2009 WPT Marrakech

€4,500 Championship Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2009 WPT Marrakech

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
87
Prize
€377,262
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,500
Entries
416
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Bye, Bye, Boubli

Jan Boubli - Out
Jan Boubli - Out
Patrick Meurisse opened the pot with a raise from the button, and Jan Boubli moved all in from the small blind for close to 30,000. Meurisse made the call with his covering stack, his {A-Clubs} {J-Clubs} the favorite to knock off Boubli and his {K-Hearts} {5-Hearts}.

The board ran out {K-Clubs} {A-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {Q-Spades} {8-Clubs}, and Boubli could not get over the hump. He's been eliminated about 10 spots from the money.

Tags: Jan BoubliPatrick Meurisse

Fab Fleeced!

Fabrice Soulier has been eliminated, pushing the button with {Q-Hearts} {2-Spades} but the small blind called with {9-Clubs} {9-Spades} and ultimately won out on a {K-Spades} {10-Hearts} {J-Spades} {5-Spades} {Q-Clubs} board.

All About The Benjamins...

Yury Kerzhapkin raised to 8,000 from the button and Benny Spindler called.

Spindler led out on the {10-Hearts} {5-Hearts} {5-Spades} flop for 11,000 and Kerzhapkin called. On the {8-Diamonds} turn, Spindler fired out 21,000 and Kerzhapkin folded incredibly quickly.

Thomas Bichon Eliminates One

Thomas Bichon
Thomas Bichon
Faced with a decision for most of his chips, WPT Merit Cyprus Classic Champion Thomas Bichon called an opponent's all in with {Q-Spades}{Q-Hearts} and was racing against {A-Diamonds}{K-Spades}.

The board ran out {8-Hearts}{7-Hearts}{8-Clubs}{8-Spades}{10-Clubs} and Bichon's pair held up. He now was has about 130,000.

Tags: Thomas Bichon

Level: 15

Blinds: 1,500/3,000

Ante: 500

Paying Paulsen

We caught up with a hand on the turn as the board read {8-Spades} {K-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {K-Hearts}. There was about 18,000 in the pot already, and Kai Paulsen put out a bet of 13,000. His lone opponent, Guillaume de la Gorce, looked Paulsen up and down before flicking in the call.

The river brought the {4-Clubs}, and an all in from Paulsen. With his last 27,000 chips committed to the pot, he had to sit still for several long minutes while de la Gorce again gave him a hard stare. After breaking down his stack to see what the damage would be, de la Gorce finally made what looked like a reluctant call.

Paulsen tabled {2-Hearts} {2-Diamonds}, and de la Gorce couldn't beat a full house. He returned his cards to the muck, his stack now significantly lighter. Paulsen was the beneficiary, doubling his way up to about 85,000.

Tags: Guillaume de la GorceKai Paulsen

Spindler Doubles

Benny Going Up The Hill...
Benny Going Up The Hill...
UTG raised to 6,800 and Benny Spindler called from the button, the flop was {7-Diamonds} {5-Hearts} {8-Diamonds} and the UTG player check-raised Spindler's 10,000 bet to 23,000. Spindler shoved for another 60,000 or so causing some major tankage but eventually a call from {9-Hearts} {9-Diamonds}, actually ahead of Spindler's {K-Diamonds} {Q-Diamonds}.

The {J-Hearts} helped neither player but the {Q-Spades} river doubled Spindler up, putting on about the 175,000 mark.

So Long, Liz Lieu

Liz Lieu
Liz Lieu
Liz Lieu was all in before the flop with two big cards, {A-?} {Q-?}. She found action from a player with {4-?} {4-?} and the covering stack, and the race was on for the tournament life of the last woman standing.

The flop was an airball for her as it came {2-?} {3-?} {6-?}. A third {4-?} on the turn left Lieu drawing dead to a chop, and the river {6-?} did nothing to help her cause.

With that, the cheerful hostess of this event, referred to as "The Poker Diva" is no more. We're now left with a room full of 75 men.

Tags: Liz Lieu