A lot of action has taken place in the early stages of this final table.
In one of the first hands of play, we saw short-stacked Rami Hammoud keep his seat at the table by tripling up his 190,000 stack through Eric Leblond and William Blais. Rami made a full-house with on a board. Eric won a 1.4M side pot in the same hand, besting William’s with .
Not long after William took another small hit after being dealt and losing to Francois Roy’s runner-runner flush with on a board. Francois shoved on the flop for 1 million chips after defending his big blind, and William made the call with the over-pair.
Moments later, Said Michailidis opened to 155,000 from early position and was met with a 3-bet to 550,000 from Mohamed Ben Yahia. Said replied with a 4-bet all-in, and Mohamed committed his 1.4 million chip stack.
Said:
Mohamed:
Board:
Said climbed to 3.2 million after the hand, while Mohamed was awarded a voucher for $1,420 for his 10th place finish.