Sadly, there are no longer two Grobocopatels in the Main Event. Lionel, the elder Grobocopatel has been eliminated at the hands of Sofian Benaissa who bought in at the start of the day.
On a flop of Benaissa bet 2,500 holding and his opponent called. The turn was a giving Benaissa a straight, and he check-called a bet from his opponent of 4,500. The river was a and Benaissa checked. Grobocopatel moved all in and Benaissa called. Grobocopatel held and was eliminated.
We said earlier that Pierre Neuville was soaring on a table with the chip leader Abdellah El Ghrari, and even after that table broke the November Niner is still going strong.
He told us how he bet 8,000 with on a flop of and his opponent raised to 39,000. A third player in the hand tank-folded before Neuville called.
The turn was a , and his opponent moved all in for another 39,000. Neuville called, and his opponent's couldn't snatch a chop on the river and he was eliminated.
The prizepool for the 2017 Marrakech Poker Open Main Event has been confirmed, with the winner taking home 300,000 Moroccan Dirhams, and the runner-up 220,000 Moroccan Dirhams.
23 places will be paid from a field of 183, with a total prizepool of 1,592,000 Moroccan Dirhams.
The clock says that there are currently 57 players still in the Main Event field, and they are all going on a 15-minute break. The average stands at just under 100,000 chips, and they will be coming back to blinds of 1,000/2,000 with a 300 ante.
Benaissa bet 2,500 holding 
and his opponent called. The turn was a 
giving Benaissa a straight, and he check-called a bet from his opponent of 4,500. The river was a 
and Benaissa checked. Grobocopatel moved all in and Benaissa called. Grobocopatel held 
. Both players checked. The turn was the 
and Haiche bet 5,600. Pons raised to 14,000 and Haiche called.
. Pons smiled and tapped the table as he too showed 
as the two chopped the pot.
Jerome Zerbib bet 10,000 and Mehdi Senhaji called.
and again Zerbib bet, this time 15,000 and Senhaji called.
and this time Zerbib checked. Senhaji bet 25,000 and his opponent went into the tank.
face up on the table. Senhaji then showed 
and took down the pot.
