Jon Kyte raised to 400,000 in the cutoff and was called by Simeon Spasov in the big blind. The flop brought ![]()
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on which Spasov check-called a bet of 350,000. After the
turn, Spasov checked again and Kyte's second barrel for 600,000 won the pot without any further resistance.
2023 PokerStars EPT Paris
As the clear big stack, Mohamed Mokrani has been open raising at every opportunity and putting pressure on his opponents. Most of the time, he's been able to take down the pot with a preflop raise.
On this occassion, he met resistance from Wagner Ripper, who defended his big blind. The flop came ![]()
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and both players checked. The turn was the
and both checked again. The river came the
and players once again checked.
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for a full house and Mokrani threw his hand in the muck. Still, it was a small pot and barely put a dent in Mokrani's 10 million strong chip stack.
Francesco Delfoco limped in from under the gun and Mohamed Mokrani checked his option out of the big blind. On a ![]()
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flop, Mokrani checked and subsequently called a bet worth 375,000 by Delfoco which led them to the
turn.
Both players now checked and Mokrani then bet the
river for 1,000,000. Deep in the tank, Delfoco fiddled with calling chips for more than four minutes after which the clock was called on him.
With the additional 30 seconds almost down to zero, Delfoco called and Mokrani rolled over the ![]()
for a flush to win the pot.
Delfoco was stunned and shrugged to his friend on the rail as he dropped to a mere six blinds with the big blind coming up in the very next hand.
Mohamed Mokrani raised to 400,000 and Luis Celso shoved all in for around 1.5 million chips. Makrani made the call and players flipped their cards.
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. Celso was well ahead preflop, but Mokrani found a pair of aces on the flop and took down the pot. Celso was eliminated in 8th place for €36,650.
Meanwhile, Mokrani extended his chip lead. His stack now stands at close to 10 million.
The very first flop of the final table after around 20 minutes of play also resulted in a turn and river, as the small blind shove by Hugo Machado for 1,425,000 was called by chip leader Mohamed Mokrani in the big blind.
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The ace of the chip leader remained ahead all the way on the ![]()
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board and Machado finished in ninth place for €28,200.
Nível: 32
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
For a full orbit of the table play hasn't reached the flop, most pots taken down with a single preflop raise or reraise. In the latest of those preflop situations, Hugo Machado made an early position raise to 300,000 and Wagner Ripper went all in for 2 million. Machado folded and Ripper scooped the pot.
When blinds go up, the average stack will be just 15 big blinds.
With an average of 20 big blinds, the cards are back in the air and the final nine players are back in their seats.
There are 17 minutes left in the level and the final nine players have received the following seat assignments.
Cards will go back in the air shortly after a brief break.
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simeon Spasov | Bulgaria | 2,625,000 | 18 |
| 2 | Cedric Massaro | France | 2,325,000 | 16 |
| 3 | Hugo Machado | Portugal | 2,225,000 | 15 |
| 4 | Mohamed Mokrani | France | 6,425,000 | 43 |
| 5 | Francesco Delfoco | Italy | 3,250,000 | 22 |
| 6 | Jon Kyte | Norway | 3,175,000 | 21 |
| 7 | Luis Celso | Brazil | 1,600,000 | 11 |
| 8 | Antony Marchetti | France | 3,550,000 | 24 |
| 9 | Wagner Ripper | Brazil | 2,125,000 | 14 |
Mohamed Mokrani raised from the button to 120,000 and Jeremie Zouari shoved all in for 1.2 million chips. Mokrani took his time and scratched his head before making the call. The cards were on their backs.
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and neither player improved. Mokrani's kicker played and he won the pot. Zouari was eliminated in 10th place and walked away with €22,500.
The final table bubble has now broken and just nine players remain.