Hand #154: Fares raised to 160,000 from the button with and Mateos called with . The flop was and Fares bet out 275,000. Mateos raised to 700,000 and Mateos folded.
Hand #155: Mateos had in the small blind and raised to 160,000 and Fares called in the big blind with . The flop came , Mateos bet 175,000 and Fares folded.
Hand #156: Fares limped in the small blind with and El Asmar raised to 280,000 from the big blind. We only saw but it was enough to make Fares fold.
Hand #157: El Asmar in the small blind with {astc} and Mateos in the big blind with saw a flop of , which both players checked. The turn was the , El Asmar bet and Mateos folded.
Hand #158: Mateos raised to 160,000 in the small blind with and Fares three-bet to 480,000 in the big blind with
Hand #159: Muhyedine Fares was in the small blind and raised to 165,000. El Asmar folded in the big blind and the Senegalese player took down the pot.
Hand #160: Fares made it 200,000 from the button holding . Adrian Mateos in the big blind with three-bet to 500,000. El Fares four-bet to 2.3 million and Mateos shoved all in. Fares called all in for 4,275,000.
The pot was 8,620,000 and that meant the tournament would either be heads up, or have new chip leader after the hand.
Fares was looking for an ace and would get exactly that: .
The ace in the window meant Fares was well in front. Mateos needed to hit a king or runner runner. He only had the kings left to hit after the hit the turn.
The on the river was a blank and Mateos handed over a big part of his stack.
Hand #161: Adrian Mateos called 40,000 in the small blind with and Fares just checked with . The flop was and Mateos bet out 80,000. Fares re-raised to 250,000 and Mateos folded.
Hand #162: Fares called with in the small blind and El Asmar checked with . The whole board was , and both players checked down, and that was good enough for El Asmar to take down the pot.
Hand #163: Mateos got a walk in the big blind
Hand #164: El Asmar opened for 180,000 with on the button and Fares called from the big blind with . The flop gave El Asmar a full house as it came . El Asmar bet his full house for 180,000 and that was enough to make Fares fold.
Hand #165: We came to the hand with on the flop and Fares bet enough to make Mateos fold and take down the pot. He showed the
Hand #166: First to act was Fares, and he bet 160,000 with , and Mateos three-bet to 500,000 with . Fares eyed up Mateos' stack, but ended up folding.
Hand #167: Mateos limped with from the small blind and Fares checked . The flop came , Mateos bet and and Fares folded.
Adrian Mateos was really hungry and pressed for a dinner break. The two will return in 60 minutes to play heads up for the €1,082,000 first place prize.
Hand #169: Fares found on the button, and limped in. Mateos checked his option with . on the flop and Mateos bet 100,000. Fares called with his flopped monster. The fell on the turn and Mateos checked. Fares bet 375,000 and Mateos quickly folded.
Hand #170: Mateos made it 200,000 with on the button. Fares called with . on the flop and Fares checked. Mateos bet 225,000 and Fares folded.
Hand #171: Fares raised to 200,000 with . Mateos made it 500,000 with and Fares called.
The on the flop hit Mateos pretty hard, and the Spaniard bet 500,000. Fares made the call with his 16% hand. The hit the turn and Mateos bet 1,200,000 into the 2,020,000 pot. Fares folded.
Hand #172: Mateos raised to 200,000 with , Fares called with . The flop came and Fares checked. Mateos bet 225,000 and Fares called with his gutshot. The hit the turn and both players checked. The hit the river and again two checks. Mateos took it down.
After this hand, a short segment with Jason Mercier was shown. In the meantime, floor Luca Vivaldi came over to check the chip counts. A mistake was made we heard during a chip race, and Fares was short half a million. That mistake was corrected, and the chip stacks were corrected.
and Mateos called with 
. The flop was 
and Fares bet out 275,000. Mateos raised to 700,000 and Mateos folded.
in the small blind and raised to 160,000 and Fares called in the big blind with 
. The flop came 
, Mateos bet 175,000 and Fares folded.
and El Asmar raised to 280,000 from the big blind. We only saw 
but it was enough to make Fares fold.
, which both players checked. The turn was the 
, El Asmar bet and Mateos folded. 
and Fares three-bet to 480,000 in the big blind with 
. Adrian Mateos in the big blind with 
hit the turn. 
and Fares just checked with 
. The flop was 
and Mateos bet out 80,000. Fares re-raised to 250,000 and Mateos folded.
in the small blind and El Asmar checked with 
, and both players checked down, and that was good enough for El Asmar to take down the pot.
on the button and Fares called from the big blind with 
, hitting El Asmar. Fares bet 275,000 into the pot of 430,000.
on the button, and limped in. Mateos checked his option with 
