Hands #27-28: Abdelkader Benhalima Eliminated in 5th Place (€43,000)
Hand #27: Pavel Plesuv raised under the gun with 
to 65,000 and Pedro Marques called. Fahredin Mustafov looked at 
on the button and he called as well.
Javier Gomez, seated in the small blind, called with 
and Abdelkader Benhalima moved all in from the big blind with 
and nobody pulled the trigger after making an aggressive move.
Hand #28: Pedro Marques looked down at 
under the gun and he raised to 65,000. Fahredin Mustafov three-bet to 175,000 with 
and then Javier Gomez looked down on 
on the button. Gomez called, and Abdelkader Benhalima moved all in with 
for a staggering 1.3 million.
Benhalima, now third in chips, got Marques to fold right away and Mustafov followed suit, but Gomez called.
With 3 million chips in the middle, the board ran out 
and Benhalima was knocked out in fifth place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,580,000
1,560,000
|
1,560,000 |
|
2,365,000
-315,000
|
-315,000 |
|
910,000
-170,000
|
-170,000 |
|
||
|
835,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
Busted | |