In a three-bet pot between Kalidou Sow in the cutoff and Fabio Pinho Damaso on the button, it was the latter who bet 70,000 on a flop and Sow who check-called.
The turn brought the and Sow checked a second time. Damaso bet a hefty 220,000 and Sow gave it up after two minutes.
Frederic Steinbach shoved all in for around 150,000 and Jean Montury beat him into the pot with a call.
Frederic Steinbach:
Jean Montury:
Steinbach flopped a set on , but so did Montury. The turn provided some chop outs but the on the river wasn't one of them. Steinbach finished 26th for 31,000 MAD.
In the last hand of the previous level, Tobias Peters raised to 22,000 in middle position, Igna Poker three-bet shoved 184,000 from the small blind and Peters snap-called.
Igna Poker:
Tobias Peters:
Peters' hand remained best from start to finish on and Igna Poker was gone in 27nd. The Spaniard became the first player to collect 31,000 MAD for his deep run. Peters, the 2017 WPTDeepStacks Europe Player of the Year, is starting to distance himself from the pack with over 1.3 million in chips.
In the final hand of the level, [Removed:335] was all in with against Miguel Couceiro, who held the . The flop directly brought two nines to end [Removed:336]'s dreams right on the spot. He was the last player to go home with 28,500 MAD.
After losing half his stack against Tobias Peters, [Removed:445] lost the other half against Juan Munoz about ten minutes afterwards. Holding pocket eights, Haho got it all in preflop, only to run into Munoz' pocket queens.
The board didn't provide any escape for Haho and he had to settle for 28,500 MAD for his 29th place finish.
After the flop came down , Badr Boutenbat shoved his last chips in with . Fabio Pinho Damaso called with the better pair of and held up after the turn and river, eliminating Boutenbat in 30th place (28,500 MAD).
On an flop, Tobias Peters checked to [Removed:445] on the button, who bet 38,000. Peters made the call out of position. The turn brought the and Peters check-called a second barrel of 58,000.
The river was the and this time, Peters led out for 105,000. Haho, visibly very unpleased with the situation, thought for over three minutes before reaching a decision. At one point, he was about to flick in a calling chip, but ultimately decided against it and gave up instead.