Daniel El Keslassy Eliminated in 13th Place (�12,678)

Shamus

Daniel El Keslassy of Morocco opened with a raise to 30,000, then Joel Benzinou reraised to 80,000 behind him. It folded back to El Keslassy who pushed all in for 355,000 total, and Benzinou quickly made the call. As it turned out, the pair had nearly identical stacks prior to the hand, with El Keslassy having the young Belgian outchipped by just 6,000.

El Keslassy had {A-Clubs} {J-Diamonds} and Benzinou {A-Hearts} {K-Spades} , and after the next five cards came {6-Diamonds} {4-Diamonds} {3-Spades} {9-Hearts} {10-Spades} , Benzinou had doubled and El Keslassy was all but done.

A third of his stack went in as the ante in the next hand, and El Keslassy put the other 4,000 in when given the opportunity. Patrick Muleta then raised to 24,000 from the small blind, and Benzinou called from the big blind. Both checked the {10-Clubs} {J-Clubs} {Q-Spades} flop and {2-Diamonds} turn. The river brought the {J-Diamonds} , and when Muleta checked, Benzinou bet 32,000, and Muleta folded. Benzinou showed {A-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} for trip jacks. Keslassy turned up his {K-Spades} {10-Hearts} , then shook Benzinou's hand as he left.