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UDSO Main Event
Day 1b Completed
2023 Unibet DeepStack Open Marrakech
UDSO Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
2023 Unibet DeepStack Open Marrakech
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 1b
Buy-in
6,000 MAD
Prize Pool
3,835,200 MAD
Total Entries
752
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
243
Players Left
53
Players Left 1 / 752
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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.
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
844,000
16,000
|
16,000 |
|
||
|
555,000
70,000
|
70,000 |
|
515,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
||
|
431,000
431,000
|
431,000 |
|
|
398,000
32,000
|
32,000 |
|
367,000
8,000
|
8,000 |
|
||
|
344,000
19,000
|
19,000 |
|
332,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
|
||
|
310,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
297,000
297,000
|
297,000 |
|
|
290,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
|
286,000
286,000
|
286,000 |
|
|
270,000
67,000
|
67,000 |
|
|
263,000
263,000
|
263,000 |
|
250,000
250,000
|
250,000 |
|
|
248,000
248,000
|
248,000 |
|
|
246,000
246,000
|
246,000 |
|
244,000
13,000
|
13,000 |
|
|
235,000
235,000
|
235,000 |
|
|
232,000
18,000
|
18,000 |
|
|
228,000
228,000
|
228,000 |
|
228,000
57,000
|
57,000 |
|
|
224,000
224,000
|
224,000 |
|
223,000
131,500
|
131,500 |
|
222,000
222,000
|
222,000 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
575,000
150,000
|
150,000 |
|
|
||
|
62,000
3,000
|
3,000 |
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
|
|
860,000
553,500
|
553,500 |
|
|
||
|
|
430,000
195,000
|
195,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Level 13
: Blinds 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
725,000
593,000
|
593,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
625,000
428,000
|
428,000 |
|
|
485,000
11,000
|
11,000 |
|
|
375,000
177,000
|
177,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
350,000
10,500
|
10,500 |
|
|
335,000
101,000
|
101,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
325,000
230,000
|
230,000 |
|
|
285,000
13,500
|
13,500 |
|
|
250,000
204,500
|
204,500 |
|
|
203,000
56,000
|
56,000 |
|
|
190,000
92,500
|
92,500 |
|
140,000
84,500
|
84,500 |
|
|
65,000
268,000
|
268,000 |
|
45,000
28,000
|
28,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
|
|
Busted | |
Level: 13
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
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.
