The times are tough for Pascal LeFrancois, as he just lost another pot which dropped him down to 1.46 million.
LeFrancois raised to 125,000 and Andreas Samuelsson three-bet from the big blind to 375,000. LeFrancois tanked for a bit before calling, and the flop brought out .
Rui Sousa opened for 200,000 even from the hijack with just 40,000 behind. Andreas Samuelsson on the button asked how much the minimum he could raise to was, and made it 340,000 when he learned so.
John Juanda now moved all in from the small blind and the big blind quickly folded. Sousa called for the additional 40,000 and Samuelsson folded, giving Juanda already some chips.
Rui Sousa:
John Juanda:
The board ran out and Sousa hit the rail in 18th place.
Andreas Samuelsson raised to 125,000 from the cutoff and Pascal LeFrancois called from the big blind.
The flop came down and LeFrancois checked to Samuelsson who bet 140,000, and the Canadian pro check-raised to 400,000.
Samuelsson tanked for a bit before making the call, and with a little over a million chips in the middle, the turn brought the .
"All in," LeFrancois announced after about 10 seconds, and Samuelsson went into the tank.
Samuelsson swung his hand, filled with chips, forward and shook his head. After another hesitation, and with a sour look on his face, the Swede called all in for 1,550,000.
LeFrancois showed and had a double gutter against Samuelsson's . The river was the and Samuelsson's big pair held up in this enormous pot.
Dominykas Karmazinas opened for 125,000 and Rui Sousa in the cutoff shoved for 1,330,000. Andreas Samuelsson in the small blind called all in for 925,000 total. Juanda and Karmazinas both folded.
Rui Sousa:
Andreas Samuelsson:
The board ran out and Samuelsson doubled without any hick ups.
The action folded over to Chris Walker in the small blind, and he moved all in for about 500,000 chips on Stuart McDonald's big blind. McDonald quickly called and the showdown went as following.
Walker:
McDonald:
"Adam, Adam!" McDonald yelled to his friend on the rail, "We're all in."
"Yeah, get your lucky charm," John Juanda encouraged McDonald.
"Adam, Adam!" Juanda then jokingly yelled as well, before the dealer put out the following board.
The board ran out and McDonald cheered as he knocked out Walker.
Frederik Jensen just raked in another massive pot, busting Mario Lopez after having hit trips on the river.
The action started with a raise to 120,000 from Lopez and Jensen defended his big blind. The flop came down and Jensen check-called a bet of 105,000.
On the turn the hit and both players checked.
The river completed the board with the and Jensen moved all in, to put Lopez under pressure for his last 700,000 chips. After a while Lopez made the call, and Jensen tabled for trips.
Lopez's friends on the rail thought that the of their friend had won, but the soon realized that the pot was pushed to Jensen. Lopez exited and Jensen is now near the top.
Pascal Lefrancois opened for 125,000 under the gun plus one and action folded to Cristinel Sandu in the big blind. Sandu raised to 350,000 with about 480,000 behind. Lefrancois shoved all in and Sandu snap called.
Pascal Lefrancois:
Cristinel Sandu:
The flop was full of blanks, but the last nine in the deck on the turn sure wasn't; .
"Give me a club!" Sandu said.
No club hit and instead the hit the river, knocking out Sandu.
Mikhail Petrov had just doubled his stack when he ended up all in again, but this time it played out differently. The Russian player moved all in for 1,040,000 from the cutoff and Mario Sanchez Cano looked him up from the button.