With the start of level 10, the registration for the Main Event has officially closed. Thus far, the screens show 219 entries of which 109 remain but thus number remains to be confirmed still. No further reentries can be purchased from now on.
Another four levels of 45 minutes each are left for Day 1.
Down to his last few chips, it appeared to be around 6,000 chips, Hafid Kinany moved all in after the . Table neighbor Gael Callige had bet 2,000 and called it off with the for a straight draw. Kinany held and the turn improved his opponent to a straight.
A blank river changed nothing whatsoever and Kinany hit the rail.
At almost the same time, Leo Margets also busted on a different table.
A flush draw didn#t come for Selim Oulmekki and he has been eliminated a few minutes into the new level whereas Said El Yousfi was just spotted with a bet of 12,400 on the river. The opponent of the Swiss reluctantly called and El Yousfi showed for a full house to recover chips.
After the dinner break, Cheng-Wei Yin lost half his stack with pocket nines against pocket sevens, as a seven appeared on the river. He was then pushed all in after a king-high flop and called with for top pair. The other player held for middle pair and spiked another ten on the turn to improve to trips.
Guillaume Diaz reentered after dinner for bullet number four and put his hopes on a gutshot without any success.
While Najib Bennis lost a flip with pocket fours against an ace over on table two, Francois Pirault was more fortunate. He three-bet jammed for 16 big blinds and Rodrigo Strong isolated to push out Gael Callige.
Pirault:
Strong:
The board ran out to keep Pirault in the tournament.
One player had registered but didn't show up in time to see the field officially confirmed at 220 entries in total. This includes 69 reentries for almost one third of the field and the payouts will be announced either at the end of today or before Day 2 resumes tomorrow.
It was Toufik Ouirini who busted Paul-Francois Tedeschi earlier this level after betting an ace-high turn for 10,000 and then calling the shove of the Frenchman with . Tedeschi had and a nine appeared on the river.
Just now, Ouirini busted another player after calling the shove for what looked like 30,000 on a flop with . His opponent had and failed to improve on turn and river.
After a raising war before the flop, the stacks went in once the dealer had spread and Samir Lakliali was at risk with the . Unfortunately that would be the last hand for the Moroccan, as Joaquin held the two seats over and held up with turn and river completing the board.
With around 30,000 chips in the pot until the turn, Rodrigo Strong announced all in and then folded his hands. The dealer counted 39,000 chips remaining and table neighbor and big stack Gael Callige was still to make up his mind. Callige eventually folded and Strong quickly raked in the pot.