Polo Santoni limped in from the under-the-gun position. Shlomo Ohana did the same from the hijack. HCC, on the button, shoved all in for 302,000 in total. Santoni called and Ohana folded.
Polo Santoni:
HCC:
The board ran out to give Santoni the higher two pair, tens and fives. Santoni dealt the final blow to HCC now and he was eliminated from the tournament.
Roger Tondeur shoved all in for around 520,000 from mid-position. HCC was next to act in the hijack, he thought about it for a while and then decided to also shove all in for about 1,000,000. Action folded to Polo Santoni in the big blind. He looked at his card, tanked for a little while and then also went all-in for 806,000.
Polo Santoni:
HCC:
Roger Tondeur:
When all the cards were open, Tondeur, Santoni and HCC got up immediately. The players from the other table also swarmed Table 2 to see what was happening. The floor announced to the audience what the hole cards were and then instructed the dealer to deal the flop.
The first card in the window was the but then he opened the rest: . Santoni cheered loudly and gasps could be heard all over the tournament room. The players at the table all seemed in shock, HCC was still staring at the table with his hands in his hair. Shlomo Ohana just kept staring with his mouth wide open. Tondeur just shrugged.
The dealer then dealt the on the turn and the on the river to complete the board. Tondeur shook hands with the rest and walked away to find the rail. He has been eliminated in 14th place and pocketed 69,000 MAD.
The final Day of the World Series of Poker International Circuit Main Event is here and a winner will be crowned tonight. The 16 remaining players are guaranteed to take at least 59,000 MAD (~$6,450) home, with them but they will all have their sights set on that first prize of 1,300,000 MAD (~$142,000) and the coveted WSOP Circuit Ring.
The player who is closest to grabbing those prizes right now is Vladimir Shabalin. Winning this tournament would be the biggest live cash for the Russian, who's record cash to date is €56,200 for a third-place finish in 2016 in Malta. Second in chips HCC has 95 big blinds to play with today and he’s seated with Shlomo Ohana, who has 94 big blinds and sits in third. There is not much known about HCC, including his real name, but he left an impression on all the tables he played at during Day 1a and Day 2. Not much more is known about Ohana, this will be his second live cash in his career, with his first ever cash (€4,150) taking place about 2 months ago in Bucharest.
Well-known players left in this field are Nicolas Noguera and Pierre Merlin. Both are sporting below average stacks for now but with more than 40 big blinds each, there's room to play. Noguera won the WSOP International Circuit Paris Main Event in 2016 for €220,000. Merlin came second in the 2017 WSOP International Circuit Paris Main Event for €135,000. Both of them join their fellow countrymen in their quest for WSOP Circuit glory, as the French are sporting no less than eight hopefuls among the final 16.
Former Champions
Year
Entries
Champion
Country
Prize
2018
486
-
-
€114,383
2017
511
Arron Fletcher
United Kingdom
€130,755
2016
446
Mathieu Selides
France
€95,479
2015
484
Ricardo Manquant
France
€122,330
The tournament will be restarting at 1 pm local time on Level 21 with a small blind of 6,000, a big blind of 12,000 and a running ante of 2,000. Levels will continue with 60 minutes each until Level 25, when blinds will be increased to 75 minutes for the remainder of the tournament. Play will continue until the winner is crowned. PokerNews will be here to provide you with all the trials and tribulations of the WSOP International Circuit Main Event in Casino Marrakech.
to give Nathan a flush draw. The turn brought them the 
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to give Santoni the higher two pair, tens and fives. Santoni dealt the final blow to HCC now and he was eliminated from the tournament.
but then he opened the rest: 
. Santoni cheered loudly and gasps could be heard all over the tournament room. The players at the table all seemed in shock, HCC was still staring at the table with his hands in his hair. Shlomo Ohana just kept staring with his mouth wide open. Tondeur just shrugged.
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