Late registration has closed after nine levels of play in the main event. There are 289 total entrants for the day making this the biggest Day 1 so far of the event. Of those 289 entrants 119 players remain. There will be four more levels of play before players bag and tag at the end of the night.
Belmehel Dja Daouadji opened to 4,000 from middle position and Georges Forge, who will be celebrating his birthday in one hour according to his tablemates, moved all in for 88,500 from the hijack. Dja Daouadji thought for about 45 seconds before making the call with a covering stack.
Georges Forge: 9♠9♦
Belmehel Dja Daouadji: 10♥10♦
Forge was in rough shape against the higher pocket pair and found no help on the K♠5♠4♣ flop. The 7♠ turn did bring in some outs in the form of a flush draw and one of those outs came through on the 6♠ river, giving Forge a full double up right before his birthday while cutting the stack of Dja Daouadji in half.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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182,000
74,000
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74,000 |
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84,000
84,000
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84,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
With players heads up on a board reading J♦2♠6♣5♥ and about 45,000 already in the pot, [Removed:476] checked and Yassine Adib bet 15,500. Messouat moved all in for 92,000, putting Adib into the tank.
After about 90 seconds Adib made the call with a covering stack to put Messouat at risk.
[Removed:476]: J♣6♦
Yassine Adib: K♥J♠
Messouat was in a great position to double up with his opponent only having three outs. That all changed when the river came the K♣ giving Adib a better two pair to send Messouat to the rail in brutal fashion.
Meanwhile at another table, "mouloud" was also recently eliminated from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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334,000
334,000
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334,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 1,000/2,500
Ante: 2,500
Ali Boulid opened to 6,000 from the cutoff and Marouane Tijani moved all in for 30,500 from the big blind. Boulid made the call with a covering stack.
Marouane Tijani: 3♣3♠
Ali Boulid: K♦K♠
The board ran out 2♦7♠4♣4♦5♦. Tijani held with the higher pocket-pair to collect a full double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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278,000
278,000
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278,000 |
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64,500
64,500
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64,500 |
Ioannis Gkotsis opened to 5,000 from early position. "Daragh" then raised to 15,500 from middle position. Robert Calvet called in the big blind and Gkotsis also called.
The flop came 9♥7♣3♥ and Calvet lead out with a 15,000 bet. Gkotsis called while "Daragh" got out of the way.
On the J♣ turn Calvet moved all in for approximately 90,000. Gkotsis quickly called with a covering stack.
Robert Calvet: Q♦Q♥
Ionnis Gkotsis: 7♠7♥
Gkotsis had flopped a set leaving Calvet drawing to just two outs. The 4♠ river changed nothing and Calvet was sent to the rail while Gkotsis took down a sizable pot.
Elsewhere in the tournament area, Ammar Bachache and Albert Levy were both recently eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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370,000
370,000
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370,000 |
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155,000
155,000
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155,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Belmehel Dja Daouadji opened to 7,000 from under the gun and received calls from Zoubir Mahi in the cutoff and Alexandre Hobam in the big blind.
The flop came 10♥9♠5♠. Hoban checked, Dja Daouadji bet 10,000, Mahi called and Hobam got out of the way.
On the K♠ turn Dja Daouadji bet 9,000. Mahi moved all in for 24,000 and Dja Daouadji quickly called with a covering stack.
Zoubir Mahi: K♥J♥
Belmehel Dja Daouadji: K♦Q♠
Both players had turned top pair but Dja Daouadji had the best of the situation with the slightly better kciker. The 10♣ river changed nothing and Mahi was sent to the rail while Dja Daouadji took down a decent pot.
Meanwhile at another table, "Daragh" was also recently eliminated.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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366,000
366,000
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366,000 |
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108,000
24,000
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24,000 |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 3,000
Abdelhadi Kondah opened to 6,500 from the hijack and Abdelakim Latidouni called from the cutoff.
The flop came K♣8♥7♥ and Kondah bet 25,000. Latidouni made the call.
On the 5♦ turn Kondah moved all in for 127,000 which was enough to force a fold from his opponent.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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202,000
202,000
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202,000 |
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164,000
164,000
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164,000 |
