After Dennis Phillips checked the board, Sam Chartier bet 1,700. Phillips made the call and the dealer completed the board with the on the river. Phillips checked again and Chartier decided on a bet of 3,000. Immediately after the bet hit the felt in front of Chartier, Phillips folded.
Stephen Williams raised under the gun to 600 and Freedy Deeb called in the big blind. The flop was and both players checked. The turn was the and Deeb check-called a 1,200 Williams bet. The river was the and Deeb once again checked. Williams fired out a bet of 3,000 and after a brief moment of thought Deeb called. Williams showed and Deeb mucked his hand.
The day started with an amazing 360 players and with just over two and a half level to go there are only 150 players remaining. The average stack at the moment is 17.881 or 59 big blinds.
EPT Londen winner David Vamplew is not enjoying his day here in Cannes, he just sighed and stared at the ceiling for a number of seconds after he lost a pot against Nick Binger. Moments later he busted out.
We picked up the action from the flop when there was on the table. Vamplew was in the under the gun position and bet 875, Binger called from the button. The turn was the and Vamplew reached for chips betting 1,600. Binger thought for a while and requested Vamplew to move his hands so he could get a count. The Brit only had 4,500 chips behind but Binger just called.
The river was the and both players checked. Vamplew showed after which he got to see Binger's hand. The WSOP bracelet winner showed and raked in the pot. Both players flopped a flush draw but Binger hit a pair on the turn to take the pot away from Vamplew. A few hands later Vamplew shoved the button with pocket fives, a player in the blinds re-shoved with suited and that was it for Vamplew.
Eugene Katchalov made it 400 on the button and Vladimir Troyanovski popped it up to 1,300 in the small blind, Katchalow moved all-in for 6,000 total and Troyanovski called.
Troyanovski
Katchalov
Katchalov was in excellent shape until the flop!
Flop:
The turn gave him some hope but the killed them seconds late.
From middle position, Marc Bariller raised to 450. Jason Mercier was in the cutoff seat and reraised all in for 1,675. In the big blind, Anatolii Ozhenilok made the call and then Bariller also called.
The flop came down and Mercier put his hand over his eyes and peeked through the smallest possible crack in his fingers that he could. Ozhenilok fired 2,000 and Bariller called.
The turn was the and both remaining players checked. They also checked the on the river.
At the showdown, Ozhenilok showed the and Bariller mucked. Mercier showed the quickly, but then mucked his hand and headed out the door.
Crippled on the previous hand, Jason Mercier moved all in for 1,350 from the small blind after action folded to him. The big blind folded and Mercier scooped up the blinds plus antes.
We caught the action on the turn when there was already 11,000 in the pot. After the player in the big blind checked to the Spaniard he shoved for 9,175 on a board. The opponent of the WSOP Main Event winner tanked for a long time and eventually folded leaving himself with 19,000 chips. Mortensen is up to 21,000 and doing very well.