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With three players seeing a board of 9♦2♥10♦, Tristan Forge checked in the big blind, Julien Vecchioli checked from early position and Samuel Baruk bet 250,000. Forge called and Vecchioli got out of the way.
The turn came the K♠. Forge checked, Baruk bet 500,000 and Forge moved all in, covering Baruk's stack of approximately 2,500,000. Baruk made the call and was at risk.
Samuel Baruk: Q♠10♠
Tristan Forge: Q♣J♠
Baruk was in rough shape with only chop outs against Forge who had turned a straight. The 9♣ river was a blank for both players and Baruk was eliminated on the final table bubble while Forge took down both the pot and the chip lead going into the final table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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8,500,000
5,175,000
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5,175,000 |
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7,100,000
-225,000
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-225,000 |
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Busted |
Guillaume Darcourt found himself all in and at risk preflop against Samuel Baruk who had a covering stack.
Guillaume Darcourt: Q♠J♣
Samuel Baruk: A♠A♥
The A♥Q♠10♥ flop gave Baruk a set while Darcourt had a gutshot straight draw. The rest of the board ran out 2♣7♠ and Darcourt was eliminated two spots shy of the final table while Baruk added more chips to his stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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3,100,000
145,000
|
145,000 |
|
Busted | |
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Julien Vecchioli opened preflop only for Mounir Acharki to move all in for 2,300,000. Vecchioli made the call with a covering stack.
Mounir Acharki: A♥4♦
Julien Vecchioli: 10x10x
The board ran out 9x3x3x2x6x. Acharki was sent to the rail while Vecchioli took down a massive pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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5,900,000
3,145,000
|
3,145,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Mathieu Di Meglio moved all in from the cutoff for approximately 650,000 and was called by Alexandre Le Vaillant who had a covering stack.
Di Meglio had king-ten offsuit versus the pocket sevens of Le Vaillant and failed to connect with the board. Le Vaillant hit a seven on the river for good measure to send Di Meglio to the rail and take down another sizable pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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6,500,000
1,005,000
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1,005,000 |
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Busted | |
Salem Sahed found himself all in and at risk for his last 500,000 in a preflop confrontation against Henri Dupont. Sahed had AxJx but failed to improve against Dupont's 7x7x. Sahed was sent to the rail while Dupont took down a healthy pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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2,600,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
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Busted |
On a board reading 4x5x6xKx, Azzedine Smie got his last 600,000 chips in with Kx7x against Tristan Forge who held 6x6x for a set, Smie failed to hit his straight draw on the river and was eliminated in 15th place while Forge collected the last of his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
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2,800,000
1,100,000
|
1,100,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Yoan Blanc opened to 100,000 from under the gun and Soufiane Messadek moved all in from the big blind, covering Blanc's stack of approximately 1,100,000. Blanc made the call and was at risk.
Yoan Blanc: 8♣8♠
Soufiane Messadek: 10♠10♥
The board ran out 2♠J♣4♦5♥7♣. Messadek held with the higher pocket pair and collected a nice pot while Yoan Blanc became the first casualty of Day 3.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,350,000
935,000
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935,000 |
|
|
Busted |
After four starting flights and an action-packed 11-hour Day 2, the 752-person field in the 2023 Unibet DeepStack Open Marrakech has been reduced to the final 16 players. All remaining players are guaranteed at least MAD 37,000 (€3,400) but everyone will have their sights set on the lion's share of the MAD 3,835,200 (€355,000) prize pool and the top prize of MAD 625,000 (€58,000).
Alexandre Le Vaillant leads the final 16 players with 5,495,000 in chips. Le Vaillant is no stranger to running deep in these events, having over $500,000 in career tournament earnings and no less than 17 five-figure cashes since 2015. He is closely followed by Kaddour who bagged 5,200,000 while their next closest competitor sitting third in chips is Samuel Baruk, who eliminated Day 1c Chip Leader Nafis Dundar in the last hand of the night on Day 2 to finish with 2,955,000.
Final Day Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Chips | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexandre Le Vaillant | 5,495,000 | 110 |
| 2 | Kaddour | 5,200,000 | 104 |
| 3 | Samuel Baruk | 2,955,000 | 59 |
| 4 | Jeremie Canetti | 2,820,000 | 56 |
| 5 | Julien Vecchioli | 2,755,000 | 55 |
| 6 | Soufiane Messadek | 2,415,000 | 48 |
| 7 | Mounir Acharki | 2,340,000 | 47 |
| 8 | Henri Dupont | 2,200,000 | 44 |
| 9 | Alexandre Hobam | 2,005,000 | 40 |
| 10 | Tristan Forge | 1,700,000 | 34 |
| 11 | Guillaume Darcourt | 1,630,000 | 33 |
| 12 | Salem Sahed | 1,500,000 | 30 |
| 13 | Adrien Amorella | 1,355,000 | 27 |
| 14 | Mathieu Di Meglio | 1,100,000 | 22 |
| 15 | Yoan Blanc | 875,000 | 18 |
| 16 | Azzedine Smie | 760,000 | 15 |
Guillaume Darcourt also found a bag at the end of Day 2, finishing with 1,630,000. With over $1,500,000 in career tournament earnings that include a plethora of five-figure and six-figure cashes, Darcourt is by far the most experienced player left in the field and will be a player to watch going into the final day.
Jeremie Canetti, who bagged the second-biggest stack of all the Day 1 flights, also remains in contention going into Day 3. Canetti has roughly $18,000 in career tournament earnings with his best score coming from a 6th place finish at the UDSO Paris 2023 Main Event for €13,800, which will be topped should Canetti finish in fifth place or better in today's event.
Tristan Forge will be another player to watch going into the final day. The French player has over $300,000 in career tournament earnings that include a runner up finish at the Marrakech Poker Open in 2016 for MAD 166,500 (€15,400) and fourth-place finish at a World Series of Poker Circuit High Roller Event in 2022 for a career-best score of €23,090, which will require a third place finish or better to surpass in today's main event.
Cards will be back in the air at 2.00 p.m. local time, with 20 minutes left to go on Level 24, blinds at 25,000/50,000 and a 50,000 big blind ante. The event will be streamed with a 30-minute delay.
Stay tuned to PokerNews from start to finish in today's event as we crown a new UDSO Main Event Champion in Casino de Marrakech at the luxurious Es Saadi resort.
