The players have been sent on a 15-minute break, and will return on the final table bubble.
The players have been sent on a 15-minute break, and will return on the final table bubble.
Just as the players were about to be sent on break, Hassan Atigh and Tristan Forge got their stacks in the middle, with the latter at risk of elimination. Atigh jammed from the button and Forge called off his 2,215,000 stack from the small blind.
Tristan Forge: A♦J♦
Hassan Atigh: 7♠7♥
Forge surged to the lead after the Q♠J♣3♥ flop. The 10♣ turn and 2♣ river gave him a pre-break double.
After chipping up over the last few hands, Frederic Popot had enough to chips to play postflop.
He opened to 200,000 from the button and was called by Habib Rachedi from the big blind.
Rachedi called a bet of 175,000 on the J♣10♣5♠ flop, but tank-folded to an all-in of 970,000 on the Q♠ turn to go into the break.
Ahmed Blili opened to 220,000 from under the gun with 9♥7♥. Tristan Forge K♥Q♥ called fro the small blind and Quentin Laugt defended the big blind with 5♥5♣.
The Q♦Q♠10♦ saw Forge make trips, and it checked through to the K♣ turn, giving Forge queens full of kings. Once again, it checked through.
Blili made a straight on the J♥ river, and Forge looked to extract some value. He fired out 350,000. Laugt ditched his pair and Blili also folded.
Habib Rachedi opened to 200,000 from under the gun and Belghiti Smail defended his big blind. Smail check-folded to a bet of 160,000 on the Q♥5♦3♠ flop.
On the next deal, Malik Corbin made it 225,000 first to act and Rachedi called from his big blind. He then check-folded to a bet of 100,000 on the A♥7♣5♦ flop.
Tristan Forge opened to 210,000 from the hijack, before Ahmed Blili jammed as the big stack from the small blind. Marc Rousseau called off his 980,000 stack from the big blind, which prompted forge to ditch his 10♣10♦.
Marc Rousseau: A♦A♣
Ahmed Blili: J♦8♦
Rousseau was the huge favorite to double, but Blili picked up some immediate outs after the 9♠8♥2♣ flop. The J♣ turn gave the big stack two pair to take the lead. Rousseau found no help on the 10♠ river and was eliminated in 11th place.
Ahmed Blili opened to 220,000 from under the gun and snap-called when Samir Sebii jammed from the big blind for 1,070,000.
Samir Sebii: A♠10♦
Ahmed Blili: K♠K♣
The 8♥4♦3♦ flop left Sebii drawing to his ace, but the K♦ turn gave him outs to the flush. However, the 4♣ river filled Balili up and he booked the bust out to take his stack over 8,500,000.
Samir Sebii jammed for 510,000 from the hijack and Tristan Forge looked him up from the big blind as the bigger stack.
Samir Sebii: A♠K♦
Tristan Forge: K♠4♠
Sebii doubled after Big Slick stayed ahead on the 10♥8♥5♣7♥A♥ runout.
Patrick Rudau moved all-in for 765,000 from the hijack, and Malik Corbin called from the big blind.
Patrick Rudau: A♥9♦
Malik Corbin: 7♠3♠
Rudau's ace was still ahead after the 10♣8♣6♣ flop, but the 3♥ turn gave Malik a pair to take the lead. The 9♣ river gave Rudau a better pair but Corbin improved to a straight for the knockout.
On the outer table, Frederic Popot jammed for 1,050,000 from under the gun and got his shove through, when Manuel Lopez, in the big blind, decided it was too much for him.
Shortly after, Patrick Rudau put in his last 565,000 from the small blind, and Belgheti Smail couldn't call with his 8♥3♦ from the big blind.