High Roller Final Table Day 2 | 2017 Marrakech Poker Open

Level: 24

Blinds: 20,000/40,000

Ante: 5,000

03-24-2017 03:15 UTC

Last Level for the Night

Will Shillibier

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Tournament officials have announced that this will be the last level for the day. At the end of this 40-minute level, the remaining players will convene after the conclusion of Day 1 of the Main Event tomorrow evening.

03-24-2017 03:25 UTC

[Removed:432] Eliminated in 4th Place (€11,800)

Will Shillibier

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Fadhil Farag limped from the cutoff. [Removed:432] moved all in for around 225,000. The remaining players folded and Farag called.

[Removed:433] showed but was crushed against Farag's . The board ran out and [Removed:433] was eliminated in 4th place, collecting €11,800 for his efforts.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fadhil Farag	1,300,000 230,000	230,000
[Removed:432]	Busted

03-24-2017 03:29 UTC

Phu Truong Flops a Monster

Will Shillibier

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Fadhil Farag raised to 100,000 from the button and both his opponents called.

The flop came and the three players all checked.

The turn was the and it checked to Farag who bet 175,000. Truong moved all in. El Yousfi folded as did Farag, who showed . Truong turned over for a flopped two pair, and took down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Phu Truong	1,000,000 240,000	240,000
Fadhil Farag	900,000 -400,000	-400,000

03-24-2017 03:41 UTC

Fadhil Farag Doubles Through Phu Truong

Will Shillibier

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

Fadhil Farag raised to 135,000 from the button. Phu Truong called in the small blind and Said El Yousfi folded in the big blind.

The flop came and both players quickly checked.

The turn was the and Truong moved all in and Farag snap-called.

Farag:
Truong:

Truong slammed the table seemingly in frustration at the situation. The river was the and all Truong could do was mutter "Well played" to his opponent as he counted out his opponent's double up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Fadhil Farag	1,600,000 700,000	700,000
Phu Truong	350,000 -650,000	-650,000

03-24-2017 03:53 UTC

Fadhil Farag Leads Final Three as Marrakech Poker Open High Roller Enters Third Day

Will Shillibier

Level 24 : 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante

With 37 players starting Day 2 of the Marrakech Poker Open High Roller, it took until around eight p.m. local time until play was down to the money bubble. Coincidentally the tournament went on break on the exact bubble, but it wasn’t long until it burst shortly afterwards, when Christophe Chaudey shoved his into the of Fadhil Farag.

The remaining 11 players had all locked up €2,815, but play would continue until someone was able to take home the €27,878 first-place prize as well as the trophy and a rather large bottle of Chivas Regal.

And so play did continue, Abdelhadi Kondah and Houssein El Otmani, Morocco’s last remaining home representatives were eliminated in 11th and 10th place respectively. Play was tight at the top, with the top three chip leaders separated by just 3,000 in chips.

The final table started with Sebastien Compte (ninth – €2,531), Arthur Conan (eighth – €4,460) and Fernando (seventh – €5,668) all leaving proceedings. Paul Guichard was unlucky to get his chips in and be dominated in two successive hands to leave in sixth place (€7,155), but not as unlucky as Jerome Sgorrano who first ran sixes into the eights of Said El Yousfi.

Sgorrano was left crippled but managed to find a few hands later and looked set to get back into the action against El Yousfi’s . However, a ten on the turn and the river ended that dream and he exited in fifth.

The four flirted with the idea of making a deal which would have seen each player walk home with 180,000 Dirham each, with 99,000 remaining to be played for, but it was turned down.

A short while later, and 15 minutes into the final level of the day, [Removed:432]’s pocket deuces clashed with Farag’s queens and [Removed:433] exited in fourth (€11,800).

There was still time for a cooler as Phu Truong's flopped two pair clashed against Farag's turned set, meaning Truong will return with the shortest stack, but there is still all to play for among the three players when they return tomorrow evening at around 9 p.m.

Position	Name	Country	Chips	BB
1	Phu Truong	France	775,000	15.5
2	Said El Yousfi	France	1,200,000	24
3	Fadhil Farag	Lebanon	1,830,000	36.6

High Roller Final Table

Day 1 Completed