Henrique Oliveira de Sousa Pinho won a three-bet pot against Ali Mechiche, but the secondary table is far less active. Philippe Ktorza's open-shove for 148,000 found no callers either and it was Abdenbi Abida as well as Andre Miguel Ramalho Fonseca, who claimed chips on table 32.
Abida raised to 25,000 and Anas Tadini as well as Fonseca called. On the flop and the turn all three players checked. The river saw Abida bet 25,000 and Fonseca called to muck when shown .
Shortly after, [Removed:215] raised to 25,000 and Fonseca squeezed to 75,000 from one seat over in the cutoff. Groppi called, then check-folded the flop to a continuation bet worth 60,000.
After his expensive misstep before the dinner break, Mathieu Biague never recovered and slowly got blinded down. He shoved for his last 102,000 just now from under the gun and Tsunamy asked for a count before making the call on the button.
Biague:
Tsunamy:
The board ran out and the Frenchman doubled. "My best hand in ages," he said apologizing for the "bad beat".
Andre Miquel Ramalho Fonseca was successful with a four-bet to 130,000 preflop and then Mathieu Papineau got involved again with [Removed:215] and Fonseca defending their blinds. On the flop all three checked and did again on the turn. The river saw Groppi and Fonseca check, Papineau bet 37,000.
Only Fonseca called with and chopped with his opponent, who held .
It was a fun ride and Anas Tadini not only entertained the opponents, the dealers, but also the rail and the entire tournament room. He raised to 30,000 and Abdenbi Abida defended his big blind. Both checked the flop and Abida's small bet on the turn was called.
On the river, Abida announced all in and Tadini had around 240,000 behind. Some table talk emerged and Tadini said he held pocket aces. Abida wasn't really going to believe that, but Tadini eventually made up his mind and called. "Quads," Abida announced and turned over his .
Tadini had a premium pair with and this didn't really change much in the spot either way, but the Moroccan has been eliminated in 14th place for 30,000 Dirhams.
Table 33 has seen less action than the other equivalent a few meters over and Henrique Oliveira de Sousa Pinho used his image to slowly but surely increase the tower in front of himself and become the biggest stack of the table.
With level 21 coming to an end, the remaining 13 players are heading into their last 15-minute break for Day 2. Either two more full levels of 60 minutes each or until the last nine are reached remain scheduled for tonight.
One player below 10 big blinds, two at 11 big blinds and another two with 20 big blinds or less. Plenty of action can be expected, and there were two all ins already, but neither of them found a call. Saverio Cocozza claimed the blinds and antes once, but had to forfeit his big blind shortly after when Mathieu Papineau showed an ace.
Papineau raised to 33,000 the hand after as well and flipped over after everyone had mucked.
In a battle of the blinds over on table 33, Henrique Oliveira de Sousa Pinho opened to 40,000 and Tsunamy shoved for 350,000 from one seat over to get called and set up a coin flip.
Tsunamy:
Pinho:
The flop gave the Portuguese a gutshot, two over cards and the nut flush draw. On the turn, another ten would have counterfit the pocket pair of Tsunamy as well, but it was the on the river that gave Pinho a flush and Tsunamy the way to the payout desk.
Without any all in showdown, Dominique Terzian has increased his stack to almost 20 big blinds but then lost the blind again over on table 33.
On table 32, Mathieu Papineau bet the river for 115,000 into a pot of almost twice as much while sitting in the big blind. [Removed:215] on the button gave it some thought and elected to fold.
flop and the 
turn all three players checked. The 
river saw Abida bet 25,000 and Fonseca called to muck when shown 
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flop to a continuation bet worth 60,000.
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turn. The 
river saw Groppi and Fonseca check, Papineau bet 37,000.
and chopped with his opponent, who held 
flop and Abida's small bet on the 
turn was called.
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flop gave the Portuguese a gutshot, two over cards and the nut flush draw. On the 
