It has gone downhill a lot and Juan Riera was then all in for what looked like 80,000 chips with . Laura Gallardo called with the superior and stayed ahead on a board of .
The hot streak of Pierre Merlin continues as the Frenchman also took the entire stack of Yvan Bensasson. The latter tried to bluff three streets on a board of and the last bet was for 60,000 chips. Merlin called quickly with and Bensasson looked gutted before flipping over his .
From 200,000 to 50,000 and out, that's the story of Omar Lakhdari in the last two levels. After one limp and the call of Brian Benhamou, Lakhdari shoved the big blind for just over 10 big blinds and Benhamou called with slightly more and . Lakhdari only had and the board ran out jack-high without providing any help to either player.
In the first big pot, Soufiane Abbouti had spiked a set of deuces on a board of but Laura Gallardo received a full double up with .
Shortly after, Abbouti three-bet an open raise from 11,000 to 27,000 and tank-called all in when Anouar Mehlil shoved for around 160,000 in chips. The Belgian was way ahead with Qs] but his opponent's improved on the turn of a board.
After a flop of , Rakesh Lalwani called all in for his remaining 140,000 chips with against Gabriel Jimenez. The expat, now living in Morocco, turned over the superior and held up after the turn and the river.
The roller coaster ride of Matas Cimbolas continues as the Lithuanian opened to 9,000 and then faced the shove of Jean-philippe Rohr for 79,000. Cimbolas tank-called with and Rohr was in good shape to double up with . However, the dealer burned and turned the board and the Frenchman was sent to the rail.
It was a coin flip for the German with against the pocket sevens of Miroslav Alilovic and a jack-high board provided no excitement for Michaelis, as neither of his over cards or diamonds hit.
Joining the action on a four-way turn with the board reading , Matas Cimbolas bet 25,500 and enforced a fold from his two opponents while Alberto Gonzalez Penelas was already all in. "I don't even know why I am betting," the Lithuanian said and then turned over the .
Gonzalez Penelas needed an ace with but the on the river was a brick. other recent bustouts include Dimitri Halliez as well as Vitaliy Shepitko.