The blinds have just gone up to 6,000/12,000 with a big blind ante of 12,000. There are 47 players left to start the blind level with a French player Mouloud hitting the rail at the end of Level 19.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Mohamed El Wely opened from under the gun and called a three-bet jam of 140,000 from Christophe Panetti.
Mohamed El Wely: 
Christophe Panetti: 
Panetti's ace-high held as the 
ran out on the board and he doubled up his stack.
Meanwhile, Salah Eddine Taleb, who had the chip lead at the dinner break is out in 46th place and Mounim Kaddouri went out just before in 47th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
300,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
Players are on a 15-minute break. Blinds will go up to 8,000/16,000 with a big blind ante of 16,000 when the action resumes.
TMV opened from early position for 25,000 before PMU.fr Ambassador Joffrey Lhote jammed for 210,000. TMV called and players turned over their cards.
Joffrey Lhote: 
TMV: 
Lhote was behind before and after the 
flop but then took a huge lead in the hand after the 
came on the turn to give him a full house. The completed the board on the river to give TMV a better full house and Lhote was eliminated in 44th place.
Zoubir Mahi hit the rail just before Lhote in 45th place and Andres Marques and Gaja went soon after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,400,000
900,000
|
900,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted |
Abderrazah Chah open-jammed for about 200,000 from early position and was called by a player with the nickname Grolo Grolovic.
Abderrazah Chah: 
Grolo Grolovic: 
Chah was on his way to doubling up after pairing the 
flop. Grolo Grolovic, however, improved to a flush after the came on the turn followed by the 
on the river and Chah was eliminated in 40th place.
Out just before Chah was Patrick Sacrispeyre in 41st place and just after was Pepe in 39th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
550,000
314,000
|
314,000 |
|
||
|
450,000
450,000
|
450,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Defending champion Phillip Huxley opened from the cutoff to 25,000 before Pablo jammed from the big blind for 208,000.
"Are you tight or really tight?" asked Huxley before making the call 30 seconds later.
Pablo:
Phillip Huxley: 
Huxley was ahead when the chips were committed and he eliminated Pablo after the 
were dealt out on the board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
500,000
-50,000
|
-50,000 |
|
|
||
|
Busted | |
Just before the break, Frederic Delval was eliminated from the feature table. The feature table is changing during the break and will include defending champion Phillip Huxley along with Andrew Hills.
Level: 21
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 16,000
Two players with nicknames got tangled up in a pot.
Mateo open-jammed for about 280,000 from the cutoff with 
and was called by RSM in the big blind with 
. The board was unable to improve Mateo's hand and he was eliminated in 36th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
650,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
|
Busted |
TMV opened the button for 35,000 with 
and called a jam for under 10 big blinds from Jihad Khoury from the small blind with 
.
Khoury was ahead after the 
came on the flop and after the paired the board on the turn. However, the spiked the river to give TMV a pair and Khoury was eliminated in 34th place.
Also recently eliminated was Belmehel Dja Daouhadji in 35th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,750,000
350,000
|
350,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
