According to Anthony Rodrigues, there was a limp for 200 and Abdelhadi Kondah raised to 2,000, picking up two callers. On a flop of , Kondah continued for 6,000 and then shoved when an opponent from Spain had raised to 15,000.
The Moroccan was in bad shape with pocket kings, as his opponent had flopped a set of jacks and stayed ahead after two bricks on turn and river.
At the same table, Dominique Terzian has also taken his seat as well and is around starting stack right now.
Manuel Sadornil registered late after playing another Side Event until recently and immediately more than doubled up his starting stack. Among the other big stacks, Brian Benhamou is the first player to reach six digits and Bruno Michels is on his way there, too.
Down to 17,000 chips, Guillaume Darcourt saw a three-way flop of and the Frenchman as well as one opponent invested 2,000 each. The turn saw the check-raise all in of the opponent after Darcourt had bet 5,500 and was called off by the Frenchman with for top two pair.
The opponent turned over for a flopped flush and neither jack nor king saved Darcourt on a brick river. The Frenchman can still re-enter once until the end of level nine though.
Both Houssam Mohamed Ali as well as Guillaume Darcourt have been losing a lot of chips during the past level and suddenly find themselves short-stacked with the Moroccan down to only 10 big blinds. Ali raised a three-way flop of from 1,000 to 2,500 and was called by one opponent to face a min-raise from 3,000 to 6,500 after the turn.
On a brick river, Ali called a bet of 6,500 and then mucked when he was shown pocket fives for a full house by the opponent.
Philippe Ktorza arrived at his new table and faced a raise to 600 before missclicking to 10,700. Originally he just wanted to min-raise but instead put one third of his stack at risk. All opponents including the initial raiser folded and the Frenchman joked "oh well that worked" and flashed his .
After a flop of , Bruno Soutavong had an opponent from Portugal all in and at risk with pocket tens including the . Yet, the flush draw was already dead as his opponent had flopped the flush. Instead, the turn and the river completed a back door full house for the Frenchman to score the knockout.
The very same player that had doubled up Anas Tadini now doubled through the Moroccan after being all in for 15,550 on a flop of . There were only 3,500 in the middle, yet Tadini isolated and moved all in himself to scare off a third player in the hand. Tadini's flush draw with was no good as the opponent held .
Neither the turn nor the river changed anything and queen-high shipped the double.
Tournament staff has just announced that a total of 12 levels will be played today, making for an end of the splashing and dashing of chips around midnight local time.
, Kondah continued for 6,000 and then shoved when an opponent from Spain had raised to 15,000.
and the Frenchman as well as one opponent invested 2,000 each. The 
turn saw the check-raise all in of the opponent after Darcourt had bet 5,500 and was called off by the Frenchman with 
for a flopped flush and neither jack nor king saved Darcourt on a brick river. The Frenchman can still re-enter once until the end of level nine though.
from 1,000 to 2,500 and was called by one opponent to face a min-raise from 3,000 to 6,500 after the 
and had moved all in for 9,850 chips.
. The short stack had the 
were in a desperate shape.
turn settled things for Touali to knock out two opponents and the meaningless 
river completed the board.
, Bruno Soutavong had an opponent from Portugal all in and at risk with pocket tens including the 
turn and the 
. There were only 3,500 in the middle, yet Tadini isolated and moved all in himself to scare off a third player in the hand. Tadini's flush draw with 
.
turn nor the 
river changed anything and queen-high shipped the double.