Photos by Tomas Stacha/WPT.
Photos by Tomas Stacha/WPT.
Fabio Pinho Damaso committed his last 400,000 from under the gun and Jaouad Abida called from the big blind.
Fabio Pinho Damaso: ![]()
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Jaouad Abida: ![]()
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Damaso paired up on the ![]()
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flop to take the lead. To spice things up in the Es Saadi Resort, the dealer flipped the
on the turn to give Abida straight and flush outs to go with the nines and aces. They all remained in the deck as the
rolled off on the river to double Damaso up.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,650,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
880,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
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In a limped pot, the flop was ![]()
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and both Ramon Sol and Francois Tosques checked their respective blinds. On the
turn, Sol bet 260,000 and Tosques called.
The river was the
and Sol checked. Tosques bet 690,000 and Sol check-raised all in for 2,265,000. Tosques asked for a count and called after half a minute or so.
Sol shook his head and sheepishly turned over ![]()
for a total airball. Tosques revealed ![]()
for a full house and had Sol covered to bust the Spaniard in 4th.

| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,700,000
2,700,000
|
2,700,000 |
|
|
Eliminé |
Jaouad Abida open-shoved from the small blind and Fabio Pinho Damaso instantly called all in for 1,100,000 from the big blind.
Jaouad Abida: ![]()
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Fabio Pinho Damaso: ![]()
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Damaso ran to his friends on the rail for solace but didn't have much to fear on an ![]()
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flop. The
on the turn opened up a minor sweat but the
on the river was safe for the double.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
5,700,000
950,000
|
950,000 |
|
|
2,280,000
1,400,000
|
1,400,000 |
|
|
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Niveau: 30
Blinds: 50,000/100,000
Ante: 100,000
Fabio Pinho Damaso raised to 200,000 on the button, Francois Tosques three-bet the small blind to 650,000, Damaso four-bet to 1,300,000, Tosques five-bet shoves and Damaso snap-folded.
Tosques' cards got accidentally exposed and the ![]()
got flashed.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
6,700,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
|
1,900,000
380,000
|
380,000 |
|
|
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In two hands, Jaouad Abida bluffed off a sizable portion of his stack to Francois Tosques, who is now the overwhelming chipleader. In the first hand, Abida bet 350,000 on a ![]()
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turn and 500,000 on a
river. Tosques called twice with ![]()
and won against ![]()
.
In the subsequent hand, Tosques raised to 400,000 from the small blind and Abida defended his big blind. The flop was ![]()
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and Tosques bet 325,000. Abida raised to 900,000 and Tosques called.
The turn was the
and Tosques check-called 700,000 from Abida. Both players instantly checked the
on the river.
Tosques revealed ![]()
for eights and deuces and Abida mucked.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
9,300,000
2,600,000
|
2,600,000 |
|
|
1,600,000
4,100,000
|
4,100,000 |
There was 400,000 in the middle on an ![]()
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flop when both Fabio Pinho Damaso and Jaouad Abida got their stacks in the middle. About 1.5 million from Damaso went in and Abida had him just barely covered.
Fabio Pinho Damaso: ![]()
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Jaouad Abida: ![]()
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Abida was in terrible shape and his railbirds chanted for a ten. The miracle card hit as the
came on the turn to swing the lead to the local hero. The
fell on the river to crush Damaso's hopes of winning the WPTDeepStacks and end his bid in 3rd place.

| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,615,000
2,015,000
|
2,015,000 |
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Eliminé | |
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Photos by Tomas Stacha/WPT.
