€4,500 Championship Main Event | 2009 WPT Marrakech

10-18-2009 23:44 UTC

Play Resumes

[user66118]

We're back with four-handed action!

10-18-2009 23:54 UTC

Savary Snack For Christophe

[user76023]

O'Dea raised to 140,000 from the button and Savary called in the big blind.

The flop was {9-Diamonds}

and Savary led out for 260,00. O'Dea raised to 550,000 and Savary almost immediately pushed all-in putting O'Dea to the test.

After a couple of minutes, O'Dea passed and Savary increases his chip lead with 4.88 million. O'Dea down to 1.84 million.

10-18-2009 23:57 UTC

A Little One for Lacay

[user66118]

Ludovic Lacay opened to 140,000 from the button, and Christophe Savary put in the call from the small blind.

Heads up, the flop rolled out {J-Diamonds}

, and both men checked. On the {6-Hearts}

turn, a bet of 150,000 from Lacay was enough to earn him the pot.

Tags: Christophe Savary Ludovic Lacay

10-19-2009 00:09 UTC

Julien Arneodo Eliminated in 4th Place (€105,077)

[user76023]

Ludovic Lacay raised to 140,000 from the button and Julien Arneodo reraised all-in for 395,000 total.

Lacay thought for a minute before calling a good percentage of his own short stack.

Lacay: {A-Hearts}

Arneodo:

Arneodo was ahead but it was very tight as the flop came down {K-Diamonds}

meaning a split pot looked likely. But the {5-Spades}

turn put Lacay in the lead and the {7-Spades}

river meant we were down to the final 3 players.

Lacay has almost 1.7 million, nearly even with O'Dea but Christophe Savary has the rest.

10-19-2009 00:34 UTC

Dea Dream Believer?

[user76023]

O'Dea raised to 160,000 from the button. Savary reraised to 330,000 from the big blind.

O'Dea thought for 30 seconds and then called.

Flop: {7-Spades}

"All-in," said Savary.

"Call," said O'Dea.

Savary: {A-Clubs}

slightly in trouble because...

O'Dea: {6-Hearts}

for the flopped nuts.

The {A-Hearts}

turn signaled the Irishman's double up. The {9-Spades}

river meaning nothing. O'Dea and Savary both have about 3.1 million, Lacay with about 1.9 million.

10-19-2009 00:46 UTC

Ludovic Lacay Eliminated in 3rd Place (€164,182)

[user66118]

Christophe Savary made a raise to 160,000 from the button, and Julien Arneodo quickly folded his small blind. In the big, though, Ludovic Lacay peeked at his cards and slid all ~1.4 million of his chips across the betting line. It didn't take Savary long to make the call, putting Lacay at risk for what was possibly the first time in this tournament. As a crowd of spectators craned their necks over the rail, the cards were turned up.

Showdown
Savary: {A-Diamonds}

Lacay:

The flop was not very good at all for Lacay as it fell {9-Diamonds}

. A rustle of multilingual banter trickled through the audience, now shoulder-to-shoulder, three-deep around the entire perimeter of the table.

Turn: {7-Diamonds}

.

That's all she wrote for Lacay, now drawing stone dead to Savary's nut flush. The river {2-Hearts}

completed the board. Lacay cringed a bit, shook hands with the two men who've outlasted him, and headed off to become a spectator himself.

Lacay put on a fine show here this week, crushing the field for more than a full day. In the end though, his bid for his first WPT title has fallen two spots shy. His third-place showing is good for €164,182. That's not too bad, but Lacay is clearly disappointed by that result.

Tags: Christophe Savary Ludovic Lacay

10-19-2009 00:59 UTC

Heads-Up Counts

[user66118]

After taking a few minutes to reset the table for heads-up play, the two men are now playing poker in its truest form for the title. Here's the way they stack up at the start of play:

Christophe Savary - 5,060,000
Julien Arneodo - 3,260,000

Level: 29

Blinds: 40,000/80,000

Ante: 10,000

10-19-2009 01:10 UTC

O'Dea Wins First Battle

[user76023]

Eoghan O'Dea raised to 210,000 from the button and Christophe Savary rereaised to 580,000 total. O'Dea, son of the famous Donnacha, thought for two minutes before announcing he was all-in.

The onus shifted back across to Savary and he shifted a little, uncomfortable in his chair. It wasn't so much the glare of the lights, but the size of the push which forced Savary to give up the pot.

Savary: 4.75 million
O'Dea: 3.57 million

10-19-2009 01:20 UTC