We quickly went from two Moroccans in the field down to none. Ali Mechiche dwindled down to a short-stack before getting it all-in with 
and unable to catch up against Sébastien Compte's 
when the board ran out 
.
Ali was awarded 62,000 MAD (€5,714) after exiting the tournament in 10th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Two players just were eliminated in the same hand. Rachid Am opens for 100,000 Alexis Fleur and Thomas Cazayous call from the button and small blind before Rafik Bedri pushes his remaining 250,000 chips into the pot.
Cazayous gets out of the way on a 
flop before Fleur and Am battle it out with Fleur betting 300,000 and Am raising the action to 850,000 which Fleur calls. Am declares himself all-in for 1.1 million when the hits the board and shows 
for bottom pair which is losing to Fleur's pair of sevens. Bedri is behind both players showing 
. The 
on the river was inconsequential eliminating two players in one hand.
Rafik Bedri was awarded 43,000 MAD (€3,963) for 12th place, and since Am had more chips to start the hand he received the larger 11th place prize of 51,000 MAD (€4,700).
Meanwhile Alexis Fleur is now the overwhelming chip leader with 5.1 million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,100,000
3,165,000
|
3,165,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
We earlier mentioned that Rachid Am was the only local player left in the tournament. We stand corrected as Ali Mechiche shared with us that he too is from Morocco and not from France.
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[Removed:13] is now the chip leader with 2.94 million chips. Rachid Am is still near the top of the back in second place with 2.42 million while Sebastien Compte holds down third place with 2.025 million.
| Table | Seat | Player | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 33 | 1 | Thomas Cazayous | 1,230,000 |
| 33 | 2 | Rafik Bedri | 370,000 |
| 33 | 3 | Gregory Cometto | 1,755,000 |
| 33 | 4 | Rachid Am | 2,420,000 |
| 33 | 5 | Alexis Fleur | 1,935,000 |
| 33 | 6 | Karim Benamrouche | 1,305,000 |
| 34 | 1 | Sylvain Roullet | 440,000 |
| 34 | 2 | Ali Mechiche | 800,000 |
| 34 | 3 | Bruno Lopes | 1,390,000 |
| 34 | 4 | Sebastien Compte | 2,025,000 |
| 34 | 5 | Pablo Redrado | 1,430,000 |
| 34 | 6 | [Removed:13] | 2,940,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,420,000
400,000
|
400,000 |
|
2,025,000
375,000
|
375,000 |
|
|
1,935,000
-565,000
|
-565,000 |
|
1,755,000
-520,000
|
-520,000 |
|
1,390,000
5,000
|
5,000 |
|
||
|
1,305,000
879,000
|
879,000 |
|
1,230,000
-130,000
|
-130,000 |
|
||
|
|
800,000
-390,000
|
-390,000 |
|
440,000
-60,000
|
-60,000 |
|
|
370,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
We are on the second 15 minute break of the day. Blinds will increase to 20,000/40,000 with an ante of 5,000. During the break, dealers will be running off the 1,000 denominated yellow chips and we will update chip counts shortly after the next level begins.
Another short-stack was recently eliminated also with 7-5 suited. Jean Friedmann was down to just 7.5 big blinds and jammed it all in with 
. Bruno Lopes woke up with 
and isolated the action with a three-bet causing everyone else to fold.
The 
was the first card on the flop giving Friedmann some hope, however, the rest of the board ran out to eliminate the Frenchman in 13th place for 43,000 MAD (€3,963).
Play has been redrawn to two tables and we will update everyone's chip stacks after the next break which is scheduled at the end of this blind level.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Tristan Vernay opened from the button with a min-raise of 60,000 and both Karim Benamrouche and Alexis Fleur called from the blinds The action was checked around on the flop of 
. Benamrouche opted to min-bet 30,000 when the 
appeared on the turn which both players called. When the 
appeared on the river, both players in the blinds checked. Vernay saw thought he saw an opportunity and jammed for his remaining 246,000 chips with 
. Benamrouche folded, however, Fleur called with 
eliminated Vernay in 14th place for 43,000 MAD (€3,963).
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |
Glenn Le Cornec was also just eliminated from the tournament after getting it all-in with 
and unable to improve his hand against Ali Mechiche's 
.
Le Cornec, who was representing the WAM poker community, collected 43,000 MAD (€3,963) for his 15th place finish.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted |