Philippe Boucher has seen his chip graph steadily increase through these first few levels. He just played out a hand in position and managed to win it without showdown.
He raised to 2,500 from the button and Palevic three-bet to 7,500 from the small blind. Victor Ramdin called quickly from the big blind and that helped bring in Boucher.
The flop was and and Palevic continued for 17,000 and only Boucher called. The turn was checked to the river where Palvic checked to face a 24,500 bet. The Swede procrastinated for a time and folded, only after Boucher started speaking to him.
Ludovic Lacay, one of the French favorites, has just been eliminated in 20th place. We were not present for his bust out but one of our French colleagues told us how it went down.
In a pre flop all-in he lost with against . The board came down and that was it for Lacay. We're almost down to the final three tables.
On a board Jon Spinks bet out 14,500 into a big pot and almost instantly Fierro mucked his cards. Nicolas Fierro started the day as chip leader but has gone down a lot as he's below the average stack at this point. Jon Spinks keeps grinding and must feel better even though he and Fierro have the same stack.
Joshua Green has been battling a short stack all day after coming back with around 10,000. He's still battling a short stack but has a little more breathing room after doubling up to 28,000.
He saw an flop with chip leader Antony Lellouche before the rest of the chips went in.
The Frenchman was a ahead with as Green tabled for a worse two-pair.
The board ran out to make a backdoor straight for the Brit.
We first witnessed a hand between Alexander Kostritsyn and Jarred Solomon in which the latter lost some chips. The board read when Solomon bet out 6,000 and Kostritsyn decided to raise to 13,700. Solomon tanked long and hard but couldn't find the fold button. Kostritsyn showed and raked in the pot getting himself up to 120,000 chips.
The next hand Solomon raised from the under the gun position to 3,400 getting calls from Kostritsyn and Vedes who was in the big blind. The flop came down and all three players checked. The turn was the and Vedes potted for 11,000 leaving himself with just 100 chips behind. Solomon made the call after which Kostritsyn folded.
The river was the and the last 100 chip was thrown into the pot. Solomon showed [Ah} and Vedes flashed before finally mucking his cards and exiting the tournament. We're down to three tables.