Noel Gaens raised to 300,000 from UTG with a short-stack and it was passed around to Walid Bou Habib in the big blind. The Lebanese player thought for a moment and set Gaens all in, the latter didn't look too happy but felt himself priced in to call off his chips.
Gaens:
Bou Habib:
The flop didn't improve either player and the on the turn left the Belgian drawing to one of just two remaining tens in the deck but the river was another and with that, Bou Habib has solidified his position in second place.
Following a couple more raise-and-take hands, [Removed:4] opened for 200,000 from the button, then Franck Kalfon reraised all in for 1,090,000 from the small blind. Robert Romeo gave up his hand in the big blind, then Rudelitz looked through his green sunglasses at Kalfon's chips for a few beats before calling.
Rudelitz turned up and Kalfon . The flop came and the turn , meaning Kalfon's fours were still ahead. The dealer then burned a card and delivered the river… the . A brief roar emerged from the rail as Kalfon's supporters expressed their glee, and Kalfon has now bettered his situation considerably, moving up over 2.3 million.
[Removed:4] open-raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and won the blinds and antes, then on the next hand he min-raised again from middle position and watched as Franck Kalfon — a.k.a. "Special Agent: Franck Kalfon" (as the PokerStars.tv commentators have dubbed him) — reraised all in for 820,000 from next position.
It folded back around to the new chip leader who took his time deciding what to do, then after nearly a minute pushed his hand away. Kalfon — who said before the final table "I'll play to win" — adds chips but remains the short stack.
Robert Romeo raised to 160,000 from UTG and it was passed around to Noel Gaens who called his fellow Belgian to see a flop of . Romeo bet 180,000 and Gaens instantly folded.
Walid Bou Habib raised to 165,000 from the button and Remi Castaignon defended his big blind. The flop was and the Frenchman checked and then folded when Bou Habib bet 175,000.
New chip leader [Removed:4] raised to 160,000 from UTG, the first hand since that huge double up and everyone promptly folded.
Castaignon made it 160,000 from the button and Rudelitz defended in the big blind. The flop was and both players checked the flop, then on the turn the German check-called a 180,000 chip bet. The on the river saw Rudelitz now lead out for 300,000 and Castaignon quickly folded.
Joseph El Khoury raised to 180,000 from middle position to take the blinds. Then came a hand in which Franck Kalfon opened for 165,000 from the cutoff, then let his hand go when Noel Gaens shoved all in from the big blind.
As the table continued taking in what had just happened in that huge lead-changing hand between [Removed:4] and Remi Castaignon, Castaignon immediately was back at it with a raise to 160,000 from middle position. Robert Robert Romeo called from the big blind, and the flop came .
Romeo checked, Castaignon bet 150,000, and Romeo called. Both players then checked the turn. The river then brought the . At the sight of that card, Romeo set out a bet of 325,000, and after just a brief pause Castaignon stepped aside.
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flop didn't improve either player and the 
on the turn left the Belgian drawing to one of just two remaining tens in the deck but the river was another 
and with that, Bou Habib has solidified his position in second place.
and Kalfon 
. The flop came 
, meaning Kalfon's fours were still ahead. The dealer then burned a card and delivered the river… the 
. A brief roar emerged from the rail as Kalfon's supporters expressed their glee, and Kalfon has now bettered his situation considerably, moving up over 2.3 million.
and the Frenchman checked and then folded when Bou Habib bet 175,000.
and both players checked the flop, then on the 
.