The second 15-minute break has just started and the players are heading out of the tournament room. There may not be as much sun left anymore past 6 p.m. local time, but the birds are chirping outside and the temperature is around 25 degrees.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
60,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
55,000
31,000
|
31,000 |
|
55,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
51,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
||
|
35,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
||
|
32,000
2,000
|
2,000 |
|
32,000
5,500
|
5,500 |
|
22,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
Busted | |
Level: 7
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
Just now, Jerome Sgorrano raised to 1,000 and then flashed the 
first before also revealing the 
to claim the pot. That was exactly the hand his opponent held in the last hand before the break when Sgorrano raised from under the gun with 
.
Dominique Terzian also defended his blind blind and they saw a three-way flop of 
. Both opponents called a bet worth 1,500 by Sgorrano before the Belgian then fired 3,500 on the 
turn. The third player in the hand raised to 8,000 with 12,000 behind and Terzian folded whereas Sgorrano then shoved with his two pair.
The opponent called off with ace-queen and the river blanked.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
68,000
21,000
|
21,000 |
Half a dozen players busted early into level seven and among them were also Sebastien Compte, Tristan Forge and Gregory Janin. With now 176 entries, 32 of them represent multiple bullets and the average has reached 88 big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Liece El Berrak was upset after his bluff attempt had just gone wrong. On the 
turn, El Berrak had raised to 6,800 and Henrique de Oliveira called with only 14,000 chips behind. The 
river saw El Berrak moving in and de Oliveira eventually called with the 
to see his opponent flip over 
for a missed straight draw.
"How can you call there?" a stunned El Berrak let out. The same table also features 2011 WPT Marrakech champion Mohamed Ali Houssam, who increased his stack nicely.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
70,000
40,000
|
40,000 |
|
|
43,000
43,000
|
43,000 |
On the flop, the opponent of Gilles Huet bet 5,700 and Huet then moved all in for 31,600 to enforce a fold.
A few tables over, former big stack Herve Santais is missing a lot of chips and they must have moved two spots to the left. Riccardo Giacalone appears to be the new chip leader with what looks like 130,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | |
|
43,000 | |
|
15,000
65,000
|
65,000 |
Slowly but surely the field size is approaching 200 entries with players busting out and purchasing another bullet. The most recent seat open included Abdenbi Abida, Mohamed Mamouni, Thierry Gogniat as well as Rebecca Gerin and it remains to be seen whether or not they will join the action again until the end of level nine.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Jerome Sgorrano tried to take down a three-way pot on the 
river with a bet of 3,600 into about twice as much in the middle of the table. Two seats over, Pont eventually called after plenty of consideration and then revealed 
as winning hand to let the Belgian drop a few chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
62,000
6,000
|
6,000 |
Isabel Baltazar, Paul-Francois Tedeschi and Cheng-Wei Yin have all been able to increase their stack. Especially the Belgian received the image as constant aggressor at his table and raising before then calling a three-bet with 
surely does qualify for that.
Yin then found a flop of for two pair, but two diamonds also put a flush draw on the board. Yin bet 3,000 and called a raise to 15,000 before the 
on the turn saw his opponent get it in with 
for the draw. Yin's two pair held up and that was the biggest pot as of late for the Belgian.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
100,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
60,000
22,000
|
22,000 |
|
|
58,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
