The remaining 14 players are going on a 15 minute break, so here are the updated chip counts. Players will return to 12,000/24,000/4,000 when they return, with the average stack 951,428
Chips were flying everywhere shortly after the break. Erwann Pecheux opened, was three-bet by Joao Pinto Correia who in turn was then four-bet by Carlos Olmos Pardos. Correia thought before moving all-in for 630,000 and was called by Pardos.
Correia:
Pardos:
The board was giving Correia a big boost and crippling Pardos
We said earlier that Mathieu Selides was running away with this tournament, and he is now. He was all-in but behind with against Day 2 chip leader Sonny Franco's .
The board looked safe with [6c4dT7h] being dealt, but the on the river eliminated Franco and further extended Selides's chip lead
All-in and a call was a shout and we saw Jonathan Khalifa, who has been pretty active today, with against Karim Souaid's . Khalifa outflopped his opponent with , eliminating Souaid in 13th place
After doubling up Joao Pinto Correia, Carlos Olmos Pardos has been sticking around with some well-timed shoves to boost his chip stack to around 600,000. The average is now 1,110,000 with seven minutes remaining before the second break of the day
Choukri Chergui opened for 65,000 with the blinds 15,000/30,000 and was three-bet by Pedro Oliveira. Dominique Terzian then moved all-in for around 700,000. Chergui re-raised all in and it was back on Oliveira who folded
Chergui:
Terzian:
Oliveira said that he folded and was hoping to see no spades, and he was lucky, as the board ran out to cripple Terzian early into Level 26
When you're running good, you're running good. Dominique Terzian got his remaining chips in with against the of chipleader Mathieu Selides. Selides didn't need to improve, but he did, with a four in the window on eliminating Terzian in 12th place