Hands #3-5: Timothee Scotti Eliminated in 8th Place (€22,000)

HAND #3  –  Alexandre Le Vaillant raises under the gun to 200,000, taking the blinds and ante.

HAND #4  –  Federico Cirillo raises UTG+1 to 200,000, and Alexandre Le Vaillant calls from the big blind. The flop comes , Le Vaillant checks, Cirillo bets 175,000, and Le Vaillant folds. Cirillo takes the pot.

HAND #5  –  Timothee Scotti moves all in from the hijack for 825,000, and Hakim Chniyat calls from the button with .

Scotti turns over , and needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes — Chniyat pairs his jack on the flop, Scotti turns an open-ended straight draw, and the river card is a blank. Chniyat wins the pot with his pair of jacks to eliminate Scotti in eighth place.

Hakim Chniyat  –  4,700,000  (47 bb)
Timothee Scotti  –  Eliminated in 8th Place  (€22,000)