Elodie Noel is one of several women in today's starting field and she has been hovering on an average stack in the early stages. However, since then nothing much happened and with the field nearly cut in half, she plummeted below 20 blinds.
Facing a raise to 4,100 and a call. Noel jammed for 55,600 in the big blind and eventually got the shove through.
Following a raise to 4,000 and a call, John Khayat pushed a short stack of 19,000 in the small blind and Marius Rusu then isolated from the next seat to force out the initial raiser and cold-caller.
John Khayat: 
Marius Rusu: 
Both had a piece on the 
flop and the 
turn provided a second flush draw. However, it was Rusu who improved further with the 
river and knocked out Khayat. It was the second bullet for the latter and he cannot re-enter anymore on Day 1a.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
Mehdi Kechiche was all-in with a modest short stack on the second bullet and had a flip with the 
. He was up against the 
of Audrey Verlomme and remained ahead throughout the 
board to climb back above the starting stack.
The 
of Sergi Panella Navarro were already exposed when the Spaniard was all-in holding a flush draw to the 
turn. Romain Lefebvre was ahead with the 
and that remained to be the case even after the river.
Shortly after, a very short stacked Lucas Navarro Reyes got it in before the flop with 
and Lefebvre made the call with the . There was some hope for a miracle comeback until the 
turn but the 
river bricked.
Heads-up to the 
flop the fireworks got underway between Baptiste Abadie and Alexandre Homadi as both got their chips in with near identical stacks.
Baptiste Abadie: 
Alexandre Homadi: 
The gutshot and nut flush draw of Homadi bricked on the turn and river to leave the Frenchman with fumes, which he lost shortly after.
The last hand before the break brought fireworks when Alexis Bouvier raised to 3,000 and Alexandre Homadi called in the cutoff. Raul Martinez Martinez three-bet to 11,500 and the initial raiser called. Homadi then pushed for 134,000 and Martinez called all-in for 57,100, forcing out Bouvier.
Raul Martinez Martinez:
Alexandre Homadi: 
The 
flop was no threat but the Spaniard got there with the turn and river.
In a hand just before the tournament went on break, Nicolas Merceron was all-in for 21,100 on the 
river. His opponent from Spain tank-called and Merceron tabled the for the flopped nuts.
"You win," his opponent conceded and flashed the .
Level: 13
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
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