With 10 players still remaining it looks like they might all make the dinner break and have to come back and fight to the final eight at the speed of mopeds in stop-and-go bumper to bumper traffic. There have been hints at big decisions, but the big pots never quite developed. An example: threeway to a flop Mickael Guenni checked, and Antoine Amourette bet 40k. Nourredine Aittaleb folded here, but Guenni took a couple of minutes to consider his stack before pushing all in. As soon as it was obvious that this was what he was doing, Amourette saved the stack-moving time and just immediately passed. Guenni now has around half a million.
Having dispatched Bruel earlier Ilan Boujenah has probably given his short-handed table a good idea that he's not a huge fan of folding. A bit of a wildcard, he gives the impression that he's capable of suddenly snapping at any time, which may work to his advantage, or may get him into trouble. Earlier today he was threebet preflop and just moved all in. The two others still involved in the hand folded after thinking for a while and he showed pocket Deuces saying, "Never raise me!"
He's taken 50k+ off of Mickael Guenni this orbit, reraising his 29k preflop to 80k and taking that one down, then betting him off a flop moments later.
The only hand he's really let go of was a sb vs. bb one against Nourredine Aitaleb, where he quickly check-folded when Aittaleb bet 45k. He was shown for a flopped two pair to put his mind at ease.
A rare three-way pot after Fabrice Touil raised to 25,000. Quinn Sivage called from the cut-off and Per Linde made the call in the small blind.
The flop came and it was checked to Sivage who bet 45,000. Linde made the call but then surprisingly so did Touil.
All three checked the turn and this gave us the on the river. Linde checked once more and Touil snap-bet 70,000 very quickly, Sivage made the call but then Linde suddenly woke up, making a very interesting check-raise to 230,000. Touil looked in agony but folded after much thought, Sivage also folded.
Linde is up to 1,000,000, Touil down to 300,000 while Sivage is around the 480,000 mark.
Short stack van Zadelhoff, after demonstrating some admirable grinding all through today, finally got it in in a race for his last 200k. He moved all in over Theo Jorgensen with and was called by his . Despite the opinion elsewhere on the table that, "King-queen is the best hand in hold'em" the board ran out and we lose the popular Dutchman just outside the final table.
Patrick Bruel kept the brakes off on the last few hands before the break, reraising Arnaud Mattern preflop and picking up another 25k. His recent aggression might have contributed to his exit, however, as this time he picked up a true nonbeliever in Ilan Boujenah. On a flop of Boujenah bet out 35k. Bruel, in position, counted out an extra 70k on top and pushed that in. Boujenah announced, "All-in," and was immediately called by Bruel who had the overpair . Boujenah could only table !
The on the turn quickly dashed Bruel's hopes of doubling through, however, and the river saw him shaking his head and putting on his coat. Boujenah rockets up over 800k though.
It's unlucky 13 for Alexander Kravchenko, putting his stack at risk with but finding himself dominated by Ilan Boujenah's both before and after the board.
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flop Mickael Guenni checked, and Antoine Amourette bet 40k. Nourredine Aittaleb folded here, but Guenni took a couple of minutes to consider his stack before pushing all in. As soon as it was obvious that this was what he was doing, Amourette saved the stack-moving time and just immediately passed. Guenni now has around half a million.
and Touil jumped from his seat with an almight cheer. Having seen his big stack whittled down to 340,000 he's now back up to 700,000.
for a flopped two pair to put his mind at ease.
turn and this gave us the 
on the river. Linde checked once more and Touil snap-bet 70,000 very quickly, Sivage made the call but then Linde suddenly woke up, making a very interesting check-raise to 230,000. Touil looked in agony but folded after much thought, Sivage also folded.
and was called by his 
. Despite the opinion elsewhere on the table that, "King-queen is the best hand in hold'em" the board ran out 
and Sivage check-raised a bet of 35,000 to 85,000 and after some deliberation the Swede called.
and Sivage thought for a moment and checked, Linde checked behind.
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Boujenah bet out 35k. Bruel, in position, counted out an extra 70k on top and pushed that in. Boujenah announced, "All-in," and was immediately called by Bruel who had the overpair 
on the turn quickly dashed Bruel's hopes of doubling through, however, and the river 
but finding himself dominated by Ilan Boujenah's 
