Emile Carette held the third-biggest stack going into the dinner break, but fewer than 90 minutes later that has vanished to zero.
Anthony Cruz raised to 30,000 from under the gun and Vincent Mansour called onm the button, Carette shoved the small blind for 367,000. Louis Linard over-shoved from the big blind for 441,000 and Cruz quickly let go. Mansour also folded, mentioning in table chat he had ace-jack.
Emile Carette:
Louis Linard:
"Ahh, kings," Mansour said and the board came . Both stacks were checked and Carette was indeed covered to join the rail in 26th place.
"That was the best hand I had for hours," Belmehel Dja Daouadji after he just doubled through Smain Mamouni for his last 122,000 after three-bet shoving the small blind.
Belmehel Dja Daouadji:
Smain Mamouni:
The board came and Dja Daouadji doubled.
One hand later, Cedric D raised from under the gun and Dja Daouadji shoved the button. Cedric D took quite some time before calling, which saw some of the players raise their eyebrows when the showdown took place.
Belmehel Dja Daouadji:
Cedric D:
The board of saw Dja Daouadji run out of chips, while Cedric D received some comments with regards to a potential "slow roll."
All remaining 24 players will now redraw to the last three tables.
The three tables were barely set and Fadhil Farag shoved for his last 80,000 with the . He was called by Pierrick Burban from one seat over with the and three diamonds on the flop left Farag with little hope. Neither the turn or the river were a nine and Farag was eliminated in 24th place.
Perez was all in and at risk for 205,000 with the and Djamel Ouaret put him at risk with the . The board came and the Spaniard doubled.
Hand 2
Louis Linard opened to 26,000 from under the gun and was called by Perez in the cutoff and Tsunamy on the button. Ouaret shoved the small blind for 20 big blinds and Daniel reshoved out of the big blind. Linard gave it some thought and called while Perez and Tsunamy folded.
Djamel Ouaret:
Daniel:
Louis Linard:
"Diamonds?" Daniel asked and the flop of was indeed a big sweat. However, the turn and river bricked off to see Ouaret and Daniel out in 23rd respectively 22nd place. Linard's stack skyrocketed to 1.8 million and the Frenchman won his second three-way all in of the way to take the lead.
A raise by Fernando Pons on the button resulted in the three-bet to 170,000 by Malek Grabsi out of the big blind and Pons moved all in, Grabsi called within a heartbeat and was at risk for 295,000.
Malek Grabsi:
Fernando Pons:
The board ran out and Grabsi doubled despite a sweat on the turn.
Damien Lhommeau defended his big blind against a raise by Anas Belatik and checked the flop of . Belatik continued for 27,000 and the PMU.fr online qualifier called before the turn was checked.
After the river, Lhommeau checked and eventually called a bet of 100,000 by Belatik to get shown for a bluff. Lhommeau had that beat with for a pair of sixes and raked in the pot.
The remaining 21 players were sent into their next scheduled 15-minute break and the action for tonight will conclude when the last two tables of 16 hopefuls are set.
. Both stacks were checked and Carette was indeed covered to join the rail in 26th place.
and Dja Daouadji doubled.
and Djamel Ouaret put him at risk with the 
and Grabsi doubled despite a sweat on the turn.
. Belatik continued for 27,000 and the PMU.fr online qualifier called before the 
turn was checked. 
for a pair of sixes and raked in the pot.
