Ankit Ahuja had called the raise of Antoine Goutard preflop from the big blind.
The flop came and Ahuja check-called the bet of Goutard who was sitting in mid-position.
The turn was the on which Ahuja check-called again.
The river completed the board with the and Ahuja checked for the last time. Goutard continued with a bet of 90,000 into the pot that contained around 120,000 already. Ahuja responded with a shove of 264,000 which sent Goutard into the tank. After a while, Goutard decided to make the call. Ahuja flipped over and rapped the table when he saw Goutard had . Ahuja was sent to the payout desk while Goutard grabbed the chip lead with this monster pot.
Julien Martini raised to 20,000 from mid-position and was called by Alberto Bari in the big blind.
The flop came , Bari check-called the 16,000 continuation-bet of Martini.
The turn brought them the , Bari checked again and Martini barreled another bet over the line, now for 44,000. Bari took a few seconds and then folded. The PokerStars Players Championship runner-up picked up the pot to now take him to over 500,000.
The floor has just confirmed that the players will play three full levels before a 20-minute break will take place. Then another three levels of 40 minutes will take place before the remaining players will be sent for a 75-minute dinner break.
Kaspars Renga was all-in from under the gun for his last chips and called by Julien Bolimowski in the hijack.
Kaspars Renga:
Julien Bolimowski:
The board ran out for Renga to flop a pair of nines but no extra nines came on the rest of the board as he was eliminated before the start of the next level.
Miguel Capriles had raised from under the gun and Wei Huang shoved for his last 31,000 from the button. Action folded back to Capriles who called.
Wei Huang:
Miguel Capriles:
The flop came , "Kings always win" Capriles commented.
The turn was the and the river completed the board with the to give Capriles a runner-runner flush to eliminate Huang as one of the first players of the day.