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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The players have been sent on a 15-minute break, and will return on the final table bubble.
Level: 29
Blinds: 50,000/125,000
Ante: 125,000
Manuel Lopez raised to 250,000 from under the gun and Malik Corbin defended his big blind.
Fireworks ignited on the Q♣6♥5♠ flop, with Corbin moving all-in after Lopez through out a continuation bet. Lopez had 2,400,000 total and quickly called for his tournament life.
Manuel Lopez: A♥A♣
Malik Corbin: 6♣5♣
Corbin flopped two pair to leapfrog the aces, and the final table looked destined to happen after the 7♣ turn. However, the Q♥ appeared on the river to give Lopez a better two pair to survive.
Belghiti Smail raised to 250,000 from the button and called when Malik Corbin shoved for around 1,550,000 from the big blind.
Malik Corbin: Kx10x
Belghiti Smail: A♦9♣
The 8♦7♣5♣ flop was of no help to the short stack, and neither was the Q♦ turn. The J♠ river would be the last card Malik saw, and his elimination marked the end of the final table bubble.
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