It's generally good to get into the habit of not showing your cards to your opponents, even if you win a pot uncontested. Except when you flop quads that is. Just like Day 1a chip-leader Sofian Benaissa did yesterday with pocket nines, Fouad Toujani did today with pocket sixes after reraising preflop. However, he did not get any more value than that as his opponent check-folded the flop of . He triumphantly flipped over pointing out the number of sixes he had flopped.
Preflop Antony Wickert raised to 1,600 from the button and Paulius Mikenas, seated one place to the left in the small blind raised to 4,400. The big blind folded and Wickert made the call.
The flop came and Mikenas lead for 4,600 which Wickert called. The turn came , and this time Mikenas checked, with Wickert becoming aggressor firing a bet of 5,200 which Mikenas called.
The river was the , pairing the board and again Mikenas checked. Antony Wickert quickly announced a bet of 7,000 and Mikenas called.
"You win," said Wickert, "King" he announced. Mikenas seemed reluctant to show his hand but eventually turned over to scoop the pot and put him above average
Kamal Sefrioui raised to 1,700 UTG and watched as Sefrioui quickly decided to raise and threw out 4,400. The Moroccan thought for a long while before moving all-in. Abbouti had the chips to call, but decided better of it and now sits with little over 130,000. Sefrioui meanwhile has just above starting stack
There was much muttering in French about losing flips as Gael Dirig and Kader Medjahed got it in vs . The board ran out and a frustrated Medjahed hit the rail shortly after the dinner break
With reentries closing at the start of level ten the number of entrants has been confirmed at 446, including 108 reentries, slightly under last year's total of 484. There are three levels left to see how many will be joining the 55 players from Day 1a in Day 2