Gilbert Diaz Eliminated in 9th Place (€6,130)

Gilbert Diaz raised to 45,000 from middle position. Omar Lakhdari three-bet to 130,000 from late position and Diaz called.

The flop was  and Diaz checked. Lakhdari continued with a bet of 76,000, Diaz check-raised to 170,000, Lakhdari went all in and Diaz called it off for 577,000 total.

Omar Lakhdari:
Gilbert Diaz:

Diaz’ middle pair was in a world of hurt against Lakhdari’s set but he found some outs on the  turn.

“Yeah!”, Diaz yelled and he celebrated like he had won already. The table erupted in laughter as Diaz still needed more help to turn it around.

The river was the  and now it was Lakhdari who cheered, imitating Diaz’ antics.

“Allez papa!” Lakhdari grinned and he clapped his hands. Diaz finished in 9th place and received €6,130 ($6,915), Lakhdari is the new chipleader with 2,070,000