Roger Tondeur opened to 25,000 and Abdenbi Abida called from the button to see a heads-up flop of . Tondeur continued for 30,000 and was called before checking the turn. Abida now fired a bet worth 65,000 and was snap-called before the river saw Tondeur immediately bet 80,000.
Abida didn't give it much time before sending his cards into the muck.
Shortly after returning from dinner, Masbah Ben Baba shoved for 10 big blinds from the button and Henrique Oliveira de Sousa Pinho reshoved from one seat over to put the Moroccan at risk.
Ben Baba:
Pinho:
The flop improved Ben Baba, but the turn saw Pinho with a set. Any club would still avoid the elimination, yet it was the river that sent Ben Baba out in 21st place.
Fahd announced all in for 133,000 and Fadhil Farag shoved from one seat over for one big blind more before the action reached Joaquin. The Spaniard shoved as well with almost double the stack of the two opponents to isolate successfully.
Fahd:
Farag:
Joaquin:
The board ran out and Fahd tripled whereas Farag was eliminated in 20th place.
Joaquin pushed his last 102,000 from under the gun and Sonny Franco called out of the big blind with the . Joaquin held the superior and doubled thanks to a board of .
From the button, Joaquin open-shoved for just over 10 big blinds and Michael van der Ghinst snap-called out of the big blind with the slightly superior stack.
Joaquin:
van der Ghinst:
The board ran out and that was it for the Spaniard, who was eliminated in 19th place for 23,000 Dirhams.
Philippe Ktorza defended his big blind against the raise of Alexandre Viard and check-raised all in for 132,000 on the flop . Viard, who had continued for 25,000 and found one cold-caller, made the call and had plenty of outs while the other player folded.
Ktorza:
Viard:
Both the turn and the river bricked and Ktorza doubled.
After a raise to 30,000 and two callers, Ali Mechiche bet the flop for 100,000 and Andre Miquel Ramalho Fonseca folded the , Mechiche showed the .
Both clashed again soon after, getting their stacks in with a loaded pot to the turn. Fonseca had the and Mechiche the , the split pot was already locked up.
Over on table 33, a limped pot saw Sonny Franco bet the flop for 13,000 and Tsunamy called. On the turn, Franco check-called a bet of 21,000 and then fired the river for 95,000. The straight on the board saw Tsunamy call with and Franco held .