Only two players have been eliminated in the penultimate level thus far and one of them was Jawad Ben Tahila. He three-bet jammed a short stack with 
into the 
of an opponent and the board ran out 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
It was a big flip and the raising war saw Anas Tadini with a squeeze to 30,000 before Jeremy Eschen then shoved for 90,000 from two seats over. Tadini took the flip with 
and loudly announced it, also standing up. Some friends headed over while Eschen just flipped over his 
and the 
right in the window let Tadini celebrate.
The rest of the board ran out 
and Tadini scored a vital double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
Busted |
The top 27 spots get paid in this Main Event and the money won't be reached on Day 1. However, only 68 hopefuls still got chips out of 220 entries and Nicolas Sattler, Alexandra Gross as well as Francois Pirault were among the latest casualties.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Within a few minutes, Ayoub Khlifi, Malek Grabsi, Toufik Ouirini, Alberto Saad and Jerome Sgorrano all busted.
Sgorrano failed with a king-high bluff against Barny Boatman and was then all in for 5,000 with pocket sevens. Alberto Saad reshoved with eights and Ekrem Sanioglu found pocket kings behind them to bust two players.
Grabsi exited almost at the same time from one table over and Ouirini's end came with pocket kings versus 
, an ace hit the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
210,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
90,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
||
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Erwann Pecheux three-bet shoved out of the big blind with 
and initial raiser Roger Tondeur snap-called with pocket queens. Pecheux picked up some outs on the turn but ultimately the queens held up for Tondeur.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
260,000
260,000
|
260,000 |
|
Busted |
Mathieu Biague raised to 4,000 from under the gun and Carlos Lopes, squeezed in between big stacks, shoved for his last 23,800. Biague called with 
and Lopes turned over 
for two over cards.
The Frenchman got there with the board running out 
and doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
50,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 300
Said El Yousfi raised to 5,000 from early position and was called by Abdenbi Abida. Then, Peter Reil shoved for 34,100 from the button and Romain Paon called in the small blind, El Yousfi folded. Abida called as well and then folded the 
flop to a bet worth 56,500 by Paon.
Reil: 
Paon: 
The turn gave Reil a straight and he tripled thanks to a blank 
river.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
250,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
145,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
||
|
135,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
|
115,000
35,000
|
35,000 |
El Mostafa Belkhayate and Pont have been eliminated whereas made a huge four-bet to 80,000 before calling the shove of a big stack in seat seven with pocket kings. The opponent held ace-king and failed to get there, sending Fahd into the lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
300,000
|
300,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
PONA had raised the button and got called by Dominique Terzian as well as the big blind to see a flop of 
. Terzian check-raised with the for the second nutflush and eventually shoved the river to see PONA end up calling and being sent to the rail.
And then there was the shove of Fernando for around 16,000. Sonny Franco reshoved from the button with 
and stayed ahead of the Spaniard's 
on a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
220,000
165,000
|
165,000 |
|
90,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
