It has been quite a level. In the space of 40 minutes we've seen no less than eight eliminations. Here's the latest…
Nicolas Levi raised from under the gun, then Charles de Haas made it 44,000 from the hijack seat. It folded to the red-hot Dominik Nitsche who reraised again to approximately 95,000 from the small blind. The big blind got out, Levi stepped aside as well, and de Haas pushed all in for a total of about 175,000. Nitsche made the call, tabling . De Hass had the preflop advantage with his .
Then came the flop -- . Advantage Nitsche. The turn was the and the river the , and de Haas is out in 19th place. With 18 players left, Nitsche still leads, now with 1.26 million.
Felix Oberauer opened to 20,000, and in the small blind, Majid Chiboub made the call. The flop came out . Chiboub checked, and Oberauer checked behind. The turn paired the board with the . Chiboub responded by moving all in for his last 43,000. Oberauer took his time deciding to call with , but his ace-high was ahead of Chiboub's . Chiboub needed to catch a king on the river to survive, but the wasn't it. He's out in 20th place, and Oberauer is up to 380,000.
After the table had folded to Johan Williamson on the button, the Swede checked his cards and decided to raise to 17,000. The small blind folded, but Patrick Viano of France decided to push all in from the big blind with his remaining 45,000. Williamson instacalled, showing , well ahead of Viano's .
The board ran out , pairing both players' kickers, and Viano hits the rail in 21st place. Williamson now sits with 625,000.
We've arrived at the next pay jump, as those finishing 16th-20th will all be earning €11,318.
Joel Benzinou moved all in on the button, and in the big blind, Roger Hairabedian called all in for 58,000. His was ahead of Benzinou's , but the board smiled on Benzinou. He busted Hairabedian with runner-runner trips, moving up to 175,000, more chips than he's had at any point in the tournament.
This is Hairabedian's third cash at the 2010 Chilipoker Marrakech Poker Open. He also finished fifth in a PLO tournament and eighth in a no limit side event.
After a number of the short stacks managed to double up over recent minutes, Cedric Demore was just now all in with his tourney life on the line and unfortunately for him was not as successful.
The Frenchman goes out in 25th place, earning €9,434 for his efforts.
Paul Pires-Trigo raised from the hijack, then called when Felix Oberauer shoved for another 119,000. Felix had the advantage with , but Paul's was plenty live. Pires-Trigo's hand was even more dangerous after the flop gave him an open-ender. The turn and river bricked off , however, and Oberauer doubled to 295,000. Pires-Trigo is back down to 315,000.
Eric Le Goff open shipped for 105,000 in the hijack. Next to act, Paul Pires-Trigo moved all in as well. Everyone else got out of the way, and Le Goff learned that he'd have to improve on his to best Pires-Trigo's . Well, the flop made things interesting. Le Goff now needed to dodge an ace and hit another ten or a queen. But the turn and river were neither, and Le Goff was eliminated in 26th place.
. De Hass had the preflop advantage with his 
.
. Advantage Nitsche. The turn was the 
and the river the 
, and de Haas is out in 19th place. With 18 players left, Nitsche still leads, now with 1.26 million.![[user140525]](/img/avatars/avatar.svg){kind=avatar}
. Chiboub checked, and Oberauer checked behind. The turn paired the board with the 
, but his ace-high was ahead of Chiboub's 
. Chiboub needed to catch a king on the river to survive, but the 
wasn't it. He's out in 20th place, and Oberauer is up to 380,000.
, well ahead of Viano's 
.
, pairing both players' kickers, and Viano hits the rail in 21st place. Williamson now sits with 625,000.
, but the 
, but Paul's 
flop gave him an open-ender. The turn and river bricked off 
. Well, the 
flop made things interesting. Le Goff now needed to dodge an ace and hit another ten or a queen. But the 
turn and