At the feature table, Boris Dupuis raised to 400,000 from the cutoff. Loris Corbelli in the small blind jammed for 1,605,000 and Dupuis called.
Loris Corbelli: A♣J♣
Boris Dupuis: A♦7♦
Corbelli hit two pair on a board of J♠K♥4♠Q♠K♦ and doubled up.
At the feature table, Boris Dupuis raised to 400,000 from the cutoff. Loris Corbelli in the small blind jammed for 1,605,000 and Dupuis called.
Loris Corbelli: A♣J♣
Boris Dupuis: A♦7♦
Corbelli hit two pair on a board of J♠K♥4♠Q♠K♦ and doubled up.
It was then Alban Romanier's turn to push his short stack forward from under the gun. Lucas Archeny in the small blind was the one to call.
Alban Romanier: A♦2♦
Lucas Archeny: 5x5x
Archeny kept the lead all the way through a board of 10♠6♥J♦7♣9♥, leading to Romanier's elimination
After Leo Viales raised from the cutoff, Alexandre Luscher in the small blind moved all-in for 1,815,000 and Viales called.
Alexandre Luscher: K♣J♦
Leo Viales: A♦J♣
Viales had the best kicker with his jack so Luscher saw his tournament come to an end on 9♠6♣4♣5♠2♥.
Pierre Labitte opened from the button, Mathieu Pontin in the big blind three-bet all-in for 2,600,000 and Labitte called.
Mathieu Pontin: A♣Q♣
Pierre Labitte: 8♠8♣
Pontin managed to flop two pair on 2♦2♣Q♦ and improved with the 4♠A♠ runout to double up.
The pace of eliminations has slowed down since the restart, until Raphael Bilger opened from the button and finalist Nassim Rais called from the small blind with the few big blinds he had left.
Nassim Rais: Ax6x
Raphael Bilger: A♥10♦
Bilger flopped a straight on Q♦K♥J♣, and the turn and river bricked out, so Rais was eliminated and won't reach the final table again after finishing third last year.
Level: 38
Blinds: 100,000/200,000
Ante: 200,000
The field has now been reduced to the final four tables, so the 24 remaining players are gathered around the tables in the casino's theater. This process will take a few minutes.
Aymane Mamoun opened to 335,000 from the button. Laurent Amri in the big blind three-bet all-in for 2,775,000 and Mamoun eventually made the call.
Laurent Amri: A♥4♥
Aymane Mamoun: J♥J♦
After a flop of 3♣5♣4♦, Amri hit two pair with the A♠ turn to take the lead. However the J♠ landed on the river to give a set to Mamoun and send Amri to the rail.
Moments after Remi Debord's elimination, it was Benjamin Legrusley's turn to be at risk for 530,000 from the small blind against Nicolas Marin under the gun.
Benjamin Legrusley: J♣8♦
Nicolas Marin: K♣5♣
The board ran out 10♥10♣9♣5♥3♣ so Legrusley was eliminated.
Etienne De Soultrait raised to 320,000 from under the gun. Remi Debord on the button jammed for 500,000 and De Soultrait called.
Remi Debord: A♥8♠
Etienne De Soultrait: 10♥9♥
De Soultrait managed to hit two pair on a board of 9♦4♦3♥3♣10♦ so Debord was eliminated in 28th place.