Josue Sauvageau, under the gun, opened to 800K and David Lopez, immediately on his left, put it up to 2.4M. The action was folded back to Josue, who completed the bet.

Josue checked the flop, and the 1.6M c-bet was put out and called. Both players checked the turn, which was enough for Sauvageau to test the river waters. 1.9M was pushed, but not matched. Lopez is down to about 10M, shoulder to shoulder with Manig Loeser on the leaderboard.

Michael Sklenicka, Philippe D’Auteuil, Josue Sauvageau, David Lopez, Timothy Reilly and Manig Loeser are engaged in combat. Although the battle is fierce, the chip situation has not moved a lot since our last update.

Michael Sklenicka leads the event with nearly 40,000,000 in chips, followed closely by Timothy Reilly. Our shortest stack is owned by Manig Loeser who has about 10M, or almost 30 big blinds. Our final 6 are enjoying deep stack play.

When Timothy Reilly opened to 550K, Anatolly Filatov called, and so did Josue Sauvageau. The flop was checked by all 3 spots, but Sauvageau led the turn with a 750K bet. Filatov called, and they were heads-up on the river.

Board:

Filatov passed the action once more, and this time faced an all-in bet. He took some time to assess Sauvageau’s range, and called. He had a very unpleasant surprise.

Sauvageau:
Filatov:

7th: Anatolly Filatov – $60,000

Chance opened the pot from the under-the-gun position, and only Philippe D’Auteuil stayed in. After a small continuation bet and a call, Philippe went on to slow play the hand that was going to bust Chance. On the river, Chance bet 1.6M into a pot of about 2M, with another 4M behind.

Philippe D’Auteuil raised all-in, and Kornuth stayed in the tank for a while, looking very annoyed by his spot. He made the call,.

D’Auteuil:
Kornuth:

Board:

8th: Chance Kornuth – $50,000

When Chance Kornuth raised to 600K, Nik Khan called and Michael Sklenicka, who hasn’t been able to do anything wrong for a long time, 3bet to 1.6M. Only Nik called. This call represented about 50% of what he started the hand with, and the rest of the chips went in on the flop.

Khan:
Sklenicka:

Board:

9th: Nik Khan – $40,000

With 3,000,000 chips left, Victor Ramdin picked up a shoving hand and moved in from under the gun. Action folded around to Josue Sauvageau in the big blind, who made the call to put his opponent at risk.

Victor:
Josue:

Josue spike a pair on the flop, and improved to a flush on the board to bring the field down to 9 players. The unofficial final table has now been formed, and includes the following players with their approximate counts:

10th: Victor Ramdin – $30,000

First Name | Prénom	Last Name | Nom	Seat | Siège	Stack | Tapis
Michael	Sklenicka	Seat 1	26,500,000
Anatolly	Filatov	Seat 2	8,000,000
Philippe	D'Auteuil	Seat 3	15,000,000
Josue	Sauvageau	Seat 4	10,500,000
David	Lopez	Seat 5	7,000,000
Chance	Kornuth	Seat 6	9,000,000
Timothy	Reilly	Seat 7	35,000,000
Manig	Loeser	Seat 8	8,500,000
Nik	Khan	Seat 9	3,500,000