Rachid El Yaacoubi open raised from the hijack and was called by chip leader Sylvain Neyroud and Adil Oubaaous in the big blind.
The flop came 8♥2♦9♥ and action checked to Neyroud, who made it 450,000. Adil Oubaaous reraised to 1,400,000 and Neyroud went all in, which Oubaaous called. Players flipped their cards.
Adil Oubaaous: J♠8♠
Sylvain Neyroud: A♦9♦
Oubaaous had a pair of eights and Neyroud had a pair of nines. The turn came the the 9♣ and the river was the 6♣. The turn have Neyroud trips and he scooped the pot.
Oubaaous was eliminated in 18th place and took 45,000 dirham.
Over on the other table, Rui Tiago Pinto Campo was eliminated in 17th place for 58,000 dirham.
It's time for Day 3 of the Winamax SISMIX Main Event, running in the Casino de Marrakech at the Es Saadi Resort. The final day is set to start at 12:30 p.m. local time and the tournament will play down to a winner.
Of the 319 players who made it to Day 2, only 18 remain. The tournament is down to the final three six-max tables. When players return to the felt, they will be playing for the remainder of the 10,450,000 prize pool (around €950,000). The next player out will recieve 45,000 dirham and the winner will walk away with 1,000,000 dirham.
Blinds will commence at 70,000/140,000 with a 140,000 big blind ante and levels on the final day run for 40-minutes. By the end of the day, the champion will be crowned.
Sylvain Neyroud is way out in front with the chip lead of 16,000,000. He's followed by Christophe Beyer in second place with 11,480,000. Also still in the field is Winamax pro Mehdi Chaoui and Spanish player Inigo Naveiro.
Top Ten Chip Counts
Rank
Player
Country
Chip Count
Blinds
1
Sylvain Neyroud
France
16,000,000
133
2
Christophe Beyer
France
11,480,000
96
3
Gonzalo Serrano
Spain
8,615,000
72
4
Ewen Trevidy
France
7,810,000
65
5
Luis Cabello
Spain
6,300,000
53
6
Issam Benhaddou
Morocco
6,085,000
51
7
Mehdi Chaoui
Morocco
5,200,000
43
8
Javier Ortiz
Spain
4,250,000
35
9
Inigo Naveiro
Spain
4,200,000
35
10
Victor De Sa Camboa
France
3,830,000
32
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