Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
Level: 17
Blinds: 2,500/5,000
Ante: 500
It's time to get your chips in pronto and hope to double up as the money bubble approaches. 26 players are left with only 23 making the money, and the clock is ticking.
First, Benoit Grobocopatel's ![]()
looked to be in trouble against overnight chipleader Abdellah El Ghrari's ![]()
. The flop of ![]()
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didn't help him, neither did the
on the turn, but he let out a roar of delight as the river came
giving him the double up.
A short while afterwards, Christopher Chaudey moved all in from under the gun for his remaining 59,000. Tsunamy called in middle position and the remaining players folded.
Chaudey: ![]()
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Tsunamy: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Chaudey doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
510,000
15,000
|
15,000 |
|
|
495,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
|
130,000
25,000
|
25,000 |
|
|
100,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
Christopher Chaudey raised to 15,000 from under the gun. Benoit Grobocopatel three-bet to 41,000 from the button. The blinds folded before Chaudey moved all in for around 120,000. Grobocopatel instantly called.
Grobocopatel: ![]()
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Chaudey: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Chaudey was left with 4,000 in chips. Which went in from the big blind next hand without looking.
Tsunamy opened to 12,000 and there were two callers. The three then checked down a board of ![]()
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and Tsunamy won the sidepot with ![]()
, meaning that Chaudey needed either a full house or the
or
to stay alive. Sadly he held ![]()
and left the tournament in 25th.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
250,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 18
Blinds: 3,000/6,000
Ante: 1,000
| Position | Player | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table 1 | |||
| 1 | Abdellah El Ghrari | Morocco | 420000 |
| 2 | Jens Erik Ostergaard | Denmark | 140000 |
| 3 | [Removed:432] | France | 410000 |
| 4 | Hamza N Baba | Morocco | 85000 |
| 5 | Hassani | Morocco | 265000 |
| 6 | Mostafa Boukri | Morocco | 210000 |
| 7 | Houssine El Otmani | Morocco | 230000 |
| 8 | Leo Margets | Spain | 315000 |
| Table 2 | |||
| 1 | Jerome Zerbib | France | 340000 |
| 2 | Rabah Ait Abdelmalek | France | 230000 |
| 3 | Francisco Vargas | Spain | 140000 |
| 4 | Eric Rabut | France | 180000 |
| 5 | Moises | Spain | 200000 |
| 6 | Benoit Grobocopatel | France | 250000 |
| 7 | Andrei-Salustin Luncan | Romania | 350000 |
| 8 | Fernandez | Spain | 50000 |
| Table 3 | |||
| 1 | Albert Bernardo | France | 50000 |
| 2 | Tsunamy | Spain | 500000 |
| 3 | [Removed:482] | France | 270000 |
| 4 | Pierre Neuville | Belgium | 120000 |
| 5 | Khalil Hassan Ali | Lebanon | 140000 |
| 6 | Mehdi Senhaji | Morocco | 210000 |
| 7 | Valeryi Chupin | Russia | 280000 |
| 8 | Thierry Oldak | France | 130000 |
Eric Rabut moved all in for his remaining chips. He was shortest of all at the final three tables and he got it in holding ![]()
against the ![]()
of Rabah Ait.
The board ran out ![]()
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and Rabut was eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
310,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
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Busted |
On a flop of ![]()
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Leo Margets checked and [Removed:432] bet 21,000. Margets then raised to 55,000 and [Removed:433] called.
The turn was the
and both players checked.
The river was the
and Margets moved all in for her remaining 208,000. [Removed:433] thought before calling. Margets showed ![]()
and [Removed:433] showed ![]()
for a set of fours and took down the pot, and soared to the top of the chip counts.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
700,000
290,000
|
290,000 |
|
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Busted | |
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On a ![]()
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board, Pierre Neuville got his remaining 120,000 or so chips into the middle against Tsunamy. Not too long ago Tsunamy was the run away chip leader, but he was behind holding ![]()
to Neuville's ![]()
.
The turn was the
and the river the
meaning the Belgian doubled up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
350,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
240,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Benoit Grobocopatel raised to 12,000 from the cutoff. Fernandez moved all in from the small blind. The big blind folded and Grobocopatel called.
Grobocopatel: ![]()
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Fernandez: ![]()
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The board ran out ![]()
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and Grobocopatel eliminated another player.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
320,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
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Busted |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
775,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
|
|
390,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
360,000
95,000
|
95,000 |
|
|
180,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
|
160,000
44,000
|
44,000 |
|
|
140,000
55,000
|
55,000 |
|
|
27,000
93,000
|
93,000 |