Sliman Taghzouit (right) is the 13th place finisher in the 2017 Winamax SISMIX Main Event
Sliman Taghzouit moved all-in for 1,750,000 and Florent Vaz Martin on the button shoved over the top for around 2,800,000. For a brief moment [Removed:445] in the small blind looked like he was tempted, but ultimately both he and Paul Guichard in the blind got out of the way.
Taghzouit opened , but were trailing the of Vaz Martin and though the flop gave Tagzhouit a straight draw to go along with his two outs for the set, it did not come in as the board was completed by the turn and the river.
With that elimination, the tournament clock has been paused as the last two tables are being redrawn.
Romain Meyer moved all-in for 2.2 million chips and [Removed:445] made the call holding . Meyer turned over , but they didn't improve on the flop. The on the turn put Meyer greatly ahead, but Haho got him back on the river, and a frustrated Meyer got out of his chair and headed for the cashier.
Haho and Hector Gonzales are now neck-a-neck for the chip lead with just 11 players left.
Mickael Muselli was just eliminated by the hand of Paul Guichard
Mickael Muselli entered the pot by moving all-in for 1,630,000 and Paul Guichard on the button re-shoved for around 4.2 million. Both Hugo Larachiche and Christophe Beyer in the blinds folded and the hands were turned over.
Mickael Muselli:
Paul Guichard:
The dealer fanned a flop and followed up with a turn. By now Muselli had already got up and said his goodbyes, and he was right to do so as the completed the board.
Jerome Barre is the latest casualty at the 2017 Winamax SISMIX Main Event.
He and Hector Gonzales saw a flop, and Gonzales opted for a check-raise after Barre came out firing. Gonzales called. The turn went check-check before Gonzales checked again on the river. Barre rather quickly moved all-in, and the Spaniard called even quicker with for a flopped set. They were way ahead of the of Barre, and the Frenchman hit the rail in 10th place.
Nine players are still in the running, while Barre has to be content with a payday of 81,000 MAD (€7,441). The next player out will take home an additional 9,200 MAD.
Once again the play started fast and furious today, but no major pots have played out these last 30 minutes. That might seem a bit surprising with big stacks Hector Gonzales and [Removed:445] sitting right next to each other on table #5, but just now they did end up clashing as the Spaniard got the better of Haho.
The two of them saw a flop of , Haho checked his option and Gonzales bet 225,000. Haho came back over the top for 525,000 and Gonzales made the call.
The two players checked through the turn before Haho turned on the aggression again with a bet of 600,000 on the river. Gonzales quickly slid out a tower of gray chips worth 2,000,000, and Haho thought a minute before announcing the call.
Gonzales had rivered the straight with , and a frustrated Haho mucked his cards, handed over the additional chips and got out of his seat to walk it off.
Ivan Deyra and Kazuma Fujiyama in quite the pot before the break
A massive pot played out right before the break. Ivan Deyra and Kazuma Fujiyama were at the river on an board, and Fujiyama had put Deyra to the test for his remaining 1.8 million chips. Deyra was deep in the tank and thought for almost five minutes before finally relinquishing his hand.
Fujiyama turned over the for a stone-cold bluff, and Deyra just shrugged and told Fujiyama how he had contemplated making the call for his tournament life with a mere . Intentions don't win pots, however, and Fujiyama surges above 10 million chips.
, but were trailing the 
of Vaz Martin and though the 
flop gave Tagzhouit a straight draw to go along with his two outs for the set, it did not come in as the board was completed by the 
turn and the 
river.
. Meyer turned over 
flop. The 
on the turn put Meyer greatly ahead, but Haho got him back on the 
river, and a frustrated Meyer got out of his chair and headed for the cashier.
flop and followed up with a 
turn. By now Muselli had already got up and said his goodbyes, and he was right to do so as the 
completed the board.
river. Barre rather quickly moved all-in, and the Spaniard called even quicker with 
for a flopped set. They were way ahead of the 
of Barre, and the Frenchman hit the rail in 10th place.
, Haho checked his option and Gonzales bet 225,000. Haho came back over the top for 525,000 and Gonzales made the call.
board, and Fujiyama had put Deyra to the test for his remaining 1.8 million chips. Deyra was deep in the tank and thought for almost five minutes before finally relinquishing his hand.