Said El Yousfi Doubles Through Cheng-Wei Yin
Level 7
: 250/500, 50 ante
With the pot already up to over 35,000 and a board that read 
, Said El Yousfi was facing an all-in bet for his tournament life. The culprit was Belgium's Cheng-Wei Yin, who put El Yousfi for effectively 15,000 all in.
It took El Yousfi nearly four minutes to come to a decision, then decided on a call. Yin showed 
and slowly, El Yousfi tabled the winner with 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
65,000 | 35,000 |
|
60,000 | -10,000 |
, the Moroccon player with the illustrous name Lamzariki Lamzariki Hassan saw a flop of 
appear. The player to his left bet 1,600 and got two callers. Lamzariki Hassan raised to 3,650 and the initial better shoved for 22,000. The other callers folded and Lamzariki Hassan instantly called.
and was nearly drawing dead. After the 
river, he had to make his way to the rail.
and Pecheux had a visibly tough decision. After tanking for several minutes, Mentoro eventually called the clock on him. With mere seconds left in his final minute, Pecheux elected to fold his hand.
and Ourini tabled 
. A king on the flop sent the short stack packing and helped the hometown player up the leaderboard.
