The Spanish player with the pseudonym Cano is out in 26th place as he got his last million chips in with against the of Mounim Kaddouri. The coin flip would go the way of the Frenchman, as the board ran out , and Kaddouri scooped the pot.
Just moments before Clement Genon-Catalot was eliminated on an adjacent table, and that leaves 25 players still in the running for the 1,000,000 MAD first prize.
Rakesh Lalwani (right) eliminates Karim Benamrouche (left) with quads.
Karim Benamrouche made it 120,000 to go from the cutoff, Hugo Larachiche reraised to 350,000 on the button before Rakesh Lalwani in the small blind moved all-in for 1,250,000. Benamrouche committed his 925,000 chips, and the action was back on Larachiche, who didn't look overjoyed with the prospect of either calling or folding. Ultimately Larachiche folded face up, and that was a good one at that as Lalwani turned over and Benamrouche tabled .
The flop was best for Lalwani, and the on the turn sealed the deal for the Indian. The river gave Lalwani quads for good measure, and Lalwani surged to the better half of the leaderboard.
Ivan Deyra (left) holds the chip lead after decimating Kevin Droz (right)
It's said that the higher you climb, the further you fall, and let me tell you, Kevin Droz just fell far. First he got into the biggest pot of the tournament against Ivan Deyra, when he five-bet to 800,000 and called it off for another million against Deyra's . That cost him 1,800,000, and the very next hand his remaining 10 big blinds were in the middle as well with against the of Bruno Soutavong. The board ran out , and Droz hit the rail.
Shortly after Nicolas Mayot and Benjamin Truzman were out of chips as well, and that leaves 30 players still in contention for the trophy. The next player out receives 26,000 MAD (€2,400) while every other player will take home at least 32,000 MAD (€2,900).
Kazuma Fujiyama made it 90,000 to go from the cutoff and only Alexandre Luneau defended his big blind. Fujiyama continued for 120,000 on the flop and Luneau made the call. Both players checked through the turn, and the same thing happened on the river.
Luneau turned over for the backdoored full house, and by the looks of it, that was more than enough to drag the pot.
Clement Genon-Catalot shoved hist last 555,000 from the cutoff, Guillaume Dupuy made the call in the small blind before Mickael Muselli moved all-in over the top for another 450,000 out of the big blind. Dupuy called, and hands were on their backs.
Genon-Catalot:
Muselli:
Dupuy:
Muselli was looking good to scoop a monster pot, but when the dealer put two pair, eights and tens, on the board, the pot was chopped threeway.
... Oh, and by the way. Not everyone loves a chop-pot. Muselli looked quite disappointed afterward.
The tournament might be down to its last six tables, but players are still flying out. Among the latest casualties were the first player to break the one million mark, Kamel Atoui, who made the milestone back in level 15. That was as high as he would make it though, and the last few levels he was struggling with a stack around 400,000, but never made it out of the woods again.
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of Mounim Kaddouri. The coin flip would go the way of the Frenchman, as the board ran out 
, and Kaddouri scooped the pot.
and Benamrouche tabled 
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on the turn sealed the deal for the Indian. The river 
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of Bruno Soutavong. The board ran out 
, and Droz hit the rail.
flop and Luneau made the call. Both players checked through the 
for the backdoored full house, and by the looks of it, that was more than enough to drag the pot.
