The action was picked up with Imad Derwiche being all in fin the big blind for his last 183,000, with . He was facing Serdar Demircan seated on the button who had him covered and was holding .
Derwiche had hopes for the double up but the board fell to give the winning hand to Demircan, eliminating Derwich in 25th place.
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In a heads-up raised pot, the flop read and Bachir Moutki check-called a bet worth 20,000 from Aziz Benchekroun.
The turn went check-check and a came on the river. Moutki led out for 35,000 and Benchekroun went deep into the tank before the players called the clock. Benchekroun eventually called but only to muck when Moutki revealed .
David opened and it was called by Muhammed Hakim and Mohamed Ait Chaib on the button, followed by Antoine Rahal in the small blind.
The flop appeared and it checked to Ait Chaib who bet 100,000. Rahal check-raised to 350,000 and it came back to Ait Chaib who called.
On the turn, Rahal shoved for his last chips and Ait Chaib called, showing for top pair top kicker. Rahal was dominated with and the fell on the river to officially bust Rahal from the event.
With the eliminations of Fadhil Farag, down to less than two big blings, and TV Reality star Moundir Zoughari on the feature table, the field is now down to 20 players left.
With under the gun and less than 6 big blinds, Zoughari shoved and got paid by Ahmed Bourma and OCD who bet on a flop to make Bourma fold.
OCD tabled nothing else than and the turn and river didn't change anything, eliminating Zoughari in 22th place.