Christophe Pommier was seen exiting the table with his stack of about 200,000 being shipped toward Jon Ander Vallinas.
The 9♦9♥4♥10♠9♠ board was still on the table, while Pommier's 8♦8♣ were just being mucked by the dealer, and Vallinas A♥10♥ was face up as he pulled in the pot.
Action was on the flop on a board J♣10♣9♦. Nils Pudel checked and Reza Tabatabaei shoved.
Pudel went into the tank for a long time and floor was called for time. With ten seconds remaining, he made the call for around 150,000 and was the player at risk as players revealed their cards.
Pudel showed Q♠10♠ for a pair and straight draw. Tabatabaei had Q♦Q♣ for pocket queens with the same straight draw.
The turn came the 4♠ and the river brought the 8♦ to complete the straight for both players, meaning Pudel was saved by the chop.
Jason Wheeler raised to 17,000 from under the gun, Mohamad El-Rais three-bet to 65,000, then Bruno Bernardino moved all in from the button for 233,000. Wheeler folded and El-Rais called for 210,000 total. Players turned their cards.
Mohamad El-Rais: J♦J♥
Bruno Bernardino: A♣A♠
The board ran out 8♣5♥7♠2♥K♣. Bernardino held with his pocket aces to win the pot, while El-Rais was sent to the rail.
Bekim Murtezi moved all in from early position for 92,000 and Joonhee Yea moved his 37,000 stack into the middle.
Action folded to Sebastian Guinand in the small blind who pondered the spot for a while, before eventually having the clock called on him and folding.
Martin Stausholm then called from the big blind, with the other players at risk.
Joonhee Yea: 6♦6♣
Bekim Murtezi: Q♣J♣
Martin Stausholm: Q♠10♠
Yea was currently ahead and remained so after the A♦4♦9♦ flop, him also being the only player holding a diamond.
The K♣ turn was a relative brick and the 6♥ river improved Yea to a set and he raked in the pot. Murtezi took the 110,000 side pot with his queen-jack high.
Elvis Petcu was all in preflop with a short stack and was taken up by Ram Faravash, who had him covered as players flipped their cards.
Elvis Petcu: 6♦6♠
Ram Faravash: K♠9♠
The board ran out Q♦7♥A♥5♦9♥. Petcu stayed ahead with his pocket sixes until the river brought Faravash a pair of nines. He won the pot and chipped up to around 1,000,000. Petcu was eliminated from the tournament.
Nearly 11 months ago, the poker players agreed to a 14-month wager on Deeb's ability to bring his body fat composition down significantly. The bet had essentially no stipulations — either get to 17% body fat by the start of the 2024 World Series of Poker (WSOP), or lose $100,000.
Last month, Deeb gave his X followers an update on his progress, and it was certainly positive in his favor. A January 25 Dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DEXA) scan showed his body fat had dropped to 23.9% with still four months to go. That caused Perkins to begin proposing potential buyout possibilities on X, although nothing had been officially agreed upon.
On Friday, he went in for another DEXA scan, and he was in even better shape — 22.0% body fat composition. Then, on Saturday, the future Poker Hall of Famer informed his social media followers that Perkins had bought out of the bet for $800,000 just over three months from the start of the 2024 WSOP.
Deeb shared all the details of his journey, why he opted to accept the buyout, and where he plans to go from here. Plus, hear his thoughts on the 2024 WSOP schedule.
Action folded around to Scott Margereson in the small blind who moved all in for 65,000. Pierre May called quickly from the big blind in an attempt to claim the bounty of Margereson.
Scott Margereson: A♦9♥
Pierre May: 9♠8♠
The 2♠K♥6♠ presented a flush draw for May. He didn't hit on the turn but the 9♦ gave him a pair, which was out-kicked by Margereson's A♦. However, May spiked the 8♣ river to make two pair and to send Margereson to the rail.
