As we approached table 37, Cyril Gomez had already checked on . Houssine El Otmani answered with a shove for 53,000. Gomez called with but had some catching up to do as El Otmani tabled .
The on the turn gave Gomez some additional outs but the on the river wasn't one of the cards he was looking for. Double up for El Otmani.
Tony Dunst raised to 20,000 and Damien Luis called in position. Dunst continued to bet 16,000 on with two hearts, 42,000 on the turn and 45,000 on the river. Luis called all three streets but mucked upon being shown Dunst's .
Luis won all that back not much later as he battled with Leonardo Rodriguez Torre. We missed the pre-flop action but saw Torre call all in on a flop of . Luis showed and had Torre with in bad shape. The on the turn and on the river couldn't save Torre and he made his exit.
Mouad Benharmach got his chips in before the flop holding . Tony Dunst wasn't afraid to go to battle with . The board ran out and Benharmach doubled his 118,000 stack.
On a flop of we saw Nicolas Vayssieres with a bet of 54,000 in front of him. Damien Luis, seated out of position, had 129,000 in front of him and Houssine El Otmani, also out of position to Vayssieres was all in for 280,000. Vayssieres eventually called and Luis quickly folded.
Nicolas Vayssieres:
Houssine El Otmani:
The on the turn and on the river didn't help Vayssieres and he reluctantly parted ways with the most of his chips.
The next hand he was under the gun and shoved all in for 80,000. He found one non believer but he really had it with . His opponent had and the board ran out .
The hijack made it 25,000 and the button called. Small blind Mouad Benharmach over called before big blind Tony Dunst squeezed all in for 196,000. The initial raiser and the button both folded but Benharmach called all in.
Mouad Benharmach:
Tony Dunst:
The board ran out and Dunst eliminated his neighbor.