Since the players have returned from break, the action has been a bit slow. The short stacks have been moving all in and not finding any callers, the big stacks are a bit hesitant to get involved with the other big stacks for obvious reasons and timely 3-bet seemed to be just the ticket to win the pot.
The first hand saw the chips go in the middle between Nicolas Faure and Vincent Maglio.
Faure:
Maglio:
The board came and that was good enough for the first double up.
The second hand had a bit more preflop action. It started with a raise from Maglio to 60,000 and then a reraise from Sebastien Comel to 160,000. Faure moved all in for 650,000 and it was back on Maglio. You could sense he wanted to call but he still had Comel behind, so he ended up folding. You could sense Comel was hesitant to call and in the end he did just that.
Comel:
Faure:
The board came and gave Faure the second double up.
Owen Crowe got it all in preflop against Vincent Maglio.
Crowe:
Maglio:
"I guess I'm the guy," Maglio said, resigned to his fate on the final table bubble.
The flop came though, and Maglio grabbed the lead.
"Ah, I've got a chance," he said.
That chance took a grim turn, literally, when the hit the board, giving Maglio a straight. Crowe got up and began shaking hands with his fellow players as soon as the dealer placed the as the river card.
Sebastien Comel returned from the second break rocking what appears to be a leprechaun costume, featuring a hat and a bright green beard. We'll see if the luck of the Irish is on his side. He certainly hasn't had many problems thus far.