UDSO Main Event Day 1b | 2023 Unibet DeepStack Open Marrakech

UDSO Main Event

Day 1b Completed

10-06-2023 04:29 UTC+2

Guillaume Darcourt Bags Big in Day 1b of 2023 Unibet DeepStack Open Marrakech

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Play has wrapped up for Day 1b of the Unibet DeepStack Open Marrakech main event. After nearly thirteen hours of play inside the luxurious Casino de Marrakech at Es Saadi Resort, French player Thierry Dinael ended the night with the biggest stack, bagging an impressive 844,000.

Dinael sits comfortably ahead of his two closest competitors, with the next two biggest stacks at the end of the night belonging to Abdelmajid El Hani of Spain (555,000) and French Pro Guillaume Darcourt (515,000).

Day 1b Top Ten Chip Counts

Place	Player	Chip Count	Day 2 Big Blinds
1	Thierry Dinael	844,000	169
2	Abdelmajid El Hani	555,000	111
3	Guillaume Darcourt	515,000	103
4	Tristan Forge	431,000	86
5	Viet Phung	398,000	80
6	David Lappin	367,000	73
7	IgnaPoker	344,000	69
8	Alexandre Reard	332,000	66
9	Mathieu Di Meglio	310,000	62
10	Zakaria	297,000	59

Dinael held a comfortable stack throughout the day but it was only during the last level of the night that he surged to the top of the counts after delivering a brutal cooler to Viet Phung, who had flopped a set only for Dinael to river a bigger set to take down the biggest pot of the day.

Darcourt was active throughout the day today, playing many hands and always seeming to have a mountain of chips in front of him. With over $1,500,000 in career tournament earnings, including a previous runner up finish at a DeepStack Open Event in 2018, Darcourt is certainly one of the most experienced players that will be in the field for Day 2 and will undoubtedly be looking to take home his first DeepStack Open title.

Other notables to bag and tag at the end of the day include Unibet Team Pros David Lappin (367,000) and Alexandre Reard (332,000). Notables who weren't so fortunate to make it to the end of the day include Sonny Franco and Aurelie Reard.

Day 1a and 1b have generated a combined total of 383 entrants so far, with 76 having advanced to Day 2. The field will continue to grow as tomorrow there will be two Day 1 flights including a turbo Day 1d beginning at 9 p.m. local time.

Play for Day 1c of the main event begins at 1 p.m. local time on October 6th, 2023. As always, stay tuned to PokerNews for a brand new day of action tomorrow at the 2023 Unibet DeepStack Open Marrakech.

Tags: Abdelmajid El Hani Alexandre Reard Aurelie Reard David Lappin Guillaume Darcourt Mathieu Di Meglio Sonny Franco Thierry Dinael Tristan Forge Viet Phung

10-06-2023 03:31 UTC+2

End of Day Chip Counts (Full)

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Thierry Dinael	844,000 -16,000	-16,000

Abdelmajid El Hani	555,000 70,000	70,000
Guillaume Darcourt	515,000 -60,000	-60,000

Tristan Forge	431,000 431,000	431,000
Viet Phung	398,000 -32,000	-32,000
David Lappin	367,000 -8,000	-8,000

IgnaPoker	344,000 19,000	19,000
Alexandre Reard	332,000 -3,000	-3,000

Mathieu Di Meglio	310,000 175,000	175,000
Zakaria	297,000 297,000	297,000
Michael Bouvier	290,000 -60,000	-60,000
Julien Jolivet	286,000 286,000	286,000
Othman Benjelloun	270,000 67,000	67,000
Wajdi Naamane	263,000 263,000	263,000
Achille Voltolina	250,000 250,000	250,000
Guillaume Veyssiere	248,000 248,000	248,000
Mickael El Khamlichi	246,000 246,000	246,000
Fouad Djebbar	244,000 13,000	13,000
Ionut Cosmin-Dragomir	235,000 235,000	235,000
Daniel Stefanides	232,000 -18,000	-18,000
Salem Sahed	228,000 228,000	228,000
Tsunamy	228,000 -57,000	-57,000
Maskhaoui Mohamed Amine	224,000 224,000	224,000
Ismail Fath-Eddine	223,000 131,500	131,500
Issam Benhaddou	222,000 222,000	222,000

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10-06-2023 03:14 UTC+2

Day 1b Concludes

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Play has concluded at the end of Day 1b. A total of 53 players found a bag for Day 2.

Stay tuned for full chip counts and a full recap of the evening.

10-06-2023 03:02 UTC+2

Tsikhanskaya Doubles Through Darcourt

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Iryna Tsikhanskaya moved all in from the small blind for her last 29,000 and was called by Guillaume Darcourt in the big blind who covered her.

Iryna Tsikhanskaya: A♣9♦
Guillaume Darcourt: A♥5♦

Tsikhanskaya was in great shape to double up but the Q♥9♥4♥ flop gave Darcourt a ton of outs in the form of a flush draw. The 2♠ turn and Q♣ river were blanks and Tsikhanskaya secured a full double up right before the end of the night.

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillaume Darcourt	575,000 -150,000	-150,000

Iryna Tsikhanskaya	62,000 -3,000	-3,000

Tags: Guillaume Darcourt Iryna Tsikhanskaya

10-06-2023 02:55 UTC+2

Final Four Hands

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The tournament staff has announced that four more hands will be played before players bag their chips.

10-06-2023 02:51 UTC+2

Dinael Battles Phung in Set over Set Collision

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

With the board reading 4♥3♣10♦6♣ and roughly 175,000 already in the middle, Viet Phung checked and Thierry Dinael bet 60,000. Phung made the call.

The river was the A♠ and this time Phung lead with a bet of 100,000. Dinael quickly made the call.

Phung tabled 3♠3♥ for a flopped set while Dinael showed down A♣A♥ for top set on the river to take down the largest pot of the tournament so far.

Meanwhile, Sorin Pruteanu and "Adriii" were both recently eliminated.

Player	Chips	Progress
Thierry Dinael	860,000 553,500	553,500

Viet Phung	430,000 -195,000	-195,000
Sorin Pruteanu	Busted
"Adriii"	Busted

Tags: Thierry Dinael Viet Phung

10-06-2023 02:35 UTC+2

Updated Chip Counts After Final Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 13 : Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Guillaume Darcourt	725,000 593,000	593,000

Viet Phung	625,000 428,000	428,000
Abdelmajid El Hani	485,000 -11,000	-11,000
David Lappin	375,000 177,000	177,000

Michael Bouvier	350,000 -10,500	-10,500
Alexandre Reard	335,000 101,000	101,000

IgnaPoker	325,000 230,000	230,000
Tsunamy	285,000 13,500	13,500
Daniel Stefanides	250,000 204,500	204,500
Othman Benjelloun	203,000 56,000	56,000
Akan Kaya	190,000 92,500	92,500
Cecile Ticherfatine	140,000 84,500	84,500
Iryna Tsikhanskaya	65,000 -268,000	-268,000
Salah-Eddine Elghazi	45,000 -28,000	-28,000
Serge Reocreux	Busted
Sonny Franco	Busted
Alain Daien	Busted
Adam El Bied	Busted

Level: 13

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

10-06-2023 02:01 UTC+2

Final Break

Ryan Lashmar

Level 12 : Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante

Players are on the last 15-minute break of the evening. The field has been reduced to 60 players. There will be one more level played when players return from break.