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With nine left, we have reached our official final table. Play is suspended for a few minutes while the players and the chips are moved over to the final table theater. We expect this to be about a 15-minute delay.
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Tristan Clemencon - 10th Place
It's going to be one of those days you want to forget for Tristan Clemencon. Christophe Savary raised to 56,000 from UTG and Clemecon flat-called.
The flop was and Savary just open-shoved for over three times the pot. Clemencon instantly called with dominating his opponet's . But the turn was the and the river the . Savary had backdoored into a straight to knock out the young Frenchman in 10th place.
Our final table is now being set up. Chip counts to follow.
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Benny Spindler opened the action to 44,000 from middle position, and the short stack of Balazs Botond went into the pot, all 57,000 of it. Ludovic Lacay wanted to play for more, and he re-raised to 130,000. Spindler got the message and ducked out of the way, putting Botond heads up with the chip leader for his tournament life.
Botond was in bad shape, too. He tabled , dominated by Lacay's . The flop provided a bit of hope as it came to give Botond a gutterball straight draw. The turn was a blank , but the saving peeled off on the river, filling in that king-high straight and nearly quadrupling Botond's stack. He's up to 211,000 now.
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Benjamin Pollak - 11th Place
Pollak shoved for his last 75,000 with and Tristan Clemecon reraised all-in behind with . The board bricked out and we're now down to one table. Seat draw to follow.
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On the button, Balasz Botond opened the pot to 46,000 before Eoghan O'Dea stuck in a three-bet from the small blind. He made it 115,000, and Botond four-bet all in, having his opponent slightly covered. O'dea didn't waste too much time making the call, committing his last 622,000 to the pot and putting himself at risk.
Showdown
Botond:
O'Dea:
There would be no funny stuff for O'Dea as the dealer gave him a clean board of . His tens hold up to earn him a monster double. He's all the way up to 1.3 million now, while Botond has been left with just 85,000 lonely chips.
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Stefan Hansen - 12th Place
Down to his last 240,000 chips or so, Stefan Hansen made his move with an all-in shove before the flop. Action came to Julien Arneodo, and he quickly made the call to put Hansen at risk.
Hansen showed up , and he was flipping for survival against the of Arneodo. The board would fail to provide any salvation as it came . Unable to pair up, Stefan Hansen becomes our 12th-place finisher, taking home �16,420 for his efforts over the past three days.
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Yury Kerzhapkin - 13th Place
Yury Kerzhapkin got his whole stack in on a board holding but somehow Hichem Ben Halima's got there withe the turn and river to bust the Russian.
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Benjamin Pollak has been crippled after losing a huge pot to Julien Arneodo, all-in preflop.
Pollak:
Arneodo:
The board came and as the King hit the turn, Arneodo jumped out of his seat spinning around and celebrating with his friends before the river had been dealt.
Pollak has 125,000 left. Arneodo is up to almost 700,000.
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and Savary just open-shoved for over three times the pot. Clemencon instantly called with 
dominating his opponet's 
. But the turn was the 
and the river the 
. Savary had backdoored into a straight to knock out the young Frenchman in 10th place.
. The flop provided a bit of hope as it came 
to give Botond a gutterball straight draw. The turn was a blank 
, but the saving 
and Tristan Clemecon reraised all-in behind with 
. The board bricked out and we're now down to one table. Seat draw to follow.
. His tens hold up to earn him a monster double. He's all the way up to 1.3 million now, while Botond has been left with just 85,000 lonely chips.
. Unable to pair up, Stefan Hansen becomes our 12th-place finisher, taking home �16,420 for his efforts over the past three days.
board holding 
got there withe the 
turn and 
river to bust the Russian.
