In a preflop all in situation, Fouad El Moujahir had a short stack at risk for 14,850 and flipped over 
. The opponent held 
and the board ran out 
and the better kicker played a crucial role.
As first to act, Philippe Ktorza raised to 1,000 and received two callers before a third opponent squeezed to 5,800 chips. Ktorza moved all in for 13,500 and the two cold-callers let go, though the other opponent called with pocket jacks. Ktorza had two over cards and a flush draw with 
and doubled up back to starting stack after the dealer burned and turned a ten-high board with three clubs.
Walking past the tables, a particular face stuck into the memory but the name had escaped ... until now. Anaras Alekberovas has more than $700,000 in cashes according to his Hendon Mob profile and almost made back-to-back final tables at the European Poker Tour Main Event in Barcelona in 2012 and 2013.
Right now the Lithuanian is around half the starting stack but that doesn't mean much with a few levels to be played still today.
Mohamed Mamouni was left with the head shaking after the Moroccan was the initial raiser from early position and Juan Riera had defended his big blind. Both tangled a bit throughout the 
board and the Spaniard then bet the river for 9,500.
Mamouni called after some time and was shown the 
for a backdoor flush.
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Level: 8
Blinds: 250/500
Ante: 50
While Julien Sitbon made a pot-sized bet of 9,875 on the 
for almost his remaining stack, the seat next to Adrien Guyon was empty and Yehoram Houri watched the action over on the other table. Once Sitbon got through and stacked the chips, Houri tapped on his shoulder before leaving the tournament area.
"A flush draw that didn't come," the Frenchman shrugged and has been eliminated definitely.
"New stack on table 6 please," the dealer yelled and the overall field for Day 1b is not far away from 300. Late registration remains open until the end of level 9 and only when play resumes after dinner break the total number of entries is known.
On a three-way flop of 
, Manuel Makiadi called a bet of 3,800 and so did another player before the fell on the turn. Somehow Makiadi's shove of around 17,000 was called by both opponents and one player from Spain had his 
cracked by the 
of Makiadi.
The third player in the hand held 
and could not crack the aces of the Spaniard after the 
river to avoid a seat open. Makiadi didn't care about the tiny side bet though, as he tripled up.
After the turn of a 
board, Adrien Guyon bet 6,900 into Yehoram Houri and ultimately enforced a fold. The second bullet for the Frenchman is not successful yet and below are further assorted chip counts from the felt.
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