There was a big French yelp of delight from Dominique Terzian as the river was dealt. He held on a board of and faded the ace of Kamal Sefrioui's to bust the Moroccan in 17th place.
There will now be a redraw to seat the remaining 16 players around two tables
Pedro Oliveira opened to 43,000 from the hijack and got called by Sonny Franco in the cut-off. From the big blind Pecheux moved all-in for his remaining eight big blinds. Oliveira folded and Franco called.
Franco:
Pecheux:
The board ran out ensuring Pecheux's double up to remain in contention
You know it's bad when you hear someone smack their chips against the table. After Loic Blarez rivered a flush against Karim Lahlou he was left with just four big blinds. Which were picked up by Mathieu Selides who is now honing in on the 2,000,000 chip mark
One of the most colourful characters from the tournament Achille Voltolina has been eliminated in spectacular fashion. After raising preflop to 35,000 he saw a flop with Pedro Oliveira of .
On the flop Oliveira check-raised Voltolina's bet of 35,000 to 90,000 and Voltolina shoved. Oliveria quickly called and the cards were turned over.
Oliveira:
Voltolina:
Voltolina had flopped bottom set but Oliveira had flopped a straight! The turn card was the giving chop opportunities, but the river bricked to eliminate Voltolina in 21st place
Samir Beldjoudi raised to 35,000 UTG and got a call from Cyprien Berger in middle position and Joao Pinto Correia in the big blind.
On a flop Correia checked and Beldjoudi bet 58,000. Berger called and Correia got out of the way. Beldjoudi check-called Berger's smaller bet of 41,000 on the turn which was the . Both players checked the on the river. Beldjoudi tabled and won the pot