Michael van der Ghinst opened to 22,000 from the cutoff and Fahd then moved all in out of the big blind with the Belgian making the call.
Fahd:
van der Ghinst:
The flop fell and Fahd let out a "yessss", Anas Tadini leaned over and said to Sonny Franco "what did I tell you? Nine on the flop." A blank turn settled things, making the river a formality.
On the heads-up flop of , Sonny Franco bet 20,000 and Fadhil Farag called from one seat over. The turn saw Franco bet 39,000 and Farag quickly called before checked down the river. Franco flipped over but that was no good against Farag's .
On the three-way turn , Saverio Cocozza check-called a bet worth 19,000 by Philippe Ktorza and the third player in the hand folded. The river was checked down and Ktorza's ended up second best to Cocozza's .
On table 33, Joaquin bet the flop for 16,000 and Tsunamy, also from Spain, called. The turn saw Joaquin check-fold to a bet of his fellow countryman.
Michael van der Ghinst opened to 19,000 from early position and Fahd then squeezed to 59,000 out of the cutoff. Joaquin shoved for 106,000 and van der Ghinst folded, Fahd called it off.
Joaquin:
Fahd:
After a board of , the Spaniard doubled and now has more chips than Fahd once again.
Just before the end of the level, Ekrem Sanioglu raised to 13,000 and Pieyre Maggi called from one seat over. The action folded to Peter Reil in the small blind and he shoved for 120,000. Sanoiglu reshoved to isolate successfully and Reil flipped for his tournament life.
Reil:
Sanioglu:
The flop made things even more scary for Reil, now also facing the flush draw on top. The turn left him drawing very thin and the river sent Reil to the rail in 24th place for 20,000 Dirhams.
Jean Pierre Supiot had lost a bigger pot with pocket queens earlier and then shoved for his last 41,000 from middle position. Michael van der Ghinst looked him up from the small blind and it was a flip.
Supiot:
van der Ghinst:
The flop improved van der Ghinst to a set, leaving Supiot to one of the four remaining jacks only to stay in. It was all over after the turn and the river was a mere formality.