With only around 6,500 in the middle to the 
, a raise to 9,000 was in front of Jesus Arribas on the button. He then faced the push by Vivien Dumont in the small blind for 34,600 and that sent the Spaniard in the tank. Ultimately, no call followed as Dumont recovered earlier losses and moved above the starting stack again.
French online poker and sports betting operator always puts a lot of effort in making sure the players are taken care of during their live stops. On top of the top notch service, they also have a high quality live stream and production team in place and the first wrap in French for Day 1a of the €500 Main Event can be found below.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
Level four has been completed and the players have been sent into their first scheduled 15-minute break.
In what appeared to have been a four-way pot to the 
flop, the action escalated between Virgile Latifou in the small blind and Norberto Lopez Rodriguez in the big blind. The former had jammed around 25,000 and Lopez Rodriguez isolated to get rid of Mathieu Pinson, who mucked his cards in disgust and was then stunned upon discovering the following showdown.
Virgile Latifou: 
Norberto Lopez Rodriguez: 
"Wow, what is going on," Pinson gasped. The 
turn and the 
river brought no help to the open-ender and flush draw of Latifou to send the Frenchman to the rail.
"You really put 180 big blinds in with that?" Pinson asked and then mentioned in French he had folded king-jack.
In a field of nearly 300 players, more than a dozen contenders have already lost their entire stack as Day 1a is nearing the first break of the day.
Jose Salazar Ferreras and Moundir Zoughari had tangled in a big pot early on Day 1a in which the latter flopped trips with nine-four suited. But the decent start of the Frenchman was canceled out almost entirely and he may have lost even more chips if the latest clash didn't run out a four-card straight.
Zoughari opted to check behind the 
river and was shown the 
for a turned straight by Salazar Ferreras. The sigh by Zoughari followed and he flashed the 
for the overpair to drop behind his opponent on the leaderboard.
Heading to the three-way river of 
river with some 16,000 in the middle, it was checked through between Tudor Popa, Santiago Ramirez and Mathieu Olivier. Popa revealed the 
for the second pair with a king kicker and Ramirez mucked.
Olivier flashed for what appeared to be the 
and another card before tossing them into the muck. By scooping the pot, Popa gained the lead at the table while the decent early start of Alexane Latifou was canceled out by then already.
It appears that Winamax Pro Bruno Lopes aka "Kool Shen" was among the early Day 1b casualties as his media card was just handed over. However, the Frenchman will be able to re-enter one time or use one of the remaining two flights to run up a stack.
Further assorted counts can be found below.
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