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Jelassi flipped over
and was happy to be racing his opponent's 
. The board ran
to double Jelassi up to 8,925.Continuing his commentary from before, Jelassi said, "That's bad news for them."
2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes
€8,500 Cannes Main Event
Day: 1a
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2008 Partouche Poker Tour - Cannes
Buy-in
$12,300
Entries
480
Level
31
Blinds
75,000 / 150,000
Ante
15,000
Jelassi flipped over
and was happy to be racing his opponent's . The board ran
to double Jelassi up to 8,925.Continuing his commentary from before, Jelassi said, "That's bad news for them."
Level: 6
Blinds: 150/300
Ante: 25
Pre-flop, Ferguson came in for a reraise from the small blind and made it a total of 1,250 to go. His lone opponent called and they saw a flop of
. Ferguson then made a continuation bet of 2,000 and his opponent quickly called. The turn brought the
and both players knuckled the table, opting to see the river for free.The
was the last card off the deck and Ferguson fired a bet of 4,500. His opponent tanked for some time before eventually making the call. The man they call 'Jesus' turned over 
for a full house and his opponent sluggishly revealed the 
for... that's right... quads.Although he lost the hand, Chris was all smiles afterwards, presumably thinking about how bad things could've been. He was left with a still-manageable 40,700 after the hand.
. The Great Dane led out with 600 chips and got one caller.Heads up, the two men went to the turn. It came the
, and both players checked.Fifth street was the
. Gus fingered a few chips before re-stacking them and checking his hole cards one more time. After a moment, he bet the rainbow -- one chip of each color, totaling 725. His opponent made the call, and Gus flipped over the 
. The other player turned over the 
. Gus chuckled and began to slide his other card towards the muck slowly, face-down. The other player mirrored him, pushing his unexposed card towards the middle of the table as well. Gus grabbed his kicker card back and flipped it over, revealing the 
. The other player showed his as well, the 
-- good enough to split the pot with aces up, nine kicker on the board. The two men shared a bit of a laugh as the dealer split the pot for them.
Scotty recently published an apology online for his behavior at this year's WSOP $50,000 H.O.R.S.E final table. Maybe this next step is the beginning of him personally making it up to every single Scotty fan he meets, baby.
board. The small-blind player had just bet 1,000 into Gus Hansen, who was sitting on the button. Hansen promptly raised this up to 3,375.The small-blind player called so the dealer gave us a
for the river. This time the small-blind player checked to Hansen who counted out a bet of 6,625 and gently tossed it over the line. The small-blind player made the call without too much thought.Hansen paused, hoping to see his opponent's cards first, but he was forced to show
for two pair. His opponent's completed a flush, though, and won the pot.Hansen on 53,000 right now.
The flop came down
before the player in the small blind led out for 1,000. Jelassi then moved all-in for his last 7,775, a bet that only the small blind player called.Both players tabled A-K and as the turn and river blanked they chopped the pot.
Jelassi looked up to me and said "That's the first pot I've won today!"
Returning from dinner though, a true hush has fallen over the players. There are very few conversations taking place around the room, as most players stare blankly at the table or fiddle away with some miscellaneous hand-held electronic device. There is only the occasional plea to the dealer and the background noise of chips being absent-mindedly shuffled. Maybe it's the after-dinner coma to blame. Or perhaps the players are simply ready to get down to the business at hand now.
A 9-8-4 flop put a premature end to the Frenchman's hopes of winning what is expected to be the biggest tournament ever played on French soil.
The elimination sheds a bit of light on a phenomenon that we've seen occur quite often throughout the day. After a player is eliminated from the event, the other players at the table offer a round of applause to their fallen companion. The sportsmanship amongst players here in Cannes appears to be much more prominent than at most other stops on the tournament circuit.