After the river of a board in the far right corner of the tournament area, Mohamed Mamouni checked behind and his opponent tapped the table in a disappointed manner before flipping over his pocket kings. Mamouni couldn't beat that and mucked his cards, showing a quite surprised expression.
The very same table also features former WPT Marrakech champion Houssam Mohamed Ali as well as Surinder Sunar.
Joining the action on a flop of , Patrick Schaal Semet had a T-5,000 chip in front and behind him Touhani Zekhnini moved all in. Said El Yousfi as third player in the hand quickly folded and Schaal Semet called with . Zekhnini needed help with and couldn't get there anymore on the turn and river.
After a raise to 650 and two callers, Wassim Chaouki three-bet to 2,000 and initial raiser Mohamed Mamouni as well as three players called including Surinder Sunar in fifth position.
On a flop of , Mamouni bet 6,000 and Sunar shoved. Chaouki reshoved from one seat over and Mamouni mucked his , the other two players also got out of the way.
Sunar had pocket tens but Chaouki's found another diamond to score the knockout.
The seat of Julien Sitbon has been empty and the Frenchman was nowhere to be found. Sitbon is one of around 30 players who already ran out of chips within the first four levels of play and many more will follow until 1 a.m. local time when the bagging and tagging occurs.
After a raise to 700 and three callers, Omar Lakhdari three-bet to 2,700 and received two callers to see a flop of with one heart. Lakhdari made a continuation bet of 4,700 and was called by one opponent before the fell on the turn.
The opponent of the Frenchman bet 20,000 with as much behind and Lakhdari called before the river completed the board. Now the action was checked to Lakhdari and his shove with was called and mucked by the opponent to see the Frenchman on five digits.
After a limp, the player on the button raised to 1,200 and Bernard Guigon called, so did the player in the big blind. The limper folded and the three of them saw a flop of . Guigon check-raised from 2,600 to 8,000 and that enforced a fold from the player in the big blind.
However, the player on the button shoved and Guigon tank-called all in for 22,775 with . His opponent held the and the board ran out safely with the turn and the river to leave the player on the button behind with 1,500 chips.
There are five tables in the Omaha Side Event right now including participants such as Guillaume Darcourt, Toni Dieguez, Rebecca Gerin and Anas Tadini. The latter has been eliminated from the Main Event not long ago and now tries his luck with double the amount of hole cards.
Helmut Hohn had already lost half the stack with versus after spiking top pair on the flop and an opponent successfully chasing a gut shot straight draw. Then, the German was all in and at risk after a flop of with and was called for 12,000 by an opponent with .
The turn and a blank river sent Hohn out of the tournament and his opponent apologized. "Don't worry, I am already used to it," Hohn said before grabbing his belongings.
Besides the overall entries for Day 1b, another number has been climbing consistently on the screens: The re-entries. With 220 players remaining out of 268 entries, the number of re-entries for both starting days has grown to 92 in total already. Both the registration and re-entry period remain available until the end of level 9 around 21:00 local time and possibly until the end of the following 60-minute dinner break.
board in the far right corner of the tournament area, Mohamed Mamouni checked behind and his opponent tapped the table in a disappointed manner before flipping over his pocket kings. Mamouni couldn't beat that and mucked his cards, showing a quite surprised expression.
, Patrick Schaal Semet had a T-5,000 chip in front and behind him Touhani Zekhnini moved all in. Said El Yousfi as third player in the hand quickly folded and Schaal Semet called with 
. Zekhnini needed help with 
and couldn't get there anymore on the 
turn and 
river.
, Mamouni bet 6,000 and Sunar shoved. Chaouki reshoved from one seat over and Mamouni mucked his 
found another diamond to score the knockout.
with one heart. Lakhdari made a continuation bet of 4,700 and was called by one opponent before the 
fell on the turn.
river completed the board. Now the action was checked to Lakhdari and his shove with 
. His opponent held the 
and the board ran out safely with the 
river to leave the player on the button behind with 1,500 chips.
versus 
with 
turn and a blank river sent Hohn out of the tournament and his opponent apologized. "Don't worry, I am already used to it," Hohn said before grabbing his belongings.