchman has raked in over $300,000 in his poker career, including a third place in the 2015 FPS Main Event in Deauville (€72,000).
Today, things haven't been working out for Sow yet. Being down to his last 15,000 in chips, the Frenchman moved in on a board of . His opponent Imad Derwiche considered a call, but instead folded and fist-bumped his opponent to compliment him.
Laurent Guyon ran up his stack quickly in the early stages, but just had to suffer a setback that put him back near the starting stack. On a board of , Guyon check-called a river bet of 6,000 from Cheng Li in an already sizable pot.
His opponent tabled for the rivered straight and the winner. With a sigh, Guyon flung his hand in the muck.
On a flop of , no less than four players put in a bet of 2,500 each to see the on the turn appear. Action was checked to Ralph Matta, who fired a hefty 10,500.
All three other players elected to give it up, including Sarah Herzali. Matta tabled and raked in a nice pot.