Gaelle Baumann opened in late position and Fabrice Soulier defended his big blind. On a flop, Soulier checked, Baumann bet 2,500, Soulier check-raised to 5,700 and Baumann called.
The turn was the and Soulier kept up his aggression with a bet of 7,700. Baumann once again came along with the call.
On the river, Soulier fired a bet of 22,900, which was for nearly all of Baumann's remaining stack. The French pro seized up her countryman, assessed the situation, then slid in a call.
Soulier tabled the unexpected for a turned straight. With a pained look on her face, Baumann threw her hand in the muck and was left with just four big blinds.
At the same table, Thomas Muehloecker's seat has been taken by another player.
Randy Lew was one of the 11 players that registered at the start of Day 2, which gave him 30 big blinds to work with. The Team PokerStars Pro was able to enjoy those chips for just one level before they were all gone.
In his final hand, Lew opened to 2,200 and Patrik Antonius called on the button. Hideki Takafuji three-bet big from the small blind, Lew shoved 18,400 total, Antonius folded and Takafuji called.
Randy Lew:
Hideki Takafuji:
Lew was behind from start to finish on and headed for the rail.
In a four-way limped pot, Steve O'Dwyer saw a flop from the blinds for free. The exact earlier flop action was unknown, but Steve O'Dwyer had a T-5,000 chip in front of him. Paul Tedeschi had raised to 16,000, O'Dwyer went all in for 27,500 and Tedeshi called it off.
Paul Tedeschi:
Steve O'Dwyer:
O'Dwyer was looking for straight and flush outs against Tedeschi's set, but the on the turn slammed that door shut. The meaningless river sealed it for O'Dwyer, who already racked up two six-figure scores earlier this week.
At 12:00 p.m. local time, Day 2 of the PokerStars Championship presented by Monte-Carlo Casino® €5,300 will kick off. 716 hopefuls bought themselves into the Main Event, and after two starting days, 329 of them still have shot to become the first PokerStars Championship Main Event winner on European soil. Late registration is still open up until the start of Day 2 and ultra-late registrants will get a stack of 30 big blinds to spin up.
Jeff Hakim was the runaway chipleader on Day 1a and will start with 305,300 in chips, far more than his nearest rival Stefan Shillhabel (203,000). Notables with a strong showing on Day 1 include Manig Loeser (195,700), EPT9 Deauville winner Remi Castaigon (160,000), Igor Yaroshevskyy (156,700) and Ole Schemion (144,900).
Poker legend and Monacan resident Patrik Antonius, Last year's EPT12 Grand Final winner Jan Bendik and Team PokerStars Pro's Liv Boeree, Celina Lin, Jason Mercier, Igor Kurganov, Fatima Moreira de Melo, Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier and Daniel Negreanu are still in contention as well.
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flop, Soulier checked, Baumann bet 2,500, Soulier check-raised to 5,700 and Baumann called.
and Soulier kept up his aggression with a bet of 7,700. Baumann once again came along with the call.
river, Soulier fired a bet of 22,900, which was for nearly all of Baumann's remaining stack. The French pro seized up her countryman, assessed the situation, then slid in a call.
for a turned straight. With a pained look on her face, Baumann threw her hand in the muck and was left with just four big blinds.
and headed for the rail.
flop from the blinds for free. The exact earlier flop action was unknown, but Steve O'Dwyer had a T-5,000 chip in front of him. Paul Tedeschi had raised to 16,000, O'Dwyer went all in for 27,500 and Tedeshi called it off.
on the turn slammed that door shut. The meaningless 
river sealed it for O'Dwyer, who already racked up two six-figure scores earlier this week.
