Strolling through Majestic 1, we've spotted some intriguing table draws. David Vamplew, Lars Bonding, Hoyt Corkins and Barny Boatman are all seated together at one table, while another holds Vanessa Rousso, Joseph Cheong and Isaac Haxton all in a row.
Steve O'Dwyer is seated with Matt Stout and Jason Wheeler and Jon Turner has Peter Jetten and Mike Watson to butt heads with here on Day 1a. On top of those, Leo Boxel, Athanasios Polychronopoulos and Arnaud Mattern are at the same table and Bryn Kenney, Cliff "JohnnyBax" Josephy and Michael Pesek are joined together.
Another interesting table includes Kent Lundmark and Jon Aguiar. These are the only two players we recognize at this table, but they have some very recent history. In Event #5, Lundmark sent Aguiar to the rail on the bubble of the tournament, which Aguiar surely remembers. You can check out the bubble hand here and we'll keep you posted about any happenings between the two that we spot.
Randy Dorfman open limped on the button, Paul Testud completed the small blind and Will Failla checked in the big blind.
The dealer put out the flop and all three players checked. The on turn looked like it would see similar action but when Testud and Failla checked, Dorfman bet 200, which was enough to win the pot.
Andrew Robl is down to 14,000 after losing yet another pot, this one to Rocco Palumbo.
Joining the action on a board, Palumbo bet 3,500 and Robl sat for a few moments before folding his hand. He certainly does not look happy with how things are going at the moment and he will not have an easy ride today as he is sharing a table with Kevin MacPhee, Chris Brammer, Dylan Wilkerson and David Williams.
Action folded to Event #4 champion Tristan Wade on the button and he raised to 200. Michel Pomaret reraised from the small blind to 700 and the big blind folded. Wade made the call.
The flop came down and Pomaret checked. Wade checked behind and the turn brought the . After Pomaret checked for a second time, Wade bet 800. Pomaret called.
The river completed the board with the . Pomaret checked a third time and Wade bet 1,700. Then, things got interesting.
Pomaret announced his action and the dealer said, "Call," to let Wade know that Pomaret had made the call. At this point, Wade tabled his hand and revealed the for top pair. Pomaret turned over the for ace high to show Wade, but he never actually put the chips forward after his verbal declaration. The dealer then asked Pomaret for the 1,700 to pay off Wade and Pomaret argued that he said fold and not call. Because of his action, the word "call" and "fold" sounded extremely similar from Pomaret. The dealer heard call and Wade heard the same thing, hence the reason he turned his hand over right away. Pomaret argued he said fold.
The floor was summoned and the situation was explained. It was ruled that because the dealer heard "call" come from Pomaret's mouth, it would have to be a call. Another factor in the floor's decision was that after the dealer repeated "call" to let Wade and the table know the action, Pomaret never objected. He only objected after the dealer asked for the chips.
In the end, Pomaret was forced to pay the 1,700 to Wade and the table moved on to the next hand.
On a flop reading Martin Jacobson checked in the big blind and Damien Cayet bet 350 from UTG+1 and Jacobson made the call.
The dealer put the out on the turn and Jacobson checked, Cayet did not slow down though, he bet 750 and Jacobson called after his customary 45 second pause. The river was the and Jacobson checked yet again. Cayet pushed chips worth 1,475 over the betting line and Jacobson snap-called.
We may still be in the first level but already the bluffs with eight-high have started, we are in France after all!
On a flop reading Remy Biechel checked from the small blind position, then Pierre Antona bet 1,700 on the button. Biechel then check-raised to 3,150* only to see Antona move all in. Biechel quickly folded and was shown !
* Biechel was then given a rubdown from the dealer who informed him the minimum raise he could have made was 3,400 so she took another 250 chips from his stack.
On a board, Eugene Katchalov fired a bet of what looked like 3,500 and was called by Chris Moorman. The river was the and Katchalov checked. Moorman checked behind, but we will never know what he had as he mucked when he was shown .
Sam Chartier dropped a bit below the starting stack to start the day, but just gained a few thousand back with pocket tens.
We picked up the action on the flop with 1,550 chips already in the middle between Chartier and his opponent. Chartier was first and bet 1,125. His opponent made the call.
The turn was the and Chartier bet 2,600. His opponent made the call. The river was the and both players checked.
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flop and all three players checked. The 
on turn looked like it would see similar action but when Testud and Failla checked, Dorfman bet 200, which was enough to win the pot.
board, Palumbo bet 3,500 and Robl sat for a few moments before folding his hand. He certainly does not look happy with how things are going at the moment and he will not have an easy ride today as he is sharing a table with Kevin MacPhee, Chris Brammer, Dylan Wilkerson and David Williams.
and Pomaret checked. Wade checked behind and the turn brought the 
. After Pomaret checked for a second time, Wade bet 800. Pomaret called.
. Pomaret checked a third time and Wade bet 1,700. Then, things got interesting.
out on the turn and Jacobson checked, Cayet did not slow down though, he bet 750 and Jacobson called after his customary 45 second pause. The river was the 
Remy Biechel checked from the small blind position, then Pierre Antona bet 1,700 on the button. Biechel then check-raised to 3,150* only to see Antona move all in. Biechel quickly folded and was shown 
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and Katchalov checked. Moorman checked behind, but we will never know what he had as he mucked when he was shown 
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flop with 1,550 chips already in the middle between Chartier and his opponent. Chartier was first and bet 1,125. His opponent made the call.
