[Removed:146] raised to 215,000 and Nicolas Chouity made the call.
The flop was and both players checked. The turn paired coming with the and Guerfi bet 310,000 and Chouity made the call.
The river was the and Guerfi thought for a while before betting 785,000. Chouity announced all-in and Guerfi called, having committed most of his stack.
Chouity flipped for a full house and Guerfi could only show for rivered top pair.
Chouity has almost 15 million chips of the 24 million in play. He is a monster.
Nicolas Chouity raised from the button and Andrew Chen called in the small blind. Herve Costa folded his big blind, and they went heads up to a flop.
Flop:
Chen checked, and then called the 250,000 bet from Chouity. They proceeded.
Turn:
Chen checked again, and this time Chouity checked behind.
River:
Chen bet out 425,000 as the fourth heart fell on the river. Chouity called, and announced, "Ace." He turned over . Presumably Chen didn't have either a heart or a better ace, as he mucked and Chouity edged above the 11 million mark.
Josef Klinger raised to 180,000 but then [Removed:146] reraised all-in for about 2.3 million. Klinger did not fold instantly but reluctantly gave up the hand after a couple of minutes.
Andrew Chen raised to 185,000 and everyone else folded; he took the pot.
Next hand Chouity raised to 180,000. He picked up the blinds and antes.
The following hand Chen opened to 185,000 again but this time Dominykas Karmazinas on the button announced a reraise. It took him a while to decide on the amount, but finally opted for 420,000. The blinds both folded, and after just a very short while, so did Chen.
Aleh Plauski opened for 220,000 and in the small blind [Removed:146] asked how much Plauski had behind. The answer was around 2.1 million, and after a while Guerfi reraised to 640,000.
Over to chip leader Nicolas Chouity in the big blind, who paused - and then announced all in to cover them both. "Oh, maybe you save me," said Plauski as he folded. Guerfi tanked for a while, and in the end he folded too.
Chouity moved up to 10,595,000. Guerfi's stack was reduced to 2,535,000.
Chouity took the next pot as well, three-betting Dominykas Karmazinas who folded swiftly.