Aurelie Reard was recently eliminated from the tournament.
As recounted by a player at her former table, Reard moved all in with a short-stack holding jack-nine suited and was called by Amer Benmoumen, who had ace-king. Reard failed to improve and was sent to the rail late in Day 1.
"Adri" raised to 17,000 from the hijack and received calls from Linda Hamdi in the cutoff and Anas Tadini in the big blind.
Tadini bet 3,000 in the dark before the dealer fanned a flop of Q♠8♣7♥. "Adri" raised to 15,000 and both Hamdi and Tadini made the call.
Tadini bet 3,000 in the dark again before the turn came the Q♣. "Adri" called before Hamdi raised to 15,000. Tadini made the call while "Adri" got out of the way.
For the third time in a row Tadini bet 3,000 in the dark before the river came the J♠. Hamdi raised to 50,000 and after verifying how much the bet was, Tadini quickly called.
Hamdi showed down 8♦8♥ for a full house and Tadini's hand hit the muck.
Action folded around to Alexandre Reard in the small blind, who moved all in for approximately 25,000. "Belmehdi" made the call with a covering stack from the big blind.
Alexandre Reard: 9♦8♦
"Belmehdi": A♦6♣
The board ran out Q♦J♣4♣4♦A♣. Reard's suited connecter failed to connect with anything and he was eliminated near the end of the day while "Belmehdi" picked up a decent pot.
"Adri" opened to 10,000 from under the gun and Fouad Zouiten three-bet to 40,000 from early position. Samy Hamou moved all in for 109,000 from the button and "Adri" re-shoved for 227,000, covering both opponents. Zouiten looked frustrated with the situation but ultimately found a fold leaving Hamou all in and at risk against "Adri".
Samy Hamou: J♥J♠
"Adri": A♣K♣
It was a classic tournament flip that Hamou caught the better of on the 7♣6♠2♦ flop. The 2♣ turn gave "Adri" many more outs in the form of a flush-draw, and one of those outs came on the 4♣ river. "Adri" had rivered an ace-high flush to eliminate Hamou and collect the last of his chips.
Meanwhile at the same table, Linda Hamdi continues to extend her lead over the rest of the field and is rapidly approaching one million chips.