The board read and Martins Adeniya was in the big blind seat and he bet 7,150, which prompted a wry smile from Daniel Smith, who then called. The river was the and Adneniya now checked. Smith fired a bet of 9,625 and Adeniya got out of the way pretty quickly.
Will "The Thrill" Failla has just busted two players in once hand to catapult him back to around 40,000 chips.
From under the gun a short stacked Gavin Cochrane moved all in and next to act was Audrey Villano who also moved all in for what turned out to be 10,825. One player folded and Failla re-shoved over the top of them both and when the rest of the table folded it was time for a showdown.
Cochrane
Villano
Failla
The final board ran out and Failla helped himself to a substantial pot.
Matt Waxman, 2011 World Poker Tour Paris champion, check-called a bet of 3,900 on the board from 2009 APPT Macau champion Dermot Blain. The river completed the board with the and Waxman checked again. Blain contemplated betting, but claimed, "I'm a nit," and checked.
Waxman tabled the and Blain the . Waxman's losing hand was mucked and Blain won the pot.
Phil Hellmuth will not be adding bracelet number 12 to his collection as he has just been eliminated here in Cannes.
Down to 1,600 he decided to raise to 1,100 from the hijack seat and then call off his last 500 chips when Michael Telker three-bet to 2,800 from the small blind.
Hellmuth
Telker
A drama-less board saw Hellmuth rise from his seat, say goodbye to Ben Lamb and exit stage left.
We just reported how Will "The Thrill" Failla busted two players at once. He just sent another player to the rail.
The money went in on the flop with Failla holding the and his opponent the . The turn was the and the river the to bump Failla to about 85,000 in chips.
Jason Mercier raised to 1,000 under the gun and Chris Moorman, next to act, three-bet to 2,500. Everyone folded to Mercier and he put in the chips and called. A flop reading was checked by Mercier, Moorman bet 3,150 and Mercier folded.
These two have been at each other for the last couple of levels and it is only a matter of time before they really clash.
Jason Mercier has just been eliminated from the tournament at the hands of Chris Moorman. When we got to the table, the board of was in the middle with Moorman's tabled versus Mercier's .