Abdenbi Abida open-shoved the button to put both players behind him at risk and Saverio Cocozza made the call out of the big blind for his last 70,000. Cocozza had the and Abida a pair in . The board fell and the Italian doubled.
Abdenbi Abida raised to 33,000 from under the gun and [Removed:215] then squeezed to 90,000 from the button. Abida called and then check-called the flop for 105,000. Both players checked the turn and Abida once again checked the river.
Groppi fired 200,000 and Abida called after long consideration to muck against the of his opponent.
The action folded around to Abdenbi Abida in the small blind and he raised to 35,000. Fahd three-bet to 120,000 from one seat over and Abida then jammed for 685,000 in total. "You got kings?" Fahd asked and took a few minutes to make up his mind.
He eventually folded the and Abida showed him the . "Ace King I always call," Fahd said.
Over on table 33, Henrique Pinho has increased his lead further whereas two opponents are on life support right now.
Mathieu Biague has found no spot or hand at all and the stack has all but melted whereas Michael van der Ghinst also lost some. The Belgian then limped in from the small blind and called a raise to 41,000 by Pinho.
On the flop, van der Ghinst check-called a bet worth 30,000 before both checked the turn. On the river, the Belgian checked and Pinho bet 50,000. Van der Ghinst asked the dealer twice for the amount and then called to get shown by Pinho for the nut straight.
Saverio Cocozza open-shoved for 179,000 and Abdenbi Abida called out of the big blind.
Cocozza:
Abida:
The patience of the Italian didn't pay out, as he ran with a big pocket pair into an even bigger one. After the board , Cocozza was eliminated in 11th place for a payday of 35,000 Dirhams.
Michael van der Ghinst shoved for 30,000 from the button and Henrique Pinho called from the small blind, then folded to the squeeze to 100,000 by Ali Mechiche in the big blind.
Van der Ghinst:
Mechiche:
The board ran out and the Belgian tripled.
Then, Mathieu Biague shoved for 64,000 from under the gun and Henrique Pinho flat-called.
Biague:
Pinho:
The board kept the second super short stack in as well.
Andre Fonseca opened to 35,000 from the hijack and Abdenbi Abida flat-called from the button to see a flop of . Fonseca check-raised all in for 210,000 and Abida snap-called after having bet 55,000.
Fonseca:
Abida:
The turn changed nothing much and the Portuguese was gone in 10th place when the appeared on the river.
The clock has been stopped with 06:41 left for level 22 and the unofficial final table of the last nine has been determined. The official final table will restart eight-handed tomorrow and after an quick 10-minute break, the tournament resumes.