Anthony Rodrigues raised to 700 from under the gun and was called by two opponents to the flop. Only Rodrigues called a bet of 1,600 from the player in middle position and then bet 3,000 himself after the turn, receiving a call. With the river, Rodrigues now made it 5,000 to go and that enforced a fold.
Frederic Marechal was already eliminated some time ago and he is joined on the rail by Fabrice Somers, whose media card also found the way to the desk. The Belgian can re-enter tomorrow though.
Joining the action on a flop of and seeing a bet of 4,700 by Stephan Hussin, Gert Kars moved all in for just over 11,000 chips. Hussin tank-called with and Kars was looking for a double up with the . The turn and ]4s] river however completed a runner runner flush for Hussin to score the knockout.
At the same table is also Jonas Lauck with more than double the starting stack.
Christiaan Vanzieleghem's seat is occupied by another player and the Belgian was already down to less than 5,000 chips previously, which has since been reduced to zero. Chip leader at his former table is Dutchman Firat Baltaci, who should be second in chips overall right now.
Omar Lakhdari has several World Poker Tour National final tables and deep runs in other tournaments next to his name. He features on a table of Anthony Rodrigues, Giacomo Fundaro and Pierre Neuville. The Algerian is known to run up stacks very quickly but they can vanish equally fast.
While the full betting action is unknown, Jean Montury's elimination has been confirmed by Pieter de Korver, Bart Lybaert and ultimately Pieter Bosmans. It was the latter who had a flopped a set of sevens and Montury shoved the turn with pocket queens. Bosmans called and completed a full house with another ten on the river.