In the last hand before the 15 minute break Gerard Montes did enough to eliminate Belmehel Dja Daouadji. On a board of Dja Daouadji shoved for his remaining chips and Montes quickly called.
Dja Daouadji:
Montes:
The on the river appeared at first glance to be exactly the card Dja Daouadji needed, but it also gave Montes a higher straight, meaning the Frenchman was eliminated
Six players all limped in and saw a flop of . One of them was Kalidou Sow whose bet of 1500 was raised by Rakesh Lalwani to 5200. It folded back to Sow, who then moved all-in for just under 20,000.
Lalwani and Sow both spoke back and forth in quick-fire French for a couple of minutes, before Lalwani threw in the chips to call.
Sow:
Lalwani:
Lalwani, who earlier this week won a WSOP Circuit Ring in the Opening Event, needed a nine or a jack but the board bricked out , giving Sow the chips and crippling Lalwani
If Barny Boatman ever hung up his poker-playing shoes I reckon he'd be a mighty fine tournament reporter, with the detail he remembers hands. Sadly in this case it was a spot where he lost some chips.
On a board of Boatman check-raised his opponent all-in holding . According to Boatman, his opponent Manuel Sadornil was a "serial bluffer", but this time he came up with the goods, holding for a flopped full house.
I said earlier that Achille Voltolina reentered this WSOPC Main Event, and he seems to be doing a lot better with his second bullet after eliminating two players in the same hand.
Preflop saw Voltolina raise to 8,000 over an open, and a player behind him shove all in. This shove was for less than the raise, and after Voltolina's bet got another caller, there was now a sidepot.
The flop was and Voltolina bet another 8,000. His opponent moved all-in and Voltolina made the call with . His top pair was way ahead of his opponents' holdings of and , and although the on the turn opened the door, the slammed it shut
News from our French colleagues reaches us that Brian Benhamou has been eliminated after his cold 4-bet shove with came up against the pocket jacks of Sofian Benaissa
There are currently 92 players from a starting field of 142 battling it out at the tables, with just one level available of reentry tonight.