Imad Derwiche raised to 5,200 from the hijack, Mehdi Hsissen three-bet to 13,000 from the button. Christian Stantchev four-bet to 37,000 from the small blind. Derwiche folded and Hsissen called after about 30 seconds.
They both checked through the on the flop and the on the turn to the on the river. Stantchev shoved all in for the 41,000 he had behind. Hsissen asked for a count and the dealer confirmed the amount. Hsissen folded.
Hand #1:
Said El Yousfi raised to 5,200 from the cutoff and only Mateusz Moolhuizen, in the big blind, called.
The flop came , Moolhuizen check-called the 5,000 bet of El Yousfi.
They both checked through the on the turn and the on the river. Moolhuizen showed for the rivered two pair, fives and deuces.
Hand #2:
Yavuz Kaya raised to 6,200 from early position. Fredric Steinbach called on the button. Moolhuizen checked his cards, grabbed some chips and reraised to 31,700. Kaya had a bit of a stare but then folded, Steinbach also folded quickly.
Michiel Brosky completed his small blind and Harald Sammer opted to check the big blind.
The flop came , Brosky checked, Sammer bet 4,200, Brosky raised to 15,100 and Sammer hesitated. He tanked for about a minute or two and then decided to fold.
Even though Sammer had to give up on this hand, he has taken over the chip lead at the moment.
Mihael Jeraj raised to 4,500 from the under-the-gun position and was called by Yum on the button. Shlomo Ohana, in the small blind, shoved for around 159,000 having both of his opponents covered. Jeraj asked for a count even though he was clearly covered. The dealer started counting and then Jeraj folded. Yum considered his option for a few seconds and then called.
Shlomo Ohana:
Yum:
The board ran out - Ohana loudly cheered causing him to lose part of his sunglasses, turning them into normal glasses and sat down again. Yum grabbed his coat and quickly left the table. The dealer pushed Yum's chips to Ohana and Ohana threw a 5,000-value chip to the dealer.
"For you!" Ohana said to the dealer. The dealer pushed the chip back to Ohana with a smile.
Fernandez raised to 4,500 from the under-the-gun position and action folded back to David Vedral in the big blind. Vedral considered his options and raised to 15,000. Fernandez put a stack of orange 5,000-value chips in, effectively putting Vedral all-in. Vedral snap-called.
David Vedral:
Fernandez:
The board ran out - Vedral hit a jack on the river to get a full house, jacks over eights, and he doubled up.
The tournament director has just announced that the winner of the WSOP International Circuit Main Event will take home a whopping amount of 1,300,000 MAD. The 486 entries in total have created a prize pool of 6,432,300 MAD, a min-cash will be 30,000 MAD and a total of 53 players will be in the money this weekend. To see the full details of the prize pool, please check our payouts page.
The tournament director has welcomed the 152 remaining players back to the Casino de Marrakech and explained the new structure for today. As most of the players are seated at their tables, the dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal!