In the final hand of the 1k/2k level, Freddy Deeb limped in, and button Hichem Ben Halima raised. Small blind Sorel Mizzi called, and Deeb came along for the ride to the flop. It checked round, and on the turn Mizzi took down another pot with a bet of 8,600
After seeing Gianni Giaroni take off during brief periods of large-scale preflop raising which generally won him some decent chips, he's been quiet up until now. But in hand eight, preflop, he came over the top of a Sorel Mizzi 4,500 raise to the tune of 64,500, which quickly won him his first pot of the final.
Hand #6: Suddenly after a series of starting small hands, Bruno Fitoussi gets it all in preflop, called instantly by the button Roger Hairabedian. "Ace-king, your favourite hand," remarks Fitoussi, as he inspects his race with vs. Hairabedian's .
The board brought some flush-draw excitement on the turn: .. but the river ended the dapper Aviation Club stalwart's run in this Hi Roller event.
The first hand saw it fold round to Hichem Ben Halima, who completed the small blind, checked by Sorel Mizzi. Both players checked a flop, but on the raggy turn Ben Halima bet out 4,200 only to be raised to 11k by Mizzi, and pass.
Then Bruno Fitoussi picked up the blinds and antes the next hand, but quickly gave them back to Antony Lellouche, calling his preflop raise of 4,700 but check-folding the turn (the flop saw no betting). "Come on, give me a free card," he complained, as he passed.
The next flop seen again saw Sorel Mizzi enjoying position on Ben Halima, calling his preflop raise to 4,800 and then picking the pot up with a bet on the flop.
Having posed for a group photo which tooklonger than expected ("Everybody look at me!" cries the photographer. "There are too many pretty girls in here to look at you," replies Freddy Deeb) they are finally up and running. Chips are being riffled and without any doubt will soon be hitting the felt, probably not at the frantic pace which with they did so yesterday, but certainly this final table will be aggressive, with just four places paid, and the top one being over a quarter of a million Euro.
Eight players remain out of 25 willing to cap their Grand Prix de Paris week with a €20,000, 50,000-stacked event against some tough competition. After the first day was led in chips pretty much equally by Kristoffer Thorsson and Antony Lellouche, a final rush for the seemingly unstoppable Sorel Mizzi leaves him way out in front.
Seat 1: Gianni Giaroni - 71,000
Seat 2: Freddy Deeb - 337,700
Seat 3: Antony Lellouche - 113,600
Seat 4: Hichem Ben Halima - 86,600
Seat 5: Sorel Mizzi - 452,500
Seat 6: Andrew Feldman - 36,500
Seat 7: Bruno Fitoussi - 36,800
Seat 8: Roger Hairabedian - 112,100
The chips are on the televised table, the players are ready, we are just waiting for the "Shuffle up and deal..."
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flop. It checked round, and on the 
turn Mizzi took down another pot with a bet of 8,600
vs. Hairabedian's 
.
.. but the 
river ended the dapper Aviation Club stalwart's run in this Hi Roller event.
flop, but on the raggy turn Ben Halima bet out 4,200 only to be raised to 11k by Mizzi, and pass.
turn (the flop saw no betting). "Come on, give me a free card," he complained, as he passed.
flop.