Joseph Pineiro moved all in for 11,000 from the under-the-gun position and Masbah Ben Baba moved all in as well from two seats over. Ben Baba had 18,000 and he put Pineiro at risk of elimination when everybody else got out of the way.
Joseph Pineiro: 
Masbah Ben Baba: 
The board ran out 
and Pineiro doubled up, leaving Ben Baba with less than ten big blinds.
Najib Bennis limped from the small blind and big blind Fernando G raised to 2,275. Bennis called and they saw the 
flop come down.
Bennis checked to G on the flop and he continued with a bet of 1,500. Bennis called to see the turn.
They both checked and the 
river card came down. Bennis took over the betting lead with a bet of 2,600 and that was enough to make G fold his hand and take down the pot.
Level: 9
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 100
Renaud Blangiardi raised from early position to 1,500 and he was called by the player on the button and by Mathieu Brandrowski in the big blind.
The flop was 
and Brandrowski checked to Blangiardi. He continued with a bet of 2,000 and the player on the button got out of the way. Brandrowski called and they went heads-up to the turn.
The turn was the 
and both players checked this time. They did the same on the 
river and Blangiardi took it down when he showed 
.
Yerav Mesa de Armas put a short-stacked player at risk with pocket queens. His opponent had ace-jack and needed an ace on the board to survive.
The board ran out 
and Mesa de Armas held on to the lead throughout the entire hand to send his opponent to the rail.
Moroccan poker player Jawad Bentahila sadly passed away on December 31st, 2018. Bentahila sits in 16th on the Moroccan all-time money list and all of his cashes were in Morocco. His biggest score was winning a 22,000 MAD (€2,000) tournament for 364,000 MAD (approx. €33,500).
Most of the players stood up from their seats as a slideshow of photographs were shown on all the screens.
The tournament continued after a couple of minutes. They will play two more levels until they have a one-hour dinner break.
Level: 8
Blinds: 300/600
Ante: 75
Kamel Amrane got his last chips in the middle and had to win with 
against the 
of Cast.
The board ran out 
and all the chips went to Cast who is now up to almost double the starting stack of 30,000.
More and more players are starting to get eliminated from the tournament. Fifteen of them have made a reentry while 42 others opted not to. The registration and reentry period is still open until the start of level ten at approximately 9:30 p.m. local time.
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