So Long, Soulier

The field has now shrunk under 100 players, with the short stacks becoming increasingly endangered with each new hand.

Speaking of, Fabrice Soulier became severely short-stacked — down to just 10,000 — yet survived multiple all-ins to last another orbit. Meanwhile, Romain Baert across the table earned a double up against Gordon Huntly when Baert committed his last 94,000 with against Huntly's , then finished best after the board ran out .

Shortly after that hand, Soulier raised from under the gun to 17,000, leaving himself 10,000 behind, and when it folded to Baert in late position he reraised to 50,000. It folded back to Soulier who called, showing to Baert's .