Main Event
Day 3 Completed
2017 Marrakech Poker Open
Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
2017 Marrakech Poker Open
Buy-in
€900
Entries
183
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Level 27
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
After outlasting 183 players, three days and two deals there was only one champion in the Marrakech Poker Open Main Event and his name was Moises Parilla-Ramos.
After coming into the final table with the chip lead, he relinquished it to French player [Removed:432] who at one point held a 2:1 chip lead over the rest of the field combined.
The final table was full of colourful characters, including home interest in Moroccans Abdellah El Ghrari, who lead after day one. Tahiri Hassani, lead going into the day, but in the end, Moises Parrilla-Ramos held a slight edge when it came to deal negotiations first at three-handed, and then heads-up. He eventually took home the lion's share of the prize pool heads up as well as the title and trophy.
| Place | Name | Country | Prize (EUR) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moises Parrilla-Ramos | Spain | €23,678* |
| 2 | [Removed:432] | France | €21,818* |
| 3 | Jerome Zerbib | France | €18,562* |
| 4 | Idir Haiche | France | €12,531 |
| 5 | Erik Ostergaard | Denmark | €10,396 |
| 6 | Valeryi Chupin | Russia | €8,633 |
| 7 | Francisco Vargas | Spain | €7,240 |
| 8 | Abdellah El Ghrari | Morocco | €5,940 |
| 9 | Tahiri Hassani | Morocco | €4,826 |
*denotes deals agreed three-handed & heads-up
Eleven players started the day, lead by Hassani. He was one of two Moroccans left in the field at the start of the day, the other being Abdellah El Ghrari. El Ghrari eliminated the first player of the day, Tsunamy, when his opponent's sevens were cracked by the Moroccan's ace-king. The final table was secured after Andrei-Salustin Luncan lost his remaining chips to Idir Haiche.
The final table started out as a nervous affair. It took more than a level and a half to lose our first player, chip leader at the start of the day, Tahiri Hassani, and then a further two hours until the madness started.
First, the final Moroccan in the field three-bet all in over [Removed:432] holding queen-ten against his opponent's pocket eights. [Removed:433] flopped a set, bringing the field down to eight.
The very next hand, it was down to seven when again [Removed:433] held pocket eights and flopped a set, this time against the pocket aces of Francisco Vargas. To round out the madness, [Removed:432] rivered a single pair of fives against Valeryi Chupin to make it three knockouts in three hands, and get the action down to six players.
There were a number of short stacks, and there were soon doubles for Jerome Zerbib which Erik Ostergaard crippled. A double for Moises Parrilla-Ramos through [Removed:432] cut the Frenchman's lead at the top of proceedings.
Ostergaard departed next, closely followed by Haiche whose ace-king was cracked by the ace-jack of Parrilla-Ramos.
Then the deal discussions started in earnest. Parrilla-Ramos, thanks to his timely double through [Removed:433] and elimination of Haiche in fourth held the majority of the chips and therefore locked up the most money.
After the deal was agreed, Zerbib was eliminated in third (€18,562) and the remaining two players started up the deal talk again.
And so it came to pass that Moises Parrilla-Ramos secured the Main Event title, the €23,678 in winnings and the trophy to cap of what has been a hugely enjoyable Marrakech Poker Open.
Level 27
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
With just the two players seated at the table, more discussions opened up about the possibility of a deal.
After a long back and forth in a mixture of French and Spanish, the players agreed to split the 50,000 MAD, with 30,000 MAD going to chipleader Moises, and 20,000 to [Removed:432].
Therefore the final payouts for the first two players are as followed:
Moises: 255,000 MAD (€23,678)
[Removed:432]: 235,000 MAD (€21,818)
Level 27
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Moises limped from the small blind and Jerome Zerbib moved all in from the big blind for 950,000. Moises called.
Moises: 
Zerbib: 
The board came 
and Zerbib was eliminated in 3rd Place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,400,000
985,000
|
985,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 27
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
After the elimination of Idir Haiche, the three players went on an impromptu break. On their return from their break the three players looked at the numbers and came to a deal.
Moises: 225,000 MAD (€20,882)
[Removed:432]: 215,000 MAD (€19,954)
Jerome Zerbib: 200,000 MAD (€18,562)
As part of the deal 50,000 MAD (€4,641) is left for the winner, as well as the trophy.
Level 27
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,500,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
|
2,200,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
800,000
-400,000
|
-400,000 |
Level 27
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
Idir Haiche moved all in for 700,000 on the button. Moises called in the small blind and Jerome Zerbib folded in the big blind.
Haiche: 
Moises: 
Things were looking good for Haiche to get back into contention as the flop came 
. The turn was a 
but the river was the 
giving Moises a pair. Haiche banged the table in frustration and exited in 4th place for €12,531
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,300,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
Busted |
Level 27
: 25,000/50,000, 5,000 ante
[Removed:432] raised to 100,000 under the gun. It folded to Erik Ostergaard in the small blind who moved all in for his remaining 50,000 chips after being crippled by Jerome Zerbib.
[Removed:433] held 
and was dominatingly ahead of Ostergaard's 
. There was a nine in the window of a 
flop, giving Ostergaard a gutshot straight draw as well as a pair. The turn was the 
and the river the 
meaning the Danish player exited in 5th Place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,050,000 | |
|
Busted |
Level: 27
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
Level 26
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
[Removed:432] opened and was shoved on from the big blind by Moises. [Removed:433] called.
[Removed:433]:
Moises: 
The flop gave [Removed:433] a pair as it came 
, but Moises was open-ended. The turn was the 
giving Moises a straight. The river was the 
and Moises doubled through the chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,900,000
-755,000
|
-755,000 |
|
|
1,600,000
810,000
|
810,000 |