Seven players forked out €1,350 or 15,000 Dirhams to re-enter the competition after losing their stack of 30,000 chips previously. Among them is Guillaume Diaz, who opened to 700 and got two callers in the seats over before the player in the big blind raised to 3,800.
Diaz folded and only the player on the button called. After a flop of the player in the big blind continued for 5,800 and was called before shoving the turn and taking down the pot uncontested. This shall be an interesting table for Diaz to run up a stack.
After a raise to 1,200 by Brahim Oubella, Guillaume Darcourt called from one seat over and [Removed:253] three-bet to 3,600 from the button. Both initial opponents called to see a flop of and the action was checked to Jenner. The Frenchman bet 5,100 and called a check-raise to 14,100 by Oubella in the hijack whereas Darcourt folded.
On the turn, it was 22,000 to go by Oubella and Jenner tank-folded.
After a flop of and plenty of preflop action, the opponent of Guillaume Darcourt bet 9,000 and the Frenchman moved all in for just over 22,000 chips to enforce a fold.
Shortly after, Brahim Oubella opened to 2,000 and the very same player made it 8,000 to go. Oubella quickly checked for the stack of the opponent and then called before both checked down the board. Oubella's and the of his opponent chopped the pot.
Anas Tadini re-entered the competition, received the exact same seat once again and quickly lost more than half his stack. Only a few minutes later and without any of his usual announcements, the Moroccan left the tournament area and is bust for the second time today.
Sonny Franco scooped the WSOP Circuit Ring not long ago after his victory in Event #7 and jumped straight into Day 1a of the Main Event. His run good was destined to continue after flopping a flush with and having a short stack all in. The opponent only had the for the nut flush draw, however the dealer burned and turned a fourth spade to let Franco slip below half the starting stack.
While the overall attendance has grown to 164 entries including 11 re-entries, three levels remain for the late registration as well as the single re-entry. Right now, 119 players remain and just over half of the day has been completed.
Matas Cimbolas has accumulated $594,604 in earnings according to his Hendon Mob profile and the Lithuanian has been on a heater as of lately. After taking down the WPT Nottingham for £ 200,000 in November 2014 and final tabling the EPT 11 Deauville for € 58,820, Cimbolas also cashed the Sky Poker UK Poker Championships for £ 55,000 and took down the respective High Roller event for £ 60,000 about two weeks ago.
Cimbolas is now in today's Main Event after purchasing the ticket a few minutes ago.