Main Event
Day 3 Started
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
11 Left in the Marrakech Poker Open Main Event
The final day of the Marrakech Poker Open Main Event has arrived, and the final 11 players are taking their seats. Despite the clocks going forward here in Marrakech last night, they all look well rested and all arrive with the same goal: be the last man left standing, and scoop the 300,000 Dirham first prize.
Leading the way is Moroccan Tahiri Hassani who bagged up 816,000, closely followed by Francisco Vargas (768,000) and Jens Erik Ostergaard (702,000). It will be an interesting battle between these three to see who will be the first player up over 1,000,000 in chips, but they will be closely followed by the chasing pack.
The blinds to start the day are 8,000/16,000 with a 2,000 ante. The levels are 45-minutes long and the plan is simple - play until we have a winner!
Level: 22
Blinds: 8,000/16,000
Ante: 2,000
Final 11
Moises Doubles Through Tahiri Hassani
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Moises opened to 36,000 from under the gun. It folded to Tahiri Hassani in the big blind who moved all in. Moises called.
Moises: 
Hassani: 
The board ran out 
and Moises doubled through the chipleader at the start of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
718,000
348,000
|
348,000 |
|
450,000
-366,000
|
-366,000 |
Updates from Level 22 (full)
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
Halfway through the first level of the day, we are yet to lose a player but that hasn't stopped [Removed:432] and Andrei-Salustin Luncan making some moves, and they are already up on their start of day stacks. It means that four of the 11 players are separated by no more than 20,000 in chips. As has been the norm in this tournament, there appears to be no sign of a runaway chipleader emerging any time soon.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
710,000
120,000
|
120,000 |
|
|
700,000
-18,000
|
-18,000 |
|
700,000
-68,000
|
-68,000 |
|
690,000
-12,000
|
-12,000 |
|
470,000
7,000
|
7,000 |
|
410,000
144,000
|
144,000 |
|
400,000
-24,000
|
-24,000 |
|
390,000
-146,000
|
-146,000 |
|
320,000
-70,000
|
-70,000 |
|
|
310,000
-140,000
|
-140,000 |
|
100,000
-65,000
|
-65,000 |
Tsunamy Eliminated in 11th Place (€3,899)
Level 22
: 8,000/16,000, 2,000 ante
A short while ago Tsunamy moved all in from the small blind, telling big blind Jerome Zerbib that he had seen just one card.
Zerbib looked down at one card. "This is a king," he said, looking at the other, "And this is a two." Eventually Zerbib folded 
face up, and Tsunamy showed the card he had yet looked at: the 
.
A few minutes later Tsunamy moved all in for his remaining 115,000 from the cutoff. Abdellah El Ghrari called in the small blind. Valeryi Chupin folded the big blind.
Tsunamy: 
El Ghrari: 
The flop was 
which meant Day 1 chipleader El Ghrari took the lead. The turn was the 
and the river the 
meaning Tsunamy was our first elimination of the day.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
550,000
160,000
|
160,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
Andrei-Salustin Luncan Eliminated in 10th Place (€3,899)
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Andrei-Salustin Luncan never really got going today and he got his remaining 100,000 or so chips into the middle holding 
from the button. Idir Haiche called in the big blind with 
.
The board came 
and Luncan was eliminated, meaning our final table was confirmed. The players are taking a short break as they move to the final table, and play will resume at in around twenty minutes.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
450,000
130,000
|
130,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Final Table Redraw
Level 23
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
| Position | Name | Country | Chips |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Moises | Spain | 923,000 |
| 2 | Erik Ostergaard | Denmark | 708,000 |
| 3 | Jerome Zerbib | France | 482,000 |
| 4 | Valeryi Chupin | Russia | 468,000 |
| 5 | Francisco Vargas | Spain | 711,000 |
| 6 | [Removed:432] | France | 689,000 |
| 7 | Abdellah El Ghrari | Morocco | 596,000 |
| 8 | Idir Haiche | France | 494,000 |
| 9 | Tahiri Hassani | Morocco | 419,000 |