Sebastien Compte open-shoved from early position with his remaining 174,000, and it folded back to Dominik Nitsche who reraised all in himself from the small blind. Sebastian Homann folded, Nitsche showed , and Compte .
The meant Compte was still ahead, but had to dodge a heart to stay that way. The turn gave the all-in player a pair, and the river meant he'd doubled to about 385,000. Nitsche, meanwhile, continues to have a hard time getting going today, having now slipped to about 600,000.
Guillaume de la Gorce open-shoved all in for 174,000 from the cutoff, then Felix Oberauer called the raise from the button. It folded to Sebastian Homann in the big blind who called as well.
Both Homann and Oberauer checked all three streets as the dealer delivered the community cards . At the showdown, Homann tabled and de la Gorce , while Oberauer showed . That meant a split pot for Homann and de la Gorce -- much more significant to the latter, as those chips meant his tourney life had been preserved.
The lovely Alexia Portal, who was eliminated out of the money yesterday, is here to cheer on Guillaume de la Gorce. She was the only fan on one side of the rail when the final table began. By now, she's been joined by a who's whom of French poker players. Nicolas Levi and Manuel Bevand are sitting next to her at the moment. Tournament Director Matt Savage teased Levi with a bit of a backhanded compliment. "Ladies and gentlemen, Nick Levi!" he announced. "He managed to cash yesterday after being chip leader for most of the tournament!"
Antonin Teisseire was here to support Patrick Muleta but left when he was eliminated.
Chilipoker's ambassador, Liz Lieu, is also in attendance.
Down to about 200,000, Sebastien Compte shoved from the small blind when the action had folded to him. Johan Williamsson quickly gave up his big blind and Compte won the pot.
He's still dangerously low with about ten big blinds.
Johan Williamsson raised to 45,000, and next to act, Guillaume Cescut three-bet to 110,000. After a moment, Williamsson shoved for about 480,000 in total. And Cescut called to take the flip.
Williamsson:
Cescut:
The flop immediately put Williamsson in the lead, and the turn and river saw him double through safely on the last hand of the level.
Dominik Nitsche opened with a raise to 45,000 from middle position, and Sebastian Homann, sitting on Nitsche's left, called the raise. It folded to Guillaume de la Gorce in the big blind who called as well.
The flop came . It checked to Homann who studied a moment before betting 52,000. De la Gorce called, then Nitsche called as well.
The turn was the . Once more it checked to Homann, who this time also checked.
The river was the . De la Gorce checked, and Nitsche took some time before checking as well. Homann then fired a bet of 128,000, forcing de la Gorce out, but Nitsche made the call.
Homann showed for two pair, and Nitsche mucked. Homann increases his lead even further to 2.2 million, while Nitsche slips below the 1 million-chip mark.
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Julien Labussiere (8th place) says his goodbyes.
Julien Labussiere pushed all in from the cutoff seat for his last 342,000, and it folded to Sebastian Homann in the big blind. Homann checked his cards, then said he was calling the raise. Cards on their backs…
Homann
Labussiere
Labussiere had the preflop advantage, but the first three community cards -- -- took that away, giving the hard-charging Homann two pair. Labussiere still harbored hopes to improve to a straight or perhaps spike a king, but the turn was the and the river the , and the young Frenchman has been eliminated in eighth place.
Homann's stacks keep getting higher and higher. He's well above 2 million now.
, and Compte 
.
meant Compte was still ahead, but had to dodge a heart to stay that way. The 
turn gave the all-in player a pair, and the 
river meant he'd doubled to about 385,000. Nitsche, meanwhile, continues to have a hard time getting going today, having now slipped to about 600,000.
. At the showdown, Homann tabled 
and de la Gorce 
, while Oberauer showed 
. That meant a split pot for Homann and de la Gorce -- much more significant to the latter, as those chips meant his tourney life had been preserved.![[user140525]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
flop immediately put Williamsson in the lead, and the 
river saw him double through safely on the last hand of the level.
for two pair, and Nitsche mucked. Homann increases his lead even further to 2.2 million, while Nitsche slips below the 1 million-chip mark.
-- took that away, giving the hard-charging Homann two pair. Labussiere still harbored hopes to improve to a straight or perhaps spike a king, but the turn was the 
and the river the