Intrepid reporter "Happy_Freaked" brought you news of an important clash between Phil Hellmuth and Vanessa Selbst just a few short minutes ago (Hellmuth and Selbst Clash in Big One). Then this happened.
Selbst made a standard raise from early position and Hellmuth made the three-bet from the button. Action back on to Selbst and she four-bet to a clean 10,000, putting the pressure right back to Hellmuth.
"Alright, I guess I am all in," said Hellmuth.
Selbst looked far from happy, but eventually made the call.
Hellmuth
Selbst
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Both players shook hands and a bitterly disappointed Selbst departed.
"I really respect her game (Selbst), but during the break I told myself that if I had the chance I would move all in with Jacks," Hellmuth said to his table mate.
Hellmuth is right up there with Casey Kastle at the top of the chip counts.
At least that's what we assume when Romain Matteoli turned over the winning hand on the river. The hand played out as following.
The flop was when day one chipleader Alessandro Speranza checked to Matteoli who bet 1,800. Speranza called quickly and the turn was the . Speranza check-called a 3,500 bet that got us to see the on the river. For the third consecutive time Speranza checked and Matteoli bet 5,000. The Italian tanked for close to a minute and than called to see that Matteoli had rivered a pair of queens, he showed . Speranza mucked and was left behind with around 25,000 chips. Matteoli is looking healthy with 45,000 chips.
In the second to last hand of day one Flavien Guenan launched himself into the chiplead after clashing in a huge pot with Alessandro Speranza. Today he had all eyes on him but in the first level he ended up losing a couple of pots setting him back to 85,000 chips. Guenan just won a big pot against EPT London finalist Martins Adeniya and that got him back to to 100,000 group.
With on the board Guenan bet 16,700 and Adeniya called while letting out a big sigh. The Frenchman turned over for trip sixed and raked in this sizable pot.
Bryn Kenney just doubled up and we got the details but shortly after this hand finished he told us about a hand he played earlier against Sam Chartier. "I three-bet and he cold-four-bet all-in" Kenney said about the hand that crippled him. Kenney called the shove with tens and was in good shape against pocket fours. A four popped out on the river giving Chartier a set and leaving Kenney with just 11,000 chips.
Moments later Bruno Benveniste raised from the under the gun position, Kenney shoved from the button for 10,800 and Beneviste called.
Bruno Benveniste
Bryn Kenney
The board ran out giving Kenney new hopes on a deep run. He's still well below average but there's more room to maneuver after this double up.
when day one chipleader Alessandro Speranza checked to Matteoli who bet 1,800. Speranza called quickly and the turn was the 
. Speranza check-called a 3,500 bet that got us to see the 
on the river. For the third consecutive time Speranza checked and Matteoli bet 5,000. The Italian tanked for close to a minute and than called to see that Matteoli had rivered a pair of queens, he showed 
. Speranza mucked and was left behind with around 25,000 chips. Matteoli is looking healthy with 45,000 chips.
for trip sixed and raked in this sizable pot.
