On the turn and a board reading 
, David bet 40,000 and Zakaria called in position. The river was the 
and David checked, with 60,000 behind. Zakaria bet around 50,000, but David had no showdown value and folded immediately.
Little did David know he was up against the one hand he could most certainly beat, as Zakaria showed 
for the nut low. With that pot, Zakaria has crossed the half million in chips mark.
A hefty pot had already brewed between Jean Montury (UTG) and David Haziza (BB), when action was on the latter. On a 
board, Haziza shoved all in and Montury snap-called his remaining 107,500 off with 
.
A furious Haziza flung his counterfeited 
open in the muck and had to surrender two-thirds of his remaining stack to the French EPT winner. With the massive double, Montury is now among the chipleaders.
One of the recent eliminations was Kamel Tir, who shoved 
into 
. The board ran out 
, which prompted some early celebrations from Tir after the turn. After the river completed the board, it took Tir almost ten seconds before the bad news dawned on him.
The French journalists in Marrakech are keeping a close eye on their countrymen. These are the counts of the Frenchies (plus two big stacks) during the first break, courtesy of our colleagues.
Level: 15
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
The 109 remaining players are on a break. The break will be 20 minutes, action will resume around 3:20 p.m. local time.
These were the latest players to fall as we head into the first break of the day.
On a flop of 
, Selim Oulmekki checked. Fernandez bet 9,200, Hafid Kinany raised to 24,000, but Oulmekki had a different plan. He three-bet to 50,000 from the blinds and got Fernandez directly out of the way.
Kinany mulled over it for the better part of a minute, then succumbed to the big stack's pressure as well.
Ivan Deyra raised to 5,200 on the button and Toufik Ouirini called from the small blind. Jean Montury three-bet to 14,400 from the big blind and Deyra called after nearly two minutes of thought. Ourini didn't need that much time, as he snap-called the raise as well.
The flop was 
and Ouirini instantly put his last 15,100 in the pot. Montury quickly called the all-in, as dit Deyra. Both players checked the on the turn.
On the river, Montury double-checked Deyra's remaining stack before shoving all in. Deyra had 51,000 behind and agonized over his decision. The clock got called after several minutes, and with just one second remaining Deyra folded his hand.
"Good fold," Montury assured his fellow countryman before showing 
for quad nines. With a sad look on his face, Ouirini flashed 
and headed for the rail.
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