After the rollercoaster ride of the first two hours, the players are on a 15-minute break. In the last hand before the break, Arron Fletcher eliminated Hakim Hadj to extend his chip lead to 3,500,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,500,000
800,000
|
800,000 |
|
1,700,000
600,000
|
600,000 |
|
1,500,000
475,000
|
475,000 |
|
1,000,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
900,000 | |
|
850,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
820,000
-280,000
|
-280,000 |
|
700,000
-270,000
|
-270,000 |
|
700,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
650,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
600,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
600,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
550,000
-550,000
|
-550,000 |
|
Busted |
Just after the massive clash between Romain Lewis and Arron Fletcher, Selim Oulmekki busted in 16th place in an unknown hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Wow.
In two hands, Romain Lewis went from hero to zero, and there was absolutely nothing he could do about it. After doubled Mohamed El Bakkouri in the previous hand, he got involved in the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
Arron Fletcher opened to 60,000 on the button. Romain Lewis three-bet from the big blind to 140,000. Fletcher moved all in, which was effectively for Lewis' total stack of 860,000. The French pro snap-called the shove, creating a pot of over 1,5 million in chips.
Arron Fletcher: 
Romain Lewis: 
Lewis was in fantastic shape to claim the chip lead, but the flop was devastating: 
. Fletcher took a commanding lead with a set of tens. Suddenly, Lewis found himself on the brink of elimination, needing one of the remaining aces to survive.
The 
on the turn and 
on the river proved of no avail for Lewis, who saw his dreams of winning the WSOP Circuit ring come to a shocking end. Lewis received a consolation price of 61,000 MAD, Fletcher now sits behind a towering stack of 2,7 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,700,000
1,200,000
|
1,200,000 |
|
Busted | |
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An assortment of photos from Day 3.
From the cutoff, Romain Lewis opened with a raise to 60,000. On the button, it was Mohamed El Bakkouri shoved his stack of 471,000 in on the button, which gave Lewis some pause.
Eventually, he decided to call it off to put El Bakkouri at risk.
Mohamed El Bakkouri: 
Romain Lewis: 
The board ran out 
. El Bakkouri improved to the nut flush and doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
970,000
370,000
|
370,000 |
|
|
860,000
-290,000
|
-290,000 |
|
|
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After being crippled in the previous hand against Mohamed El Bakkouri, Thomas Cristobal was down to less than two big blinds. Cristobal put it in the hand afterwards, with Romain Lewis and Hamza NBaba coming along with a call.
On a 
board, Lewis bet and NBaba folded. Casually, Lewis flipped open 
for quad kings! Cristobal was drawing beyond dead with his and took home 53,000 MAD for his 18th place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,150,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
600,000
385,000
|
385,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
Arron Fletcher took a big hand off Romain Lewis without showdown to rise to 1,500,000 in chips. Hamza NBaba opened to 45,000, Fletcher three-bet to 120,000, Lewis cold four-bet to 325,000, NBaba folded, Fletcher shoved all in for 1,100,000 and Lewis snap-folded.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,500,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
1,400,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
|
1,200,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
|
|
1,100,000
278,000
|
278,000 |
|
|
1,025,000
242,000
|
242,000 |
|
|
950,000
-506,000
|
-506,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
900,000
-106,000
|
-106,000 |
|
|
700,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
|
700,000
-300,000
|
-300,000 |
|
|
650,000
-460,000
|
-460,000 |
|
600,000
395,000
|
395,000 |
|
|
350,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
|
350,000
-200,000
|
-200,000 |
|
|
250,000
-105,000
|
-105,000 |
|
|
215,000
-85,000
|
-85,000 |
Level: 24
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
Hakim Hadj raised to 45,000 in middle position. Roland Rozel went all in for 463,000 from the small blind, Julio Sanchez tank-folded in the big blind and Hadj instantly called.
Roland Rozel:
Hakim Hadj: 
The best hand remained ahead after the dealer fanned out 
, sending Rozel to the rail in 19th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,400,000
566,000
|
566,000 |
|
Busted |
