Ricardo Manquant raised from the button and found a customer in Antoine Rahal out of the big blind. On the ??? turn, Rahal bet 90,000 and was called before the appeared on the river. Rahal bet 300,000 and Manquant quickly called, then let out a long sigh when his opponent flipped over the ? for a set on the river.
Miroslav Alilovic started the action with a min-raise to 120,000 and Matas Cimbolas moved all in for 1,160,000 from the button. Ricardo Manquant flat-called in the big blind and Alilovic let go.
Cimbolas: ?
Manquant: ?
The ???? board ran out safely for Cimbolas, allowing him to double up and stopping the recent downfall. "You can't win a flip," the Lithuanian joked to his opponent.
Miroslav Alilovic three-bet an open raise of Ricardo Manquant very small and was called to see a flop of ??. Manquant check-called the continuation bet of his fellow Frenchman for 125,000 and the turn saw no action.
On the river, Manquant slid forward a bet of 250,000 and that was rewarded with a fold from Alilovic.
Matas Cimbolas raised to 135,000 from the cutoff and Ricardo Manquant called in the small blind before Miroslav Alilovic three-bet to 315,000 out of the big blind. Cimbolas tank-folded and Manquant also quickly released his cards.
Usually Cimbolas is chatting up the table a lot, but hasn't done so for at least an hour. The Lithuan slips down to the second-last place in the overall counts.
The players agreed to have a 10-minute break after every level instead of the 20 minutes each two levels. In the very last hand of the level, Ricardo Manquant opened to 100,000 and received four callers in Antoine Rahal, Najib Bennis, Matas Cimbolas as well as Ramona Gallardo in the blinds.
On a flop of ??, Manquant bet 135,000 and was called only by Bennis to see the on the turn. Again the Frenchman bet and his 265,000-barrel was called. The river triggered a 500,000-bet by Manquant and Bennis called without much hesitation to muck when shown the ? by the Frenchman.
Ricardo Manquant opened to 110,000 from the cutoff and Najib Bennis called in the big blind to see a heads-up flop of ?. Bennis check-called a continuation bet of 110,000 and the turn got checked by both players. On the river, Bennis checked and quickly called a 150,000-bet by Manquant.
The initial aggressor showed ? for a pair of tens but it was no good, as Bennis flipped over ? for top pair.
Again the past orbit delivered only one flop and one turn before some action was in the air. Ricardo Manquant opened to 115,000 and Miroslav Alilovic three-bet to 185,000 from one seat over. Antoine Rahal then four-bet to 410,000 and everyone eventually mucked their cards.
After many more preflop situations, the action folded to Ramona Gallardo and she moved all in for 630,000 chips out of the small blind. Ricardo Manquant called out of the big blind with ? and had a flip against the ? of Gallardo.
At the end of the ????, the mostly Spanish speaking rail burst out in celebration and Gallardo scored yet another double up.