The biggest WPT DeepStacks field outside of the United States gathered a total of 433 entries at the stunning Casino de Marrakech and just 16 players remain in contention for the final day of the 2017 PMU.fr WPT DeepStacks Marrakech MAD 13,,200 (€1,200) Main Event.
The lion's share of the MAD 4,949,600 prize pool will be distributed today and all 16 finalists have MAD 52,000 locked up for their efforts, however all eyes are set on the trophy and first-place payout of MAD 1,000,000. Furthermore, the eventual champion will also receive a package worth €2,000 (€1,500 Main Event and €500 in travel expenses) for the WPT DeepStacks Final in Berlin in January 2018, which has a guaranteed prize pool of €500,000.
Leading the field into Day 3 is Smain Mamouni with 2,000,000 followed by fellow Frenchman Louis Linard (1,837,000), and Anas Belatik follows in third place with 1,670,000. The only other chip millionaire is Anthony Cruz 1,189,000, while a dup of PMU.fr qualifiers made it through in Julien Lemonnier (718,000) and Damien Lhommeau (429,000).
Other notables among the last 16 are Elizabeth Tedder, (664,000, Malek Grabsi (500,000), Pedro Cairat (445,000), Casino de Marrakech regular Tsunamy (266,000), Day 1 chip leader Ludovic Moryousef (252,000) and 2016 November Niner Fernando Pons (228,000).
Day 3 Seat Assignments
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | 1 | Cedric D | France | 617,000 | 31 |
| 1 | 2 | Daniel C | Spain | 659,000 | 33 |
| 1 | 3 | Fernando Pons | Spain | 228,000 | 11 |
| 1 | 4 | Anas Belatik | France | 1,670,000 | 84 |
| 1 | 5 | Malek Grabsi | France | 500,000 | 25 |
| 1 | 6 | Smain Mamouni | France | 2,000,000 | 100 |
| 1 | 7 | Tsunamy | Spain | 266,000 | 13 |
| 1 | 8 | Julien Lemonnier | France | 718,000 | 36 |
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| 2 | 1 | Anthony Cruz | France | 1,189,000 | 59 |
| 2 | 2 | Damien Lhommeau | France | 429,000 | 21 |
| 2 | 3 | Jean-Jacques Chantalat | France | 621,000 | 31 |
| 2 | 4 | Pablo R | Spain | 949,000 | 47 |
| 2 | 5 | Ludovic Moryousef | France | 252,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 6 | Pedro Cairat | Argentina | 445,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 7 | Louis Linard | France | 1,837,000 | 92 |
| 2 | 8 | Elizabeth Tedder | United States | 664,000 | 33 |
The action will resume at 2 p.m. local time and the last two tables will be live-streamed without hole cards until the unofficial final table, then switches to a security delay of 30 minutes with hole cards displayed until a champion is crowned. The live stream action can be followed on the PMU Poker Twitch channel.
There are 50 minutes left in level 23 and blinds of 10,000/20,000 with a running ante of 3,000, and the PokerNews live reporting team will provide all the action as of 2 p.m. local time.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize (in MAD) | Prize (in Euro) | Prize (in USD) |
|---|
| 1 | 1,000,000 | 89,942 | 105,000 |
| 2 | 700,000 | 62,960 | 73,500 |
| 3 | 450,000 | 40,474 | 47,250 |
| 4 | 320,000 | 28,782 | 33,600 |
| 5 | 245,000 | 22,036 | 25,725 |
| 6 | 200,000 | 17,988 | 21,000 |
| 7 | 163,000 | 14,661 | 17,115 |
| 8 | 132,000 | 11,872 | 13,860 |
| 9 | 108,100 | 9,723 | 11,351 |
| 10-11 | 90,000 | 8,095 | 9,450 |
| 12-13 | 75,000 | 6,746 | 7,875 |
| 14-15 | 62,000 | 5,576 | 6,510 |
| 16 | 52,000 | 4,677 | 5,460 |
Tags:
Anas BelatikAnthony CruzCedric DDamien LhommeauElizabeth TedderFernando PonsJulien LemonnierLouis LinardLudovic MoryousefMalek GrabsiPedro CairatSmain MamouniTsunamy
in the big blind.
and Tsunamy had to settle for 11th place and a payday of MAD 90,000.
and the nine on the flop improved Perez to eliminate Grabsi in 12th place for MAD 75,000.
river improved Moryousef and that was it for the Frenchman.
and the kicker played to eliminate the Argentinian in 14th place for MAD 62,000.
and Jean-Jacques Chantalat moved all in for his last 305,000. Pablo snap-called and Chantalat turned over the 
for kings and sevens with an eight kicker only to see Pablo turn over 
for a full house.
