Anthony Cruz raised to 42,000 from the cutoff and Anas Belatik called from one seat over on the button. The flop fell and Cruz bet 57,000, which was good enough to shut down all further resistance. Cruz cruises at just under a million while Belatik is still above that,
Vincent Mansour had shoved the previous hand on the river of a board for his last 72,000 only out of the big blind and Smain Mamouni folded. "Show him," Mansour said and flashed the cards to Michel Leibgorn, revealing for a big blind special.
One hand later, Leibgorin min-raised from the cutoff for 32,000 and Jean-Jacques Chantalat called on the button, as did Mansour in the small blind and Fernando Pons in the big blind.
The flop fell and action checked to Leibgorin, who was about to bet. Chantalat announced all in out of turn and Leibgorin was given the option to check or bet, to which he checked. Chantalat's all in stood and Mansour called all in, while Pons folded. Leibgorin also folded and the cards were tabled.
Vincent Mansour:
Jean-Jacques Chantalat: The turn let Leibgorin gasp "I would have made trips, I had eight nine," while Chantalat got there with the river. "Are you kidding me?" Mansour asked in French, smiled and said "thank you" to the dealer before leaving the table as he was covered by a few chips.
Down to around 250,000, Elizabeth Tedder moved all in from the small blind and Pablo in the big blind called immediately.
Elizabeth Tedder:
Pablo:
The board of ensured a split pot, while Tedder missed out on a flush draw before the queen on the river kept her in contention. "A split is okay too," she said in table chat.
In a battle of the blinds, Smain Mamouni raised to 45,000 and Michel Leibgorin called in the big blind. On the flop, Mamouni continued for 48,000 and was called before another bet worth 110,000 on the turn was called as well. The river saw the shove of Mamouni and the fold by Leibgorin.
Soon after, Pierrick Burban raised to 35,000 and Jean-Jacques Chantalat defended the big blind. He proceeded to check-call a bet of 48,000 on the flop, then checked the turn. Burban bet 65,000 and Chantalat snap-shoved in a matter of less than a second. Burban sighed, gave it some consideration and folded.
Perez defended his big blind to a raise by Pedro Cairat from the cutoff and shoved the flop of . Cairat asked for a count and took plenty of time before tossing a chip to call the shove for 268,000.
Perez:
Pedro Cairat:
The turn and river were both blanks and Perez let out a "vamosss" after his vital double.
After a raise to 35,000 by Pablo from early position, a short-stacked Pierre Barthelemy shoved for some 200,000 from the cutoff to pick up a quick call by the Spaniard.
Pierre Barthelemy:
Pablo:
The French-speaking players sighed on the flop before the turn let out some "come on the spades". However, the river bricked and Barthelemy exited in 20th place.
Smain Mamouni raised and called the shove of Pierrick Burban for 250,000 out of the big blind.
Pierrick Burban:
Smain Mamouni:
The flop gave more outs to win, and he improved to a straight on the turn. One player said "nuts" before the gasps started on the river, which gave Mamouni a full house. A standard coin flip turned into a roller ride and left Burban shell-shock.
For his 19th place finish, Burban takes home MAD 43,000.
Elizabeth Tedder moved all in for 263,000 from the cutoff and Pablo called on the button, the blinds got out of the way.
Elizabeth Tedder:
Pablo:
The flop kept Pablo in the lead, but Tedder picked up a lot of outs. Sure enough, the fell on the turn and that locked up the double for the Oregon-based tedder. A meaningless river completed the board and Pablo was left with his head shaking.
Smain Mamouni raised to 50,000 on the button and Michel Leibgorin called in the big blind, before the flop was checked through. On the turn, Leibgorin shoved for 10 big blinds and Mamouni called.
Michel Leibgorin:
Smain Mamouni:
The river failed to improve Leibgorin and he was eliminated in 18th place.