The action folded around to Daniel Cervan on the button and he made it 52,000 to go. Killian Braud Chevalier in the big blind moved all-in for around 470,000 and Cervan quickly called.
Daniel Cervan:
Chevalier:
The board ran out . and Daniel Cervan's Ace-high was good enough for the pot, while Chevalier exited in 50th place.
The last seconds of level 21 just ran out, and that means the remaining players are going on a 75-minute dinner break. 47 players will be back in action by 9.15 pm local time, while Jean Archibald Delafontaine, Florian Fabre de Roussac, Erwann Pecheux and Anas Belatik can take their time with the dinner, as they were eliminated in the last minutes of the level.
The players are back from their break and are settling in for another four levels of poker. Play will halt at the end of level 25, which should be right around 1 am local time.
Abdelhamid El Khayati went to break with the shortest stack of all, but a lucky river put him right back in it at this Winamax SISMIX Main Event.
Alexandre Luneau made it 65,000 total from the cutoff and El Khayati pit his 140,000 over the betting line with little consideration. Both the blinds folded and Luneau quickly called and turned over . El Khayati held , but with the board running out it was good enough for the pot.
The very next hand El Khayati raised from the cutoff and took it down uncontested, boosting his stack to more than 400,000 chips.
When the day began the fairer sex was certainly well represented in the overall standings, but with the tournament now down to six tables only one remain. Pamela Graffouillere started the day with just 107,500 chips but has managed to turn that into more than 700,000 by now.
She just won a good one off Spanish opponent Cano, when she 3-bet him preflop to 105,000. He made the call but quickly folded as she continued for 110,000 on the flop. Cano flashed before folding, and Graffouillere returned the favor by showing .
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.
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.