UDSO Main Event
Day 2 Completed
2023 Unibet DeepStack Open Marrakech
UDSO Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
Players Info - Day 2
2023 Unibet DeepStack Open Marrakech
Buy-in
6,000 MAD
Prize Pool
3,835,200 MAD
Entries
752
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Entries
161
Players Left
16
Alexandre Le Vaillant Leads the Pack Going into Day 3 of the Main Event
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Day 2 of the 2023 Unibet DeepStack Open Marrakech Main Event Has Reached a Conclusion. After nearly 11 full levels, Alexandre Le Vaillant managed to bag the biggest stack, finishing the night with 5,495,000, worth 110 big blinds going into Day 3. Le Vaillant's closest competitors are Kaddour (5,200,000) and Samuel Baruk (2,955,000).
Chip Counts Going into Day 3
| 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 Masasedek | 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 |
Le Vaillant started the day with a below-average stack but steadily accumulated chips throughout the early levels of the day before going on a tear towards the end of the night, particularly in one hand where he delivered a brutal cooler with a flopped set against the flopped two-pair of Maskhaoui Mohamed Amine in a pot worth nearly 4,000,000 chips to surge up the chip counts.
The French player has over $500,000 in career tournament earnings, and a win in this event would be his second-best career tournament score, with his biggest cash earlier this year in Las Vegas for just over $80,000 USD.
French professional poker player Guillaume Darcourt also bagged a stack of 1,630,000 to end the night. Darcourt is no stranger to deep runs in these events, with numerous final table appearances from events all over the world, including a third-place finish in a WSOP international circuit event earlier this year for nearly MAD 300,000 (approximately €30,000) and a first-place finish a few days later in another ring event for MAD 230,000 (approximately €23,000).
Day 2 Action
Play began at a very fast pace today, with 161 players starting the day and the money bubble being reached after just four hours, at which point the remaining 95 players were guaranteed a min-cash of at least MAD 12,000. "Belmehdi" was the unfortunate soul to burst the bubble today when his pocket-queens were cracked by a straight draw held by Nicolas Maquerre.
Day 1a chip leader Linda Hamdi had a roller coaster day today, dominating the early levels only to lose several big pots near the bubble, at one point being reduced from 1,100,000 to 100,000 only to get all those chips back shortly afterwards. She finally hit the rail after running pocket aces into Ali Alawadhi's set of fives.
Notables to make the money but fall short of Day 3 include Unibet Team Pros David Lappin, (67th, MAD 14,000) Alexandre Reard (45th - MAD 19,000) and Sonny Franco (38th - MAD 21,500).
Play will resume tomorrow with twenty minutes left on Level 24 where the blinds are 25,000/50,000. As it is the final day play will only conclude once a winner is crowned. Stay tuned to PokerNews until a new champion is crowned at the beautiful Es Saadi Resort!
Seat Draw for Day 3
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
| Table | Seat | Name | Chips | Day 3 Big Blinds |
| 1 | 1 | Guillaume Darcourt | 1630000 | 33 |
| 1 | 2 | Samuel Baruk | 2955000 | 59 |
| 1 | 3 | Mounir Acharki | 2340000 | 47 |
| 1 | 4 | Tristan Forge | 1700000 | 34 |
| 1 | 5 | Alexandre Le Vaillant | 5495000 | 110 |
| 1 | 6 | Azzedine Smie | 760000 | 15 |
| 1 | 7 | Julien Vecchioli | 2755000 | 55 |
| 1 | 8 | Mathieu Di Meglio | 1100000 | 22 |
| 2 | 1 | Kaddour | 5200000 | 104 |
| 2 | 2 | Soufiane Masasedek | 2415000 | 48 |
| 2 | 3 | Yoan Blanc | 875000 | 18 |
| 2 | 4 | Alexandre Hobam | 2005000 | 40 |
| 2 | 5 | Adrien Amorella | 1355000 | 27 |
| 2 | 6 | Henri Dupont | 2200000 | 44 |
| 2 | 7 | Salem Sahed | 1500000 | 30 |
| 2 | 8 | Jeremie Canetti | 2820000 | 56 |
End of Night Chip Counts (Full)
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
5,495,000
995,000
|
995,000 |
|
||
|
5,200,000
700,000
|
700,000 |
|
|
2,955,000
1,955,000
|
1,955,000 |
|
2,820,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
|
2,755,000
405,000
|
405,000 |
|
2,415,000
215,000
|
215,000 |
|
|
2,340,000
265,000
|
265,000 |
|
2,200,000
1,025,000
|
1,025,000 |
|
|
2,005,000
515,000
|
515,000 |
|
1,700,000
-275,000
|
-275,000 |
|
1,630,000
-1,495,000
|
-1,495,000 |
|
||
|
|
1,500,000
455,000
|
455,000 |
|
1,355,000
-295,000
|
-295,000 |
|
1,100,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
|
875,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
|
|
760,000
-340,000
|
-340,000 |
End of the Night
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Play has Concluded for Day 2 of the main event, with only 16 players advancing to the final day.
