Vladimir Shabalin raised to 135,000 from the cutoff, Paul shoved all in from the small blind and so did Polo Santoni. Shabalin looked at his cards once more and then folded them. Santoni had the shorter stack with 725,000.
Paul:
Polo Santoni:
The window card was the but then the rest of the flop became visible: to give Paul quad nines and Santoni needed the last king to survive in the tournament. The turn brought them the and Paul shook the hand of Santoni even though the king on the river could change the whole outcome. The river completed the board with the . Not the king Santoni wanted and he was eliminated after about 3 hours of 8-handed play and only ten minutes after the dinner break had finished. The French have lost another man in the battle to bring the title back to France.
Mohamed Jhider raised to 110,000 from mid-position and was called by Polo Santoni in the cutoff. NFJM shoved all in from the button for 640,000 in total, Jhider quickly folded and Santoni called.
NFJM:
Polo Santoni:
The board ran out - NFJM's sixes held and he doubled up.
Rony Halimi raised to 110,000 from late position and was called by NFJM in the big blind.
The flop came , NFJM check-called the 100,000 bet of Halimi.
They both checked through the on the turn to the on the river. NFJM checked, Halimi bet 200,000. After a while NFJM called and showed . Halimi showed for a full house and the pot. His rail cheered loudly for him and Halimi went over for some hugs (after he stacked his new chips).
Rony Halimi raised to 115,000 from late position and was called by Polo Santoni in the small blind and NFJM in the big blind.
They all checked through the on the flop to the on the turn. Santoni checked, NFJM bet 125,000. Halimi asked how much it was, the dealer confirmed. Halimi called, Santoni folded.
The on the river completed the board, after some careful consideration NFJM bet 300,000. Halimi tanked. He had a look at NFJM's stack.
"How much you have left?" Halimi asked NFJM. NFJM showed Halimi his stack. It was around 1,000,000.
Halimi tanked for a bit longer, in total for about 4 minutes and then announced a raise to 1,000,000. Now it was NFJM's turn to tank. After about three minutes, he folded.
Mohamed Jhider raised to 125,000 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Paul in early position. NFJM raised to 500,000 from the hijack. Rony Halimi shoved for 560,000 in total from the small blind. Jhider folded and so did Paul. NFJM called.
Rony Halimi:
NFJM:
The board ran out - no ace on the board and Halimi doubles up.
but then the rest of the flop became visible: 
to give Paul quad nines and Santoni needed the last king to survive in the tournament. The turn brought them the 
and Paul shook the hand of Santoni even though the king on the river could change the whole outcome. The river completed the board with the 
. Not the king Santoni wanted and he was eliminated after about 3 hours of 8-handed play and only ten minutes after the dinner break had finished. The French have lost another man in the battle to bring the title back to France.
- NFJM's sixes held and he doubled up.
, NFJM check-called the 100,000 bet of Halimi.
. Halimi showed 
for a full house and the pot. His rail cheered loudly for him and Halimi went over for some hugs (after he stacked his new chips).
on the flop to the 
on the turn. Santoni checked, NFJM bet 125,000. Halimi asked how much it was, the dealer confirmed. Halimi called, Santoni folded.