Just now the board read when George Danzer was holding for a straight, with on top of that a redraw to a flush draw. Jonathan Duhamel had for two pair and it looked like this pot was going to blow up into epic proportions.
Duhamel bet 2,200 and Danzer made the call, after which the river was the . Danzer made a flush and that slowed the action down, as there were four spades on the board. The action was checked and Danzer now holds a big chip lead with 33,000 versus 7,000.
Bertrand Grospellier folded himself all the way down to just 1,600 chips before calling all in when Ivan Soshnikov put him at risk once more.
Grospellier:
Soshnikov:
Grospellier shook his head, as he couldn't get anything going all match, and the board ran out to give Team Russia the victory. Team France is now in trouble, as they are near the bottom of the standings.
Jonathan Duhamel and George Danzer got their chips in the middle before the flop. Duhamel was the one at risk, trying to double his 5,450 stack.
George Danzer:
Jonathan Duhamel:
The flop came and the German enclave here in Malta sounded disappointed. The gave them some hope, but the was a blank. Double up for Duhamel to 11,000. Danzer still leads with 29,000.
Team France is now officially in trouble, as Paul Tedeschi just lost against Anatoly Filatov. France has now lost two matches and the pressure is now on Sylvain Loosli who's playing against Vladimir Troyanovskiy.
On the final hand of the match Tedeschi was all in before the flop for 12,550 and Filatov had him dominated.
Filatov:
Tedeschi:
Filatov put his sunglasses on before the dealer brought out the flop and said, "If the seven comes you will not see how I cry," and everybody watching cracked up laughing.
The flop brought and Filatov maintained his lead.
"Let me take a selfie," Filatov joked, as he took a selfie with the board in the background when the dealer put the on the turn.
The river was the and that secured another win for Team Russia against Team France.
All the pressure is now on Marc-Andre Ladouceur in his match up against Marvin Rettenmaier after Jonathan Duhamel lost against George Danzer. Andrew Chen had already lost against Ole Schemion and so far Canada remains at the bottom of the standings.
Duhamel moved all in before the flop for 9,550 and Danzer made the call.
Danzer:
Duhamel:
The board ran out and Duhamel was knocked out.
Ladouceur has to win and Sylvain Loosli has to lose against Vladimir Troyanovskiy in order for Team Canada to advance.
All countries but two have secured a spot in the semifinals. Team Canada and Team France can still swap places at the bottom, but only if Marc-Andre Ladouceur wins against Marvin Rettenmaier and if Sylvain Loosli loses to Vladimir Troyanovskiy.
The board showed when Dario Sammartino called 5,200 and his opponent, Team Ukraine's Eugene Katchalov, showed . Sammartino showed and he raked in this big pot.
Katchalov's down to 9,000 while Sammartino has 31,000.