Mick Graydon made what would become his final stand, shipping it all in pre-flop with , only to see chip leader Paul Guichard push all in behind him.
The rest of the table folded and Guichard showed a dominating that held on the board to make Graydon the first casualty of this final table and increase Guichard's chip lead.
Olivier Rogez got the better of Chris Brammer a lot yesterday, a big factor in the Brit's demise. Brammer said that the Frenchman had a tendency to always "donk" lead after he defended his big blind. This made it very hard to put him on a hand.
Rogez just made the same play against Luca Pagano, and it worked. The Team PokerStars Pro opened to 175,000 but tank folded when Rogez led for 250,000 on the flop. Pagano wasn't on the same table as the Frenchman yesterday, so must be still getting used to his style of play
Just a few hands later Paul Guichard made it 160,000 under the gun and Pagano shipped it in for his last 1.5 million chips. Guichard folded.
Bruno Jais failed to pay proper attention to the action in front of him and it cost him a good portion of his stack.
Vadzim Kursevich opened to 165,000 before Paul Guichard three-bet to 365,000 from the next seat along. The action folded to Jais on the button and he called the 165,000, not seeing the three-bet. His mistake was pointed out and he called the extra. Kursevich folded to leave the other two to see a flop.
Guichard continued for 390,000 and the Frenchman called to the turn. Guichard had another bullet loaded and fired for 475,000. Jais folded, maybe with the thought of why didn't I fold pre-flop?
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, only to see chip leader Paul Guichard push all in behind him.
that held on the 
board to make Graydon the first casualty of this final table and increase Guichard's chip lead.
flop. Pagano wasn't on the same table as the Frenchman yesterday, so must be still getting used to his style of play
hit the turn. A check from Jais led to a Guichard bet of 325,000 to take it down.