There are 59 players left in the WSOP International Circuit Main Event. With just four more players going home empty-handed, action has slowed down to a crawl.
One of the most dangerous players left in the field is France's Selim Oulmekki. Oulmekki gained prominence by finishing 4th in a $1,500 WSOP Event in 2011, cashing $251,267. According to insiders here, Oulmekki is even better known for his online pedigree, being closely aligned with some of the best high stakers France has to offer.
Oulmekki has topped the leaderboard throughout the day, but just suffered a massive setback due to a brutal one-outer. According to another journalist, Oulmekki flopped gin with on a flop in a hand against Teresio Ciancanelli.
A lot of money already went in before the fell on the river. Oulmekki bet 90,000 and Ciancanelli shoved all in for 160,000. Oulmekki couldn't get away from it, but Ciancanelli showed him the bad news with for quad fives and scooped up the enormous pot of over 500,000 in chips.
Just before the break, French pro Sarah Herzali busted from the tournament. According to our French colleagues, Herzali lost her stack in two parts. In the first hand, she ran into the nut flush, setting her back to 15 big blinds.
In the next hand, she went in with pocket jacks, but busted against queen-five when a queen on the flop sealed her fate.
2016 WSOP Global Championship winner Said El Yousfi will not be adding another big cash yet. On a flop, El Yousfi had bet 40,000 and was facing a 150,000 shove from Roland Rozel.
El Yousfi, who played nearly the same stack as Rozel, agonised for several minutes before flicking in a calling chip.
Roland Rozel:
Said El Yousfi:
Rozel needed to hit his overcard or one of the clubs to survive and did so on the turn. El Yousfi had a redraw to a full house, but the river wasn't the four-outer he needed. El Yousfi was left with 1,5bb, which he lost in the next hand.