To facilitate the upcoming chip race during the dinner break, one player per table has been asked to buy off the T-25 chips as they will be no longer required as of level 10.
Rakesh Lalwani tried to knock out a short stack for 14,500 chips but failed to improve with 
versus 
. After a board of 
, Lalwani shipped over one third of his stack and fell below the initial 30,000 in chips.
The overall field has also lost more than one third as well, falling to as low as 99 entries out of more than 170 bullets fired.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
24,000 | -48,000 |
Ricardo Manquant was down to his last 8,700 chips and got them in preflop with 
only to see Toni Dieguez snap him off with pocket aces. The board was already rushed away but didn't provide any sweat, running out eight-high.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
87,000 | 3,000 |
|
Busted |
Bruno Soutavong had lost a bigger pot with 
versus 
and then got involved into a raising war with table neighbor Julien Arethuse. The latter ended up all in for 30,000 with pocket queens and Soutavong couldn't get there with 
. Down to his last 2,000 chips the remaining stack vanished a few moments later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
62,000 | 1,000 |
|
Busted |
After a preflop raising war between Arnaud Peyroles and a participant from Spain, the Frenchman was all in and at risk for his last 39,800 with 
. Peyroles was dominated by the 
of his table neighbor, however the board ran out 
and provided the necessary help on the turn.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
81,000 | 81,000 |
After a limp from under the gun, Toni Dieguez raised to 2,050 from one seat over and was called by the limper to see a flop of 
. The action was checked to the Spaniard and a continuation bet of 2,050 was called. No action followed on the 
turn as both players checked and Dieguez tank-called 3,000 on the river.
His opponent rolled over the 
for a straight and Dieguez mucked 
for a busted flush draw.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
84,000 | -7,000 |
The clock is running down for all players who either want to late-register or take advantage of the single re-entry option in the Main Event. This is the last level (along with the following dinner break) to sign up and join the action.
Level: 9
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Rebecca Gerin opened from early position and the player in the big blind only flat-called. On a flop of 
, Gerin's continuation bet of 2,000 was called before the turn and the river went check-check. The opponent of the Frenchwoman showed 
and a frustrated looking Gerin mucked her cards.
One seat over, Hafid Kinany has taken a seat after his previous table was broken not long ago.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
39,000 | 9,000 |
|
15,025 | -10,975 |
According to our French colleagues, Paul Francois Tedeschi had spiked a set of jacks and got an opponent all in with a pair of kings on the turn to scoop a nice pot and move up to six figures.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
110,000 | 80,000 |
