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.
Wesley Wong has unfortunately been eliminated. He started the day short with just 21,000 in chips and did not make a comeback.
His last chips went in with pocket sixes versus pocket sevens where he three-bet shoved from the cutoff. No sixes on the flop turn or river and no other help on the board either. Beach time for Wong.
The numbers are in for the PokerStars Championship Monte Carlo. A total of 727 players have made for a total prize pool of €3,525,950, with a little over €500,000 reserved for the winner.
Artan Dedusha has been entertaining his table that includes Faraz Jaka and Dan Smith, and he just sent Olivier Jarny to the rail. Dedusha opened to 3,200 and Jarny then shoved out of the small blind for his last 15,800 with Dedusha quickly calling.
Artan Dedusha:
Olivier Jarny:
"It is not ace-king, or otherwise I would lose for sure," Dedusha joked. The board ran out and that was it for Jarny. The vacant seat was filled with Fatima Moreira de Melo and she mentioned to be very relaxed today. "He will screw you up," Jaka joked and pointed to Dedusha.
Celina Lin raised to 3,000 in first position, Maxim Lykov three-bet to 8,100 from the small blind and Lin called. Lykov bet 6,500 on the flop and Lin called again.
On the turn, Lykov kept firing with a bet of 21,500. The Chinese Team PokerStars Pro put in another call, then both players checked the on the river.
Lykov showed for a pair of jacks, Lin tabled for a pair of aces and took it down.
Gaelle Baumann lost her remaining 13,000 against table neighbor Lander Lijo, while fellow Winamax Pro Sylvain Loosli was more fortunate. He got his stack of 22,400 in with against the pocket nines of Day 1b chip leader Gianluca Speranza and got there on a board of .
Isaac Haxton raised to 2,600 from under the gun and Jeff Hakim called, as did Julian Feriolo from one seat over. The small blind also came along and the flop fell . The small blind checked and subsequently folded, while Haxton continued for 3,300. Both Hakim and Ferioli called and the on the turn saw a check by Haxton, a bet of 13,500 by Hakim and a call by Feriolo.
Haxton got out of the way and that brought the on the river for the two remaining players. Hakim checked and Feriolo bet 18,000.
"Do you have diamonds?" Hakim eventually asked and then called half a minute later. Feriolo turned over for the nut flush and Hakim nodded.