
D2
Jungsup Yun Wins Short Stack Battle

After losing a shove on the previous round, Erwan Regnault finds a spot to get his chips in with K♣ J♥ . Jungsup Yun is also one of the short ones at the table and calls with A♦ T♠ . With the board running eight-high, Regnault goes buts as Yun rises to health.
Player | Chips |
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JY Jungsup Yun | 160,000(40 BB) |
ER Erwan Regnault | busted |
Erwan Regnault Eliminated by Jungsup Yun
Erwan Regnault is all in from the button for about 65,000 with K♣ J♥ , and he needs to improve to stay alive against the A♦ T♠ of Jungsup Yun in the big blind.
The board comes 9♣ 7♠ 2♥ 8♠ 8♥ , and Regnault turns a gutshot straight draw, but improves no further. Yun wins the pot with his ace to eliminate Regnault from the tournament.
Player | Chips |
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JY Jungsup Yun | 165,000(41 BB) |
ER Erwan Regnault | busted |
Shai Arbel's Small Pair Survives The Flip
Following a raise of 8000 from Yunkyu Song, cutoff player Shai Arbel three-bets all in holding 5♦ 5♣ . A few spots over on the big blind, Erwan Regnault does the same and covers Arbel. Song folds. Regnault has A♦ Q♣ for a flip.
With the board landing K♠ T♦ K♥ K♦ 7♥ , Arbel survives to double up as Erwan plunges.
Player | Chips |
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SA Shai Arbel | 158,000(40 BB) |
ER Erwan Regnault | 31,000(8 BB) |
D1A
Joris Michl Steals The Pot From Erwan Regnault

Joris Michl raises 2500 then calls Erwan Regnault's 8,000 re-raise. They take it to the flop 2♦ T♦ 8♥ where Regnault continues for another 8000 and Michl check-calls. Both players take it easy on the turn 6♥ then Michl leads out 17,200 on the river 3♦ . Regnault gives it some thought then tosses his hand to the dealer.
Player | Chips |
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JM Joris Michl | 133,000(111 BB) |
ER Erwan Regnault | 122,000(102 BB) |
Brian Green Leads the Field at the Break with 339,500
A scan of the field during the break turned up 12 players with at least 150K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
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BG Brian Green | 339,500(340 BB) |
TS Tobias Schwecht | 272,800(273 BB) |
SC Sungmin Cho | 267,100(267 BB) |
ER Erwan Regnault | 203,400(203 BB) |
DN Daniel Neilson | 196,800(197 BB) |
AF Alberto Flores | 180,200(180 BB) |
MC Mario Colavita | 170,500(171 BB) |
NC Nabil Cardoso | 170,300(170 BB) |
AG Asish Ghosh | 160,200(160 BB) |
WL Wonho Lee | 159,800(160 BB) |
JS Jack Sinclair | 153,400(153 BB) |
YS Yakiv Syzghanov | 151,300(151 BB) |
PK Peter Kiem | 149,800(150 BB) |
Erwan Regnault Reaches 180,000 Against Gary Guerrero

With the final board showing T♥ 7♣ 3♥ 7♠ K♠ , Erwan Regnault bets 20,000 from middle position, and Gary Guerrero thinks for a while before he says, "If you have it, you have it." Guerrero calls.
Regnault turns over 8♥ 7♥ for trip sevens, and Guerrero rechecks his cards and waits a surprisingly long time before he mucks. Regnault wins the pot.
Player | Chips |
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ER Erwan Regnault | 180,000(225 BB) |
GG Gary Guerrero | 55,000(69 BB) |
Mario Colavita Leads the Field at the Break with 128,700

A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 100K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
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MC Mario Colavita | 128,700(322 BB) |
YS Yakiv Syzghanov | 125,400(314 BB) |
PK Peter Kiem | 122,600(307 BB) |
IF Issam Fayad | 110,000(275 BB) |
ER Erwan Regnault | 102,900(257 BB) |
BG Brian Green | 102,000(255 BB) |
SB Shmuel Bechor | 99,900(250 BB) |
Erwan Regnault Doubles Thru Leo Soma

After some preflop betting, the player in the cutoff reraises to 2,800, Leo Soma calls from under the gun, and Erwan Regnault reraises from middle position to 11,700.
The cutoff calls, and Soma moves all in for 52,600. Regnault calls all in for 45,200, and the player in the cutoff folds.
Regnault turns over A♦ A♣ , and needs it to hold to stay alive against Soma's A♠ K♠ .
The board comes 8♦ 6♠ 5♠ 4♥ T♣ , and Soma flops a spade flush draw, but improves no further. Regnault wins the pot with his pocket aces to double up in chips.
Player | Chips |
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ER Erwan Regnault | 102,900(343 BB) |
LS Leo Soma | 7,400(25 BB) |