On the three-way turn , Saverio Cocozza check-called a bet worth 19,000 by Philippe Ktorza and the third player in the hand folded. The river was checked down and Ktorza's ended up second best to Cocozza's .
On table 33, Joaquin bet the flop for 16,000 and Tsunamy, also from Spain, called. The turn saw Joaquin check-fold to a bet of his fellow countryman.
On the heads-up flop of , Sonny Franco bet 20,000 and Fadhil Farag called from one seat over. The turn saw Franco bet 39,000 and Farag quickly called before checked down the river. Franco flipped over but that was no good against Farag's .
Michael van der Ghinst opened to 22,000 from the cutoff and Fahd then moved all in out of the big blind with the Belgian making the call.
Fahd:
van der Ghinst:
The flop fell and Fahd let out a "yessss", Anas Tadini leaned over and said to Sonny Franco "what did I tell you? Nine on the flop." A blank turn settled things, making the river a formality.
Alexandre Viard put table neighbor Roger Tondeur at risk for 70,000 with JhJc] versus . The board ran out and Tondeur doubled up with a full house.
Then, Mathieu Biague raised from middle position and Ekrem Sanioglu in the small blind as well as Pieyre Maggi in the big blind called. On the flop, Sanioglu led for 45,000 and just Biague called. The turn saw Sanioglu check-raise all in and Biague, having bet 95,000, snap-called for his last 206,000.
Biague:
Sanioglu:
The river bricked and Sanioglu lost most of his stack, then shoved the next hand to claim the pot uncontested.
Viard got his chips back with some fees on top after three-bet shoving for 120,000 with the . Saverio Cocozza snap-called with the and the crowd and players on the table went wild. The board ran out and Viard made a straight to double.
On the flop, Ekrem Sanioglu got his stack of 128,000 all in from under the gun and henrique Oliveira de Sousa Pinho looked him up with the , putting his opponent on tilt from the previous showdown. Sanioglu had however hit the board way better with and the turn and river blanked.
It took just a few minutes to see [Removed:215] and Mathieu Biague go at it over on table 37 as well. Groppi had raised and was called before a continuation bet on the flop saw Biague call, too. On the turn, Groppi check-raised from 50,000 to 100,000 with a stack of as much behind and Biague shoved.
Groppi snap-called with the for a set while Biague could not win the hand anymore, holding . The river was a formality and the chips were swapped.
Philippe Ktorza limped in from under the gun, as did Anas Tadini, Dominique Terzian and the two players in the blinds. On the flop, the action was checked to Terzian and his bet for half the pot enforced folds all around. Ktorza mucked the , Tadini the . Terzian said in table chat he had a king.
Anas Tadini has been making a "ninja sound" from claiming pots from time to time, always causing plenty of smiles and laughter at the tables. Saverio Cocozza just did so as well and the rail could barely hold themselves together.
It was a limped pot with Cocozza on the button Philippe Ktorza in the small blind and Tadini in the big blind. On the flop all three checked. On the turn, Tadini motioned what appeared to be a check and then told the dealer she should wait and carefully deal the river card. It was the and Tadini led for 20,000.
"Seven high wins," he joked. Cocozza eventually called and Ktorza folded. Tadini indeed flashed and Cocozza won the pot with ... before doing Tadini's ninja sound. This would be really good for TV.
One hand later, Abdenbi Abida raised to 17,000 and Ktorza jammed the button for 159,000 to claim the pot without showdown.
Andre Miquel Ramalho Fonseca opened the action with a raise to 17,000 and Pieyre Maggi shoved from two seats over for around 13 big blinds. The young Belgian had jammed three times prior without getting called, but this time the move didn't get through without resistance.
Maggi:
Fonseca:
It was all over after the turn and the blank river a mere formality. Maggi headed to the rail in 22nd place and also receives 20,000 Dirhams.
The remaining 21 players have been sent into a 60-minute dinner break.
In the very last hand, [Removed:215] raised to 18,000 from the button and folded his four-two suited to the shove of Masbah Ben Baba, who was all in for 72,000 and flashed the .
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, Saverio Cocozza check-called a bet worth 19,000 by Philippe Ktorza and the third player in the hand folded. The 
river was checked down and Ktorza's 
ended up second best to Cocozza's 
.
flop for 16,000 and Tsunamy, also from Spain, called. The 
turn saw Joaquin check-fold to a bet of his fellow countryman.
, Sonny Franco bet 20,000 and Fadhil Farag called from one seat over. The 
turn saw Franco bet 39,000 and Farag quickly called before checked down the 
river. Franco flipped over 
.
, Amoyal was sent to the rail in 23rd place for a payday of 20,000 Dirhams.
and Tondeur doubled up with a full house.
flop, Sanioglu led for 45,000 and just Biague called. The 
. Saverio Cocozza snap-called with the 
and Viard made a straight to double.
turn, Groppi check-raised from 50,000 to 100,000 with a stack of as much behind and Biague shoved.
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