On a completed board of 
, Kalidou Sow bet 350,000 and David Pecheur called it off. Sow showed 
and Pecheur mucked his hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,750,000
550,000
|
550,000 |
|
725,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |
Fabio Pinho Damaso raised to 60,000 from early position, Francois Tosques three-bet shoved 695,000 from middle position and Damaso called.
Francois Tosques: 
Fabio Pinho Damaso: 
Tosques flopped a queen on a 
flop to take the lead and doubled up after the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,470,000
875,000
|
875,000 |
|
1,200,000
-1,300,000
|
-1,300,000 |
|
||
Alex Sanchez was able to survive another orbit and had 70,000 when he was seated in the big blind. He posted the big blind ante of 30,000, the big blind of 30,000 and held 10,000 behind. Kalidou Sow raised in middle position and Sanchez called all in.
Alex Sanchez: 
Kalidou Sow: 
It was all Sow on an 
board and Sanchez headed out in 15th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,200,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
Busted |
In the final hand of the previous level, Alex Sanchez open-shoved 500,000 on the button and Abdullatif Attia folded his small blind. Yves Rolland looked at his cards in the big blind and instantly put his stack in.
Yves Rolland:
Alex Sanchez: 
The dealer fanned out 
and Sanchez was left with a mere 10,000. The blinds went up and he called those chips all in the next hand. It got checked down four-way on 
. Sanchez showed 
and much to everyone's surprise, his deuce was good enough to septuple up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,000,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
70,000
-1,130,000
|
-1,130,000 |
Level: 25
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 30,000
Mathieu Papineau raised on the button, Jean Montury shoved 205,000 from the blinds and Papineau called.
Jean Montury: 
Mathieu Papineau: 
Montury flopped a full house on a 
board for another double.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
800,000 | |
|
470,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Photos by Tomas Stacha/WPT.
Mathieu Chevalier raised to 60,000 from under the gun and Fabio Pinho Damaso called from the cutoff. The flop was 
and Damaso called 50,000 from Chevalier. Both players checked the on the turn.
On the river, Chevalier checked, Damaso bet 210,000 and Chevalier went deep in the tank. He shifted in his seat for minutes and eventually got the clock called on him. After nearly five minutes, he opted to call it off.
Damaso showed for eights full and Chevalier mucked in disgust
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000
205,000
|
205,000 |
|
|
||
|
470,000
-210,000
|
-210,000 |
Jean Montury was left with just 120,000 in the big blind after doubling up Mathieu Chevalier shortly before with ace-jack against ace-king. Tobias Peters opened from middle position and called off the shove from Montury.
Jean Montury:
Tobias Peters:
Montury flopped two queens to leave Peters drawing dead on the spot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
925,000
-475,000
|
-475,000 |
|
720,000
-330,000
|
-330,000 |
|
|
680,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
595,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
|
280,000
-350,000
|
-350,000 |
The shortest of stacks belonged to Yassine Adib, who had just 80,000 when he was seated in the small blind. Kalidou Sow raised to 50,000 on the button and called the 30,000 extra after Abid had shoved. Abid was a favorite with 
against Sow's but dodged a massive sweat on a 
board.
In the subsequent hand, Sow raised and called off Abid's second shove in a row, this time for 210,000.
Yassine Adib:
Kalidou Sow:
This time it was Adib who picked up the extra outs along the way, but he didn't get there: 
. He was the first player to bust on Day 3 and received 50,000 MAD.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
Busted |
