It was a coin flip between Antoine Rahal and Jay Santos that sent the Portuguese to the rail in 25th place. Santos was unable to improve with 
against pocket jacks and ended a roller coaster day with a consolation prize of €3,952.
Level: 23
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
It was a drama in three acts that saw Mehdi Senhaji run out of chips. First he paid off the 
of Jay Santos on a board of 
and fell below 200,000 in chips. Then, Fahd Kaabat moved all in for 184,000 chips and Santos called on the button, but was thinking he was the small blind.
The Portuguese thought he heard Senhaji say "pass" and exposed his 
but then Senhaji said call with almost the same stack as Kaabat. The floor was called and ultimately it was ruled as a call by Santos, as Senhaji only had 6,000 more and the player in the big blind mucked his cards.
Kaabat: 
Senhaji: 
The board ran out 
and Kaabat tripled up. Senhaji's last few chips then vanished with 
versus after a board of 
.
Ondrej Milabersky raised from the cutoff and then snap-called the shove of Frederic Rizzo out of the big blind for 300,000 in chips with . Rizzo only had pocket sevens and the 
board provided no help.
There are 18:11 left in level 22 and the cards are back in the air, the button is in seat number 9.
Gabriel Jimenez had previously doubled up his short stack with 
versus 
.
The expat then three-bet shoved for 150,000 with and initial raiser Manuel Makiadi called with the . The board ran out 
and the former huge stack was out in 28th place.
There is now a short break as play is paused and all remaining participants will be redrawn to the final three tables.
Ahmed Boukaddeda opened to 25,000 and Pierre Merlin moved all in for 129,000. The action headed to Mohamed Sekkat in the big blind, who asked for a count and then just flat-called. Boukaddeda folded and Merlin flipped over his 
. The Frenchman had two outs, as Sekkat held 
.
There was no help on the 
board and Merlin headed to the rail in 29th place.
Alban Morel three-bet shoved for 110,000 with and faced the of Jose Maria Nieto Martin.
The Frenchman was excited for a second when spotting the on the flop but it was followed by the and . The miracle via one-outer didn't arrive, as the turn and the river completed the board.
Hassan Lamzariki opened to 33,000 and snap-called the shove of Olivier Averso for 120,000 with pocket aces. The Frenchman was in dire need of help with pocket queens but the request was denied by the dealer. Also on the rail: Ahmed Abd El Fatah.
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