Level: 26
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
Level: 26
Blinds: 15,000/30,000
Ante: 5,000
The 12 remaining players are going on a 15 minute break, with Mathieu Selides still leading with roughly 3,700,000 chips
After doubling up Joao Pinto Correia, Carlos Olmos Pardos has been sticking around with some well-timed shoves to boost his chip stack to around 600,000. The average is now 1,110,000 with seven minutes remaining before the second break of the day
All-in and a call was a shout and we saw Jonathan Khalifa, who has been pretty active today, with ![]()
against Karim Souaid's ![]()
. Khalifa outflopped his opponent with ![]()
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, eliminating Souaid in 13th place
We said earlier that Mathieu Selides was running away with this tournament, and he is now. He was all-in but behind with ![]()
against Day 2 chip leader Sonny Franco's ![]()
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The board looked safe with [6c4dT7h] being dealt, but the
on the river eliminated Franco and further extended Selides's chip lead
Chips were flying everywhere shortly after the break. Erwann Pecheux opened, was three-bet by Joao Pinto Correia who in turn was then four-bet by Carlos Olmos Pardos. Correia thought before moving all-in for 630,000 and was called by Pardos.
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The board was ![]()
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giving Correia a big boost and crippling Pardos
Level: 25
Blinds: 12,000/24,000
Ante: 4,000
The remaining 14 players are going on a 15 minute break, so here are the updated chip counts. Players will return to 12,000/24,000/4,000 when they return, with the average stack 951,428
Samir Beldjoudi opened to 45,000 and Mustapha Bouzid shoved for 200,000 from the big blind. Beldjoudi made the call.
Beldjoudi: ![]()
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Bouzid: ![]()
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Bouzid was ahead, but not for long as the board compelted ![]()
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to eliminate him in 15th place
In a massive pot Soufiane Abbouti check-raised Mathieu Selides' bet of 129,000 to 300,000 on a flop of ![]()
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. Selides called and snap-called Abbouti's shove on the
turn.
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Abbouti needed help with a pair and a flush draw, and even then only a club would save him. But the river came the
and Selides is now up to nearly 3,000,000 chips at 10,000/20,000/3,000