With the elimination of Mathieu Selides in 13th place, the tournament is now on the direct money bubble. However, there is now a 60-minute dinner break. It might be a nervous time for Fernando and Christophe Chaudey as they will return with sub-ten big blind stacks.
Mathieu Selides raised to 13,000 from the button and got two callers: [Removed:432] in the small blind, and Houssine El Otmani in the big blind.
The board came . It checked to Selides who continued for 20,000. [Removed:433] called and El Otmani folded. The turn was the . [Removed:433] checked and Selides fired again for 40,000.
[Removed:433] thought before moving all in for roughly 210,000. The pairr had around the same stack but Selides eventually called showing . [Removed:433] showed which left his opponent drawing dead, and he had already put on his jacket before the meaningless came on the river.
Arthur Conan raised to 13,000. Phu Truong called before Said El Yousfi three-bet to 75,000. It folded back around to Conan who four-bet to 140,000. Truong folded and El Yousfi called.
The flop came and Conan continued for 70,000. El Yousfi raised all for in for around 250,000 and Conan called.
Conan:
El Yousfi:
The turn was the and the river the which vaulted El Yousfi into the chip lead with over 700,000 in chips.
There were 92 entrants to the Marrakech Poker Open High Roller including 21 re-entries, and there are currently 13 remaining. 32 started the day, in a field which included British pros Ludovic Geilich and Kuljinder Sidhu. November Niner Pierre Neuville was also present with an above average stack, but he would bust early on when his clashed with his opponent's on a board, with the Belgian coming off second best.
11 players will make the money in the tournament, with a min-cash worth 30,300 Dirhams (€2,815). However, each player will be eyeing up the first prize of 300,000 Dirhams (€27,878), the trophy, and the title of High Roller Champion.
Still in the mix is 2016 WSOP International Circuit winner Mathieu Selides, as well as his compatriot Paul Guichard and Arthur Conan. There are also home names still in the mix, including Abdelhadi Kondah and Houssine El Otmani.