Ahoor Parham raised to 13,000 from under the gun and Rachid Am called in the cutoff before Muhyedine Fares three-bet to 56,000 in the big blind. Parham let go, but Am called to see a flop of . Fares immediately moved all in for around 90,000 and Am snap-called.
Muhyedine Fares:
Rachid Am:
Fares was in need of running outs, but it was all over after the turn already to make the river a formality.
Paul's raise was called only by Francois Pirault in the big blind. The duo checked the flop and the turn before Pirault bet the river for 22,000. Paul raised to 65,000 and forced a fold to build his stack without showdown.
The T-500 chips will be raced off in the first 15-minute break of the day and there are just 22 players remaining with 17 of them earning a share of the prize pool.
Fernando Sanchez chopped with Alexandre Fradin when both players tabled pocket jacks before the Spaniard busted a few hands later. Fradin would see the same fate at the end of the level when his ended up second-best to the of Rachid Am on a ten-high board to reduce the field to the last 22 hopefuls.
On the heads-up flop of , San bet 20,000 and Cris called before the turn was checked. San then shoved the river for what appeared to be 120,000 and Cris eventually called with pocket kings only to see his fellow countryman turn over for top two.
Louis Linard faced a raise to 12,000 by Paul and three-bet before the Spaniard four-bet to 82,000. Linard wasted little time before moving all in and Paul let go as quickly.
Johan Guilbert sent two further opponents to the rail to boost his stack to more than half a million in chips. The last showdown saw him with against the of a short stack and Guilbert locked up the hand by the turn of a board .
Kamel Ataoui raised with pocket fives and was called by Louis Linard on the button as well as the players in the blinds. The flop of was checked to Linard, who bet 17,000 and just Ataoui called. Both checked the turn and Ataoui jammed the river to see Linard call with .
That reduced the field to the last 24 and they will now redraw to the last three tables.
Imad Derwiche raised to 12,000 and Louis Linard three-bet all in for 84,000. Derwiche reluctantly called and tabled to see Linard with the better kicker and . The board ran out and Derwiche failed to get there despite plenty of outs after the flop.
Soon after, Derwiche was all in and at risk with the and Ludovic Moryousef flipped over . The board came and again Derwiche failed to improve.