Guy Cussonneaux picked the wrong time to make a move. He began the hand by min-raising the action, getting three bet by Sebastien Compte, and then four-bet jamming which Compte called.
Cussonneaux turned over and was well behind Compte's . The board was just one heart short of a miracle for Cussonneaux who was eliminated in 16th place for 43,000 MAD (€3,963).
Blinds just increased to 15,000/30,000 with an ante of 4,000. With pay jumps bigger than ever, the average stack of 1.126 million has moved down to approximately 37.5 big blinds.
Alexis Fleur just took the chip lead with 2.5 million chips, however, it is now much closer up top than earlier today with Gregory Cometto on his tail with 2.275 million and Rachid Am with 2.02 million.
Freshly off losing a big hand against Gregory Cometto's set, Cheng-Wei Yin was eliminated just before the first break on a coin-flip against [Removed:13].
Yin raised preflop and was called by Mechiche Alami before Guiglini squeezed from the big blind. Yin called the rest of his 650,000 chips and Alami folded.
Guiglini:
Yin:
Yin's was still alive with eight outs along with some backdoor outs on the flop. However, Yin was eliminated in 17th place for 43,000 MAD (€3,963) after the completed the board.
Players are on the first break of the day. We will have a chip count update shortly after the break is over, however, it is clear that Rachid Am is still in the lead with over 2.5 million chips.
Tons of chips on Table 33. Morocco's Rachid Am is still the overall chip leader, however, with a slightly smaller stack of 2.5 million. Also over the million mark in chips on the table are France's Alexis Fleur with 1.8 million and the lone remaining Team Winamax pro Bruno Lopes with 1.25 million.
Team Winamax's Gaëlle Baumann held one of the shorter stacks in play since midday on Day 2. Her run for the title has just ended after just losing a standard blind vs. blind flip against Sebastien Compte.
Compte open-jammed for a little more than 500,000 chips with from the small blind which Baumann called from the big blind with . It was quickly over for Baumann as a was the first card to nail the flop sealing her fate along with the to complete the flop. Hope four a runner-runner materialized when the hit the turn, however Baumann was eliminated after the appeared on the river and collected 36,000 MAD (€3,318) for her 18th place finish.
Baumann's elimination also represented a guaranteed pay increase for those remaining in contention with 12th - 17th places being award 43,000 MAD (€3,963).
Tristan Vernay jammed his short-stack from the button. Sébastien Wuillot with an even shorter stack called his remaining 200,000 chips setting up a heads-up flip.
Vernay:
Wuillot:
Wuillot was already out of his seat wishing players a good game when the flop left him with little hope. The completed the board to eliminate Wuillot in 19th place for 36,000 MAD (€3,318).
We are now down to three tables with a redraw currently in progress.