Steve Billirakis raises in the hijack seat and Ramzi Jelassi calls in the small blind. The flop is and Jelassi check-calls a 16,000 Billirakis bet. Both players check the on the turn before Jelassi bets at the sight of the on the river. Billirakis checks his cards and makes the call and Jelassi wins it with jacks-full of aces.
Ramzi Jelassi raises to 16,000 and Konstantin Uspenskiy three-bets to 60,000 and Jelassi calls. The flop is and Jelassi moves a tower of grey across the line equating to around 100,000. This is more than Uspenskiy owns and he makes the call.
Jelassi
Uspenskiy
Turn: & River:
Uspenskiy is eliminated and Jelassi makes some light between him and Trickett at the top of the leader board.
After a slow start the players at the final table kicked it into a higher gear giving us plenty of action to describe. We just caught the action on the flop between Jelassi and Di Lauro. The flop read and Di Lauro check-called a 22,000 bet from Jelassi.
The turn was the and Di Lauro checked-called again. This time the bet was 40,000 and the river brought out the . For the third straight time the Italian checked to Jelassi who fired out 70,000. Di Lauro gave it some thought and finally called.
Jelassi showed for trips but his cards got mucked as soon as Di Lauro turned over . Di Lauro mumbled something about a check-raise spot but we it wasn't clear on which street he had this plan. Jelassi give something to the Italian evening out the chips even more.
After being agressive for quite some time Jerome Bradpiece finally managed to find a very important double up. We caught the action on the flop, , with Trickett betting out 47,000. Bradpiece thought about it for a while and decided to raise to 82,000. "Pot," Trickett announced making it 301,000 effectively putting Bradpiece all-in who called quickly.
Jerome Bradpiece
Sam Trickett
The turn was the changing nothing but the river, the , gave Bradpiece the winning full house. Frustration was clearly visible on Trickett's face as he lost a big chunk of his stack. It's still everyone's game here in Cannes as we head towards the third WSOPE bracelet winner of 2011.
Michele Di Lauro raised to 20,000 on the button and Jerome Bradpiece called in the big blind. The flop was and both players check. The turn of proved to be the action card. Bradpiece checked to Di Lauro who bet 15,000. Action back to Bradpiece and he check-raised to 52,000. It was a strong move but one that didn't phase the Italian. Di Lauro raised the action back up to 125,000 and Bradpiece folded.
Ramzi Jelassi raises to 20,000 in early position and Sam Trickett takes a shot at him from the small blind. The action is slow and checks all the way through to the river on a board of . Trickett bets 25,000 and Jelassi pays him off before mucking his cards unseen.
Jerome Bradpiece makes it 25,000 in the hijack seat and Steve Billirakis three-bets to 90,000 in the cut-off. The action folds back around to the cap and shades wearing Bradpiece and he makes the call.
Flop:
Bradpiece moves all-in and has Billirakis covered; Billirakis makes the instant call.
and Jelassi check-calls a 16,000 Billirakis bet. Both players check the 
on the turn before Jelassi bets at the sight of the 
on the river. Billirakis checks his cards and makes the call and Jelassi wins it with jacks-full of aces.
and Jelassi moves a tower of grey across the line equating to around 100,000. This is more than Uspenskiy owns and he makes the call.
& River: 
and Di Lauro check-called a 22,000 bet from Jelassi.
and Di Lauro checked-called again. This time the bet was 40,000 and the river brought out the 
. For the third straight time the Italian checked to Jelassi who fired out 70,000. Di Lauro gave it some thought and finally called.
. Di Lauro mumbled something about a check-raise spot but we it wasn't clear on which street he had this plan. Jelassi give something to the Italian evening out the chips even more.
changing nothing but the river, the 
, gave Bradpiece the winning full house. Frustration was clearly visible on Trickett's face as he lost a big chunk of his stack. It's still everyone's game here in Cannes as we head towards the third WSOPE bracelet winner of 2011.
proved to be the action card. Bradpiece checked to Di Lauro who bet 15,000. Action back to Bradpiece and he check-raised to 52,000. It was a strong move but one that didn't phase the Italian. Di Lauro raised the action back up to 125,000 and Bradpiece folded.
. Trickett bets 25,000 and Jelassi pays him off before mucking his cards unseen.
