Photos by Tomas Stacha/WPT.
Photos by Tomas Stacha/WPT.
Mehdi Hsissen raised to 25,000 on the button, Hakim Belcacem three-bet shoved 157,000 from the big blind, and Hsissen called.
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It became a case of "too many outs" for Belcacem as the board ran out ![]()
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, keeping Hsissen's fives in the lead. Belcacem received 28,500 MAD for his 31st place finish.
After losing the flip to Igna Poker, Dani Rodriguez was all in for his last 95,000 with ![]()
. Juan Munoz called with ![]()
to try and knock out his countrymate.
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rundown, Munoz' sevens were still best and Rodriguez was gone in 32nd
Short stack Badr Boutenbat was all in for fewer than 100k in chips and called by Fabio Pinho. Boutenbat had ![]()
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and Pinho's hand of ![]()
went face-down in the muck.
On table 8, Igna Poker open-shoved 160,000 in middle position and Mehdi Hsissen tank-folded ![]()
one seat over. It got folded to Dani Rodriguez, who snap-called in the big blind.
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Rodriguez flopped and turned a world of outs but didn't get there on ![]()
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, and was left with 95,000.
Niveau: 20
Blinds: 5,000/10,000
Ante: 10,000
The 32 remaining players are heading on a 60-minute dinner break.
Kalidou Sow has become the first player to cross the 1M mark in this tournament. Sow had pocket queens on a king-high board against Pierrick Burban, who fired a bet of 70,000 on the turn before shutting down with ace-jack.
For start-of-the-day chipleader Kamel Atoui, the tournament has ended in 34th place. Down to mere crumbs, he got it in with ![]()
against Jaouad Abida, who called with ![]()
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board forced Atoui to the payout desk.