Christophe Savary started the action with an early-position raise to 40,000, and Azziz Abdelmalki made the smooth call a few seats over. In the hijack, Benjamin Pollak stuck in a healthy three-bet, good enough to fold Savary out of the way. Abdelmalki was not so easily pacified though. After some deliberation, he made the call all in for his last ~200,000 chips. With his tournament life on the line, the cards were turned up.
Showdown
Abdelmalki:
Pollak:
The flop was a pretty good miss for the at-risk player as it came , giving him two shots at an open-ender. The turn missed with the , though, and the that filled out the board was no help either.
Failing to get over the hump, Azziz Abdelmalki becomes the first casualty of Day 3, walking away in 17th place.