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Roberto Garcia raised from middle position to 1,400 and Mario Adinolfi three-bet from the hijack seat to 4,500. Action folded to Shannon Shorr in the small blind and he put in a cold four-bet to 14,500. Everyone folded and Shorr won the pot.
In early position, Yves Hallague open-shoved for 6,750. Everyone quickly folded in turn to the big blind where Freddy Deeb asked for the count. Satisfied by the number, he made the call and turned over 
. Hallague was racing for the double with 
, and the board ran out favorably for him. It came 
, and it earns the Frenchman a double up.
Deeb drops just a bit, but he's still got about twice as many chips as he began the day with.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
142,000
14,000
|
14,000 |
|
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|
14,475
10,525
|
10,525 |
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
215,000
114,150
|
114,150 |
|
||
|
141,000
33,000
|
33,000 |
|
|
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On the 
flop, Mohamed El Hamdi, Jerome Jeannet and Philippe Narboni all checked to two-time World Series of Poker Main Event winner Johnny Chan. He bet 3,000 and El Hamdi folded. Jeannet raised all in for 14,725 and Narboni got out of the way. Chan called and El Hamdi folded.
Chan: 
Jeannet: 
The turn was the 
and the river the 
. Jeannet missed and Chan won the pot, eliminating Jeannet in the process.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000
6,650
|
6,650 |
|
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Eliminado | |
Barny Boatman opened the action with an early-position raise to 1,500, and he found calls from Mathieu Pourrat and Freddy Deeb before Filippo Candio three-bet shoved. It was just 4,475 total, and Boatman isolated with a reraise to 13,000. Candio was at risk, and he was flipping.
Showdown
Boatman: 
Candio: 
We must say Candio didn't look very confident in his race-running abilities, and he was already standing up as the dealer blanked out a 
flop. The turn and river 
failed to save his tournament life, and he wished his table luck before loping slowly out the door.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
Eliminado |
Philippe Sintes raised to 1,600 from early position, Mohamed El Hamdi called from the cutoff seat and Rifat Palevic called from the big blind. The flop came down and Palevic checked. Sintes bet 2,500, El Hamdi called and then Palevic check-raised to 8,825. Sintes folded, but El Hamdi called.
The turn was the 
and Palevic kept the pressure on with a bet to 11,800. El Hamdi folded and Palevic won the pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
|
230,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
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The clock has ticked down through the first level, and the players are off for their first 20-minute break.
Staring straight into the face of another human being, for a prolonged period of time, can be a very difficult thing to do; unless you are Martin Jacobson or Chad Brown that is. The pair of them just exchanged glares in a very interesting pot.
At the beginning of the hand Jacobson (99,000) and Brown (91100) were evenly stacked. Brown raised to 1,500 from middle position and Jacobson defended his big blind. The flop was 
and Jacobson check-called a 1,500 Brown c-bet. Moving on to the turn and this is where the hand got a little interesting. The dealer placed the 
onto the felt and Jacobson led this time with a bet of 3,700. Brown's reaction was to raise to 9,000 and stare right into the face of Jacobson. Jacobson looked composed and took a few minutes before pulling his chips back and replacing them with 22,000 new ones. He then stared deep into the eyes of Brown who just stared right back. For a moment it looked as if no-one would do anything before Brown made the call and both sets of eyes changed direction and headed to the board. The card they were all waiting for was the 
and with all the tension of the turn seemingly evaporated both players checked.
"I have a six," said Jacobson.
Brown turned over 
, "I didn't think you would pay me off," said Brown.
Jacobson found this comment funny and mucked his hand while having a little chuckle to himself.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
117,000
13,050
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13,050 |
|
74,000
17,725
|
17,725 |
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If our reigning champion, James Bord, is going to retain his title then he is going to have to do it the hard way. How about this for a table of talent. WSOP bracelet winner Fabrice Soulier (seat 3: 36,000), WSOP Circuit event winner Sam Chartier (seat 4: 52,000), WSOP bracelet winner Alex Kravchenko (seat 5:19,000) and WSOP bracelet winner James Dempsey (seat 6: 56,000). Bord himself is sat on 41,000 chips.
The action folded around to James Dempsey in the small blind and he was sat with 47,525 chips and he raised to 1,800. His opponent in the big blind was Sergey Tikhonov with 111,800 chips and he made the call. The flop was 
and Dempsey c-bet 3,000 but Tikhonov immediately clicked it back for 6,000. Dempsey took his time before making the call and both players then checked the 
turn. The last card the pair would share was the 
and Dempsey bet 9,000 to win the pot.
| Jogador | Fichas | Oscilação |
|---|---|---|
|
104,000 | |
|
56,000
9,525
|
9,525 |
|
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|
52,000
23,225
|
23,225 |
|
41,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
|
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36,000
2,500
|
2,500 |
|
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|
19,000
3,400
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3,400 |
Nível: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
