Event #2: €1,090 No-Limit Hold'em

From the button, Andrew Hinrichsen raised to 22,000, and he found a call from big blind Gianluca Speranza to go heads up to the flop.

The two of them checked through the       flop and the   turn. The   landed on the river, and now Speranza took his cue to bet 28,000 at the pot. Hinrichsen uncapped his cards and quietly folded, sending another little pot over to the big stack.

Under the gun, Eric Baudry raised to 22,000, and the table folded around to the button. There, Gianluca Speranza put in a three-bet to 54,000, but Baudry wanted to play for more. Without much delay, he announced the four-bet shove for 450,000 on the nose. Speranza lowered his head and let out a little sigh at the big decision facing him.

After maybe 90 seconds, the call came, and the cards were on their backs with nearly a million chips up for grabs.

Showdown
Baudry:    
Speranza:    

The flop was a disaster for Baudry's pair as it came       to put him in a big hole with two to come. He needed to find one of the two-out fives now, and the river was a close-but-not-quite  . The river was close, too, but the   was another miss for the all-in player, now officially all out.

So then, it's Baudry who falls in sixth place on a coin flip. He'll earn nearly €30,000 for that performance, but it's Speranza who's now well in command of this thing. He's got 1.2 million on the nose now -- over half the chips in play.

We're six players from the bracelet, and our remaining players have been dismissed for their 20-minute break.

From the button, Eric Baudry raised to 17,000. Andrew Hinrichsen called out of the small blind and play went heads up to the flop.

The     fell and both players checked to see the   land on the turn. Hinrichsen bet 18,000 and Baudry called.

The turn was the   and Baudry bet 25,000 after Hinrichsen checked. Hinrichsen called.

Both players tabled a variation of    and the two chopped up the pot.

From the hijack seat, Eric Baudry raised to 17,000. Nabil Nedjai reraised all in from the button for 84,000. Action folded back to Baudry and he made the call. Showdown please.

Nedjai tabled the   , but was dominated against the    for Baudry.

The flop came down     and Baudry stayed in front. The turn was the   and the river the  . Nedjai's dominated king-deuce couldn't come from behind and he was eliminated in eighth place.

After the hand was over, Nedjai mentioned to another blogger here at the World Series of Poker Europe that he didn't see the original raise from Baudry and was attempted to steal the blinds with his shove; a mistake that cost him his tournament.

Eric Baudry	500,000	110,000
Nabil Nedjai	0	-250,500

On a       flop, we picked up the action as Gianluca Speranza put out the first bet of 16,500. He was heads up with Eric Baudry, and Baudry stuck in a raise to 51,000 straight. Speranza matched it, and the two men would check through the   turn.

On the river  , both men put another 64,000 chips into the pot, and it was two pocket pairs shown down. Unfortunately for Speranza and his    , Baudry's     was better, earning him the pot and a chip boost to somewhere around 390,000.

From under the gun, Nabil Nedjai limped in and action folded to Tarcisio Bruno on the button. He raised to 15,000. Play folded back to Nedjai and he called.

The flop came down     and Nedjai checked. Bruno bet 20,000 and Nedjai called.

The turn was the   and Nedjai bet out 50,000. Bruno raised all in for 106,000. Nedjai tanked for a bit and then tossed in his hand. Bruno showed an ace-high bluff with the    and scooped the pot.

Roberto Romanello opened the pot under the gun, and Bernard Guigon stuck his last 45,500 chips into the pot on a three-bet shove. Romanello quickly called with    , and Guigon needed to win a race with     to stay afloat.

The       flop gave the at-risk player another four outs to the double, but the turn   was a waste of a card. The river delivered the  , though, the Broadway card for Guigon. Just like that, he's doubled to 104,500, knocking Romanello down around 200,000.