Stay tuned for a full recap of tonight's action as well as the seat draw and chip counts for the final 16 going into tomorrow.
Nafis Dundar Eliminated in 17th Place (MAD 37,000)
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Nafis Dundar got the last of his chips in against Samuel Baruk in a preflop confrontation.
Nafis Dundar: Ax10x
Samuel Baruk: AxJx
Dundar was behind with the slightly weaker ace and failed to improve, resulting in him becoming the last casualty of the evening while Baruk was able to pad his stack nicely heading into Day 3
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,955,000
2,955,000
|
2,955,000 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
||
Salah Eddine Taleb Eliminated in 18th Place (MAD 32,000)
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Salah Eddine Taleb moved all in from the cutoff for his last 500,000 and found a caller in Soufiane Messadek from the big blind who had a covering stack.
Salah Eddine Taleb: Q♥Q♣
Soufiane Messadek: A♥5♣
Messadek smashed the A♠5♠2♣ with two pair and kept on improving, first to a full house on the 5♦ turn and then to quads on the 5♥ river to send Taleb to the rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,200,000
2,200,000
|
2,200,000 |
|
Busted |
Ugo Taurines Eliminated in 19th Place (MAD 32,000)
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Ugo Taurines, who was recently left short-stacked after doubling up Yoan Blanc, moved all in for 260,000 from the cutoff and received a call from Mounir Acharki who had a covering stack.
Ugo Taurines: A♣J♥
Mounir Acharki: A♥6♥
Taurines was in great shape to double up with a bigger ace but that all changed when Acharki hit a six on the 6♠3♦8♥ flop leaving Taurines drawing to three outs. Those outs never materialized on the K♠ turn or K♦ river, ending Taurines run while Acharki collected the last of his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
2,075,000
675,000
|
675,000 |
|
|
700,000
225,000
|
225,000 |
|
|
Busted |
Marouane Tijani Eliminated in 20th Place (MAD 32,000)
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Marouane Tijani found himself all in and at risk preflop against Tristan Forge who covered.
Marouane Tijani: A♠Q♠
Tristan Forge: 9♠9♣
The board ran out K♦4♠2♥7♣3♣, bringing an end to Tijani's deep run while Forge collected the last of his chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,975,000
925,000
|
925,000 |
|
Busted |
Volga Uyanik Eliminated in 21st Place (MAD 28,000)
Level 24
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Volga Uyanik opened to 110,000 from the button and Alexandre Le Vaillant three-bet to 425,000 from the small blind. Uyanik moved all in for 1,100,000 total and Le Vaillant called with a covering stack.
Volga Uyanik: 8x8x
Alexandre Le Vaillant: 9x9x
Uyanik was in rough shape having been pipped by the higher pocket-pair of Le Vaillant. Things looked even more bleak when Le Vaillant flopped a set on the 9♠7♦2♥ flop, but the 10♣ turn did give Uyanik an open-ended straight draw. The K♦ river was a blank and Uyanik was sent to the rail while Le Vaillant dragged in another decent pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
4,500,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
|
|
||
|
|
Busted | |