Down to 1,200,000, Victor in early position shoved, and only Igor Picone on the button called.
Victor: 3♠3♣
Igor Picone: A♥J♣
The dealer fanned a board of 2♥5♦5♥8♦Q♦, so Victor won the flip to double up.
Nível: 32
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
The chip leader of the table Nicola Pezzullo on the button raised to 300,000, and faced Guillaume Garcia who defended from the big blind.
Pezzullo bet 250,000 on a flop of 2♦K♣2♥ and Garcia check-called. Then both players checked on the turn Q♣.
The 10♣ landed on the river, and Garcia checked again with A♣6♦. Garcia checked back with A♠9♣ and scooped the pot.
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After a few hands without seing any flop, Jean-Claude Ruche in the cutoff bet 300,000 and Nicola Pezzullo defended from the big blind.
Both of them checked on the 5♠J♣6♦ flop, then Pezzullo checked again on the turn 3♦. Ruche took this opportunity to bet 250,000. But Pezzullo chose to check-raise to 850,000.
Ruche looked at his cars, and eventually folded A♥7♥. The stream revealed that Pezzullo was bluffing with K♣8♣.
The nine last players of the WSOP Marrakech Main Event are back at their seat. Shuffle up and deal!
| Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jean-Claude Ruche | Belgium | 5,000,000 | 33 |
| 2 | Yuzhou Yin | China | 1,925,000 | 13 |
| 3 | Victor | Spain | 1,200,000 | 8 |
| 4 | Nicola Pezzullo | Italy | 7,700,000 | 51 |
| 5 | Antoine Delorme | France | 2,350,000 | 16 |
| 6 | Guillaume Garcia | France | 4,575,000 | 31 |
| 7 | Max Deveson | United Kingdom | 4,750,000 | 32 |
| 8 | Igor Picone | Belgium | 3,150,000 | 21 |
| 9 | Sandro Jose Alves | Portugal | 4,250,000 | 28 |
The nine last players of the Main Event are now going to gather on the final table. But before they start this the home stretch, they are on a 60-minute dinner break. Play resumes at 8:30 local time.
After this break, the stream will have a 30-minute delay.
Mohamed Hakim jammed from the small blind for a little bit more than 1,000,000 chips, and he was called by Nicola Pezzullo in the big blind.
Mohamed Hakim: K♦Q♥
Nicola Pezzullo: K♦K♠
Chip leader at the beginning of the day, Hakim didn't make it to the final table, as he was eliminated on a board of 2♠10♥Q♠6♠10♦.
During the last 15 minutes, the players of the feature table shoved one after the other, but nobody called.
Qt some point, Max Deveson opened to 300,000 from the button, and he was called by Yuzhou Yin in the big blind.
Deveson bet 150,000 on the 5♠A♥10♥ flop. He was called by Yin, but both players decided to check on the turn 10♦.
The 8♠ landed on the river. This time, Yin led out for 275,000 with J♥7♥ for a missed flush draw. Deveson called with K♠9♦ for king-high and won the pot.
Nível: 31
Blinds: 75,000/150,000
Ante: 150,000
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