A hefty pot had already brewed between Jean Montury (UTG) and David Haziza (BB), when action was on the latter. On a board, Haziza shoved all in and Montury snap-called his remaining 107,500 off with .
A furious Haziza flung his counterfeited open in the muck and had to surrender two-thirds of his remaining stack to the French EPT winner. With the massive double, Montury is now among the chipleaders.
On the turn and a board reading , David bet 40,000 and Zakaria called in position. The river was the and David checked, with 60,000 behind. Zakaria bet around 50,000, but David had no showdown value and folded immediately.
Little did David know he was up against the one hand he could most certainly beat, as Zakaria showed for the nut low. With that pot, Zakaria has crossed the half million in chips mark.
In a Russian battle between Viktor Sorokin and Dimitri Motorov, it was the former sending the latter home after winning a big coinflip. Preflop, Sorokin had 36,000 in front of him and Sorokin had moved all in for 120,000. After thinking for two minutes, Sorokin called it off with nearly the same stack.
Viktor Sorokin:
Dimitri Motorov:
It was a big call with pocket sixes, but Sorokin's hand remained ahead from start to finish: . Sorokin celebrated the knockout with a loud bang on the table, but quickly regained control of his emotions to console his countryman.
In a surprising turn of events, end of Day 1 chipleader Alexandre Viard has been eliminated from the tournament. Last night, Viard bagged 345,000, but he lost it all during the first three levels of play.
Hassan Lamzariki opened with a raise to 10,500. Behind him, Francois Pirault shoved his last 70,000 in the middle. When it got back to Hassan, he immediately called to put Pirault at risk.
Francois Pirault:
Hassan Lamzariki:
The gave Pirault an opening with his jack of clubs, but the on the turn slammed that door shut. The meaningless completed the board and ended Pirault's tournament.
Abdelhadi Kondah, 3rd on the Morocco All Time Money List with over $600,000 in winnings, shoved 46,000 all in from early position. Rodrigo Strong called from middle position and short stacked Eric Rabut called 21,000 all in from the small blind.
Abdelhadi Kondah:
Rodrigo Strong:
Eric Rabut:
Kondah was never in any danger on and nearly tripled up. Strong took a hit and Rabut was eliminated.
board, Haziza shoved all in and Montury snap-called his remaining 107,500 off with 
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open in the muck and had to surrender two-thirds of his remaining stack to the French EPT winner. With the massive double, Montury is now among the chipleaders.
, David bet 40,000 and Zakaria called in position. The river was the 
and David checked, with 60,000 behind. Zakaria bet around 50,000, but David had no showdown value and folded immediately.
for the nut low. With that pot, Zakaria has crossed the half million in chips mark.
. Sorokin celebrated the knockout with a loud bang on the table, but quickly regained control of his emotions to console his countryman.
gave Pirault an opening with his jack of clubs, but the 
and nearly tripled up. Strong took a hit and Rabut was eliminated.