Hands 35-37: Mathieu Goncalves Leaves Baptiste Audoli Short

Photo: Mathieu Goncalves

Hand #35: Etienne Silva de Oliveira raises the button to 400,000 and Hugues Girard calls from the big blind with the .

Both players check the flop and see the turn for free, which goes check, check once more. On the river, Girard bets 650,000 and gets paid off to pull ahead of his nearest follower.

Hugues Girard – 16,000,000 (80 bb)
Etienne Silva de Oliveira – 12,000,000 (60 bb)

Hand #36: Ludovic Amblard opens to 500,000 in the hijack holding the . All opponents fold and the table short stack claims the pot.

Hand #37: Baptiste Audoli min-raises to 400,000 from under the gun with . Mathieu Goncalves in the big blind glances at and flat-calls from the big blind.

Neither player connects with the flop and Goncalves leads for 300,000, Audoli calls. On the turn, Goncalves bets another 250,000 and Audoli mulls it over for a short while to then call within the 30 seconds Action Clock.

That leads them to the river and Goncalves fires a third small bet for 300,000. Audoli raises to 1,000,000 with just 1,500,000 behind.

Mathieu Goncalves – 14,000,000 (70 bb)
Baptiste Audoli – 1,500,000 (7 bb)