A player opened with a raise to 1,800, got one caller, then it folded to Melanie Weisner who shoved all in for her last 8,000 or so. It folded back to the original raiser who also stepped aside, but the remaining player called. Weisner had pocket sevens, but had run into a player holding .
Alexia Portal opened with a raise from early position and got two callers, one in late position and one in the blinds. The flop came and it checked to Portal who continued with a bet of 4,500, prompting folds from both opponents.
Portal showed two black queens as she took the small pot. She has about 60,000 at present.
The cutoff, button, and small blind all limped in on Liz Lieu's big blind, and she checked her option. The flop came out , and Guillaume de la Gorce checked the small blind. Lieu bet 2,000, and the cutoff called. After the button and de la Gorce both folded, the dealer laid the on the turn. Lieu bet 3,500, and again, the cutoff called. She opted to check the river, and as we've several times already today, the cutoff bet a hefty 10,000 on the river. Lieu looked pained as she checked and rechecked her cards and sent them into the muck. She's back down to 25,000.
Marion Nedellec opened for 2,100 from early position and it folded around to Erik Tamm in the cutoff. Tamm has been steadily chipping up all day, and from his stack of more than 170,000 he pulled off chips to call. It folded back to Nedellec, and the two players saw the flop come all hearts -- .
Nedellec stared at the board for a moment, then tapped the felt. Tamm quickly fired 3,000, and Nedellec let it go. Tamm looks to be our leader at the moment with about 175,000. Meanwhile, Nedellec has 68,000.
Antony Lellouche opened with a raise from the hijack seat, and Roger Hairabedian called from the cutoff. Then Rebecca Mordoff-Gerin, down to about 22,000, pushed all in from the button. The player in the small blind reshoved over the top, forcing the big blind, Lellouche, and Hairabedian to step aside.
Mordoff-Gerin showed , but unfortunately for her had run into an opponent holding . The board ran out , and Mordoff-Gerin hits the rail.
Ahmed Debabeche built up a stack early today and has not been afraid to get involved with it.
Most recently, on a board of , Debabeche got a bit sneaky with Guillaume de la Gorce. Debabeche checked the river and de la Gorce fired 6,700. A raise to 20,000 came from Debabeche, but de la Gorce was not convinced, quickly calling. Debabeche shook his head and turned over , while de la Gorce tabled for the winner.
Debabeche: Down to roughly 150,000
de la Gorce: Up to about 105,000
Hugo Lemaire three-bet from the small blind, and the original raiser in the cutoff called. The flop came , and Lemaire fired 6,000. His opponent flatted. The turn brought the , and Lemaire moved all in for a little short of 20,000. The cutoff just shrugged his shoulders and said "call." Lemaire turned over and looked to be in good shape against his opponent's . But Lemaire has a history of running into sickening rivered straights. And the on the river meant game over in Marrakech for a stunned Lemaire.
There was about 5,000 in the middle and showing on board when Guillaume de la Gorce checked, his opponent in late position bet 2,500, and de la Gorce called. Both players then checked the turn.
The river brought the . De la Gorce picked 6,000 off of his stack and tossed it forward, and his opponent took about ten seconds before calling. De la Gorce showed for a turned straight, and his opponent mucked.
De la Gorce is in the middle of a nice stretch, having picked up a few hands lately to move up to 78,000 chips.