After the eliminations of Jaouad Abida and Carlos, the tournament is now down to 12 players and the tournament's director just announced the hand for hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
The action started with an open on the button for 25,000 from Hassan Fares, called by Thierry Morel. Carlos moved his last 27,000 in the middle and the other players completed.
It was checked all the way through the board 
and Fares won the pot with 
against 
for Morel. Carlos mucked his hand and left the table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
88,000
-220,000
|
-220,000 |
|
73,600
-596,400
|
-596,400 |
|
|
Busted |
On a limped pot, four players were involved and the flop showed 
when Hassan Nashar in the small blind checked, followed by David Tavernier, Mark Rostron, and David Duoek.
The turn brought a 
and Tavernier bet 40,000 after a check from Nashar. Only Rostron made the call.
The river was the 
and both players checked. Rostron showed 
for a pair of sevens, but Tavernier took down the pot with 
for two pair.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
465,000
-54,000
|
-54,000 |
|
430,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
Thierry Morel raised to 25,000 with 
in middle position and it folded to Corentin Ropert in the small blind who three-bet to 75,000 with a stack worth 358,000 and in his hand. It came back to Morel who quickly called.
The flop fell 
and Ropert continued for 62,000. Morel tanked for some time before letting it go.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
670,000
210,000
|
210,000 |
|
478,000
266,000
|
266,000 |
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
The action folded to Jaouad Abida in the small blind who bet 20,000 and Mark Rostron completed.
The players both checked throughout the board 
. The river fell a 
and after a last checked from Abida, Rostron bet 15,000. Abida chose to call but mucked his hand when Rostron tabled 
for a pair of queens.
On the other table, Henrique Oliveira De Sousa has been eliminated and the tournament is now down to 14 players.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
515,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
250,000
-22,000
|
-22,000 |
|
Busted |
The return of the break has been bloody as Achille Voltilona got eliminated by Thierry Morel, who was holding Aces in a preflop confrontation Aces. Then the Spanish players Jose Luis and Benji got eliminated as well in a few minutes.
Mathieu Papineau, on feature table, moved all in from the button with 
and a stack around 110,000. Jean-Jacques Zeitoun snap-called from the small blind with a better hand, 
. The board bricked and Papineau made his way to the exit.
Two minutes later, Alexandre De Zutter went all-in preflop for his remaining 225,000 against David Tavernier who made the call with a slightly bigger stack to create the following showdown:
Alexandre De Zutter:
David Tavernier: 
De Zutter was in desperate shape to survive but the board 
brought him no help.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000
152,000
|
152,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
The remaining 20 players are now on a one-hour dinner break and the tournament will resume at blinds 5,000/ 10,000 ante 10,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
569,000 | |
|
|
387,000
17,000
|
17,000 |
|
359,000 | |
|
|
331,000 | |
|
|
298,000 | |
|
|
272,000 | |
|
261,000 | |
|
|
246,000 | |
|
|
246,000 | |
|
245,000 | |
|
|
244,000 | |
|
|
224,000 | |
|
|
214,000 | |
|
|
214,000 | |
|
|
199,000 | |
|
194,000 | |
|
|
177,000 | |
|
|
151,000 | |
|
|
136,000 | |
|
|
84,000 |