2017 Marrakech Poker Open

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2017 Marrakech Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Prize
€23,678
Event Info
Buy-in
€900
Entries
183
Level Info
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000

Francisco Vargas Doubles Through Benoit Grobocopatel at Table 2

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Benoit Grobocopatel opened and Francisco Vargas moved all in for his remaining 132,000. Grobocopatel thought before deciding to call.

Grobocopatel: {2-Hearts}{2-Spades}
Vargas: {a-Diamonds}{k-Clubs}

"No Ace, No King," said Grobocopatel in French. The flop came {k-Spades}{7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} which made Grobocopatel shake his head. The turn came the {q-Clubs} and the river the {7-Clubs} securing Vargas' double up.

Player Chips Progress
Jerome Zerbib fr
Jerome Zerbib
375,000
35,000
35,000
Francisco Vargas es
Francisco Vargas
260,000
110,000
110,000
Andrei-Salustin Luncan ro
Andrei-Salustin Luncan
250,000
-100,000
-100,000
Rabah Ait Abdelmalek ma
Rabah Ait Abdelmalek
220,000
-10,000
-10,000
Benoit Grobocopatel fr
Benoit Grobocopatel
210,000
-110,000
-110,000
Moises Parrilla-Ramos es
Moises Parrilla-Ramos
210,000
10,000
10,000

Pierre Neuville (20th Place) and Hamza N Baba (19th Place) Eliminated (€1,856)

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

Pierre Neuville moved was all in and behind preflop to Valeryi Chupin. The Belgian pro held {a-}{k-} against Chupin's {j-}{j-}. The board came {10-Spades}{6-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{7-Hearts} and Neuville was eliminated in 20th Place (€1,856).

Meanwhile, Hamza N Baba, who had been short since the three-table redraw was eliminated in a hand against Jens Ostergaard. The board read {J-}{9-}{8-} and Ostergaard moved all in holding {a-}{a-} against Baba's {10-}{10-}, with the board bricking out eliminating the Moroccan in 19th Place (€1,856)

Chip Counts at the Dinner Break

Level 18 : 3,000/6,000, 1,000 ante

The remaining 18 players are going on a 60-minute dinner break. Here are the chip counts:

Player Chips Progress
Tahiri Hassani ma
Tahiri Hassani
740,000
380,000
380,000
Valeryi Chupin ru
Valeryi Chupin
467,000
187,000
187,000
Abdellah El Ghrari ma
Abdellah El Ghrari
434,000
44,000
44,000
[Removed:432] fr
[Removed:432]
412,000
-363,000
-363,000
Jerome Zerbib fr
Jerome Zerbib
369,000
-6,000
-6,000
Tsunamy es
Tsunamy
368,000
18,000
18,000
Idir Haiche fr
Idir Haiche
328,000
58,000
58,000
Erik Ostergaard dk
Erik Ostergaard
324,000
164,000
164,000
Thierry Oldak fr
Thierry Oldak
309,000
179,000
179,000
Andrei-Salustin Luncan ro
Andrei-Salustin Luncan
290,000
40,000
40,000
Francisco Vargas es
Francisco Vargas
252,000
-8,000
-8,000
Mostafa Boukri ma
Mostafa Boukri
232,000
52,000
52,000
Benoit Grobocopatel fr
Benoit Grobocopatel
213,000
3,000
3,000
Moises Parrilla-Ramos es
Moises Parrilla-Ramos
188,000
-22,000
-22,000
Hassan Ali Khalil ps
Hassan Ali Khalil
143,000
Mehdi Senhaji ma
Mehdi Senhaji
120,000
-90,000
-90,000
Houssine El Otmani ma
Houssine El Otmani
35,000
8,000
8,000
Rabah Ait Abdelmalek ma
Rabah Ait Abdelmalek
25,000
-195,000
-195,000

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

Mehdi Senhaji Eliminated in 18th Place (€1,856)

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Mehdi Senhaji raised to 16,000 from the hijack and Idir Haiche called from the big blind.

The flop came {k-Clubs}{q-Clubs}{j-Hearts} and Haiche checked to Senhaji who bet 21,000. Haiche moved all in and Senhaji called.

Haiche: {10-Clubs}{3-Clubs}
Senhaji: {10-Spades}{j-Spades}

The turn was the {4-Clubs} giving Haiche the flush and the river ws the {q-Diamonds}.

A couple of minutes later Mostafa Boukri was eliminated in 17th Place (€2,227) and players are currently redrawing for the final two tables.

Player Chips Progress
Idir Haiche fr
Idir Haiche
430,000
102,000
102,000
Mehdi Senhaji ma
Mehdi Senhaji
Busted

Hassan Ali Khalil Eliminated in 16th Place (€2,227)

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

As the players at the other two tables were waiting for the redraw, Tsunamy and Hassan Ali Khalil got it all in preflop with Tsunamy holding {a-}{q-} against Hassan Ali Khalil's {a-}{9-}.

With a queen on the flop, Ali Khalil was eliminated and the players are still waiting for the redraw.

Player Chips Progress
Tsunamy es
Tsunamy
560,000
192,000
192,000
Hassan Ali Khalil ps
Hassan Ali Khalil
Busted

Final Two Tables

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
PositionNameCountryChips
Table 1   
1Houssine El OtmaniMorocco25,000
2Valeryi ChupinRussia325,000
3[Removed:432]France320,000
4Francisco VargasSpain200,000
5TsunamySpain690,000
6Benoit GrobocopatelFrance210,000
7Jerome ZerbibFrance365,000
8Abdellah El GhrariMorocco460,000
Table 2   
1Idir HaicheFrance485,000
3Thierry OldakFrance200,000
4HassaniMorocco550,000
5MoisesSpain150,000
6Andrei-Salustin LuncanRomania190,000
7Rabah Ait AbdelmalekFrance350,000
8Jens Erik OstegaardDenmark220,000

Thierry Oldak Eliminated in 15th Place (€2,227)

Level 19 : 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante

Jens Ostergaard raised to 20,000 under the gun. Thierry Oldak moved all in and Ostergaard called.

Ostergaard: {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Oldak: {a-Hearts}{k-Hearts}

The board came {9-Diamonds}{7-Diamonds}{2-Spades}{10-Diamonds}{10-Spades}, each street raising the collective pulse at the table until when the river was dealt Ostergaard celebrated. The chips were counted and although it was close, Ostergaard had slightly more and Oldak was eliminated in 15th Place.

Player Chips Progress
Erik Ostergaard dk
Erik Ostergaard
520,000
196,000
196,000
Thierry Oldak fr
Thierry Oldak
Busted

Level: 20

Blinds: 5,000/10,000

Ante: 1,000