€4,500 Championship Main Event | 2009 WPT Marrakech

10-18-2009 13:40 UTC

Welcome Back To The Final Day Of WPT Marrakech!

[user76023]

It's the last day of WPT Marrakech, there's 17 players left with Ludovic Lacay still the chip leader holding 1,389,000. Almost two years to the day, the Frenchman came 2nd in WPT Barcelona, can he go one step further this time? Or will Yury Kerzhapkin, Benny Spindler or one of our other players stop him and claim the title for their own?

Play will begin in about 20 minutes or so, and unlike other WPT's, this final table will be nine-handed instead of six-handed.

10-18-2009 14:05 UTC

Seat Order

[user66118]

Here's how the final two tables are laid out:

Table 1
1. empty
2. Eoghan O'Dea
3. Hichem Ben Halima
4. Patrick Meurisse
5. Kerem Kiyak
6. Yury Kerzhapkin
7. Ludovic Lacay
8. Tsan Sadnhi
9. Balazs Botond

Table 2
1. Tristan Clemencon
2. Benny Spindler
3. Christophe Savary
4. Azziz Abdelmalki
5. Adrian Marin
6. Stefan Hansen
7. Benjamin Pollak
8. Julien Arneodo
9. Stephane Dahan

Level: 21

Blinds: 6,000/12,000

Ante: 1,000

10-18-2009 14:07 UTC

Let's Do This

[user66118]

The cards are in the air, and we're off and running on Day 3!

10-18-2009 14:10 UTC

Paging Hichem Ben Halima...

[user76023]

His stack is on the table but he's nowhere to be seen at the moment...

10-18-2009 14:13 UTC

Start As You Mean To Carry On

[user76023]

Almost immediately and Ludovic Lacay has increased his stack to 1,600,000 at the expense of Yuri Kerzhapkin.

The Russian called 44,000 on a flop of {5-Diamonds}

before both players checked the {6-Spades}

turn. The river was the {2-Clubs}

and Kerzhapkin checked again, Lacay bet 82,000 this time and was called.

The Frenchman showed {K-Clubs}

, good enough and Kerzhapkin is down to 660,000.

10-18-2009 14:21 UTC

Hapless Kerzhapkin

[user76023]

Disaster for the Russian as his stack has shrunk even more. Patrick Meurisse raised preflop to 26,000 on the button and Yury Kerzhapkin stuck out 200,000 from the small blind. Meurisse called all-in with {A-Spades}

and Kerzhapkin turned over {A-Hearts}

.

The board came {5-Diamonds}

, Meurisse up to 420,000 and Kerzhapkin down to 450,000.

10-18-2009 14:24 UTC

Azziz Abdelmalki Eliminated in 17th Place (€13,136)

[user66118]

Christophe Savary started the action with an early-position raise to 40,000, and Azziz Abdelmalki made the smooth call a few seats over. In the hijack, Benjamin Pollak stuck in a healthy three-bet, good enough to fold Savary out of the way. Abdelmalki was not so easily pacified though. After some deliberation, he made the call all in for his last ~200,000 chips. With his tournament life on the line, the cards were turned up.

Showdown
Abdelmalki: {9-Clubs}

Pollak:

The flop was a pretty good miss for the at-risk player as it came {10-Hearts}

, giving him two shots at an open-ender. The turn missed with the {3-Diamonds}

, though, and the {5-Diamonds}

that filled out the board was no help either.

Failing to get over the hump, Azziz Abdelmalki becomes the first casualty of Day 3, walking away in 17th place.

Tags: Azziz Abdelmalki Benjamin Pollak Christophe Savary

10-18-2009 14:32 UTC

Kerem Kiyak Eliminated In 16th (€13,136)

[user76023]

Kerem Kiyak raised to 28,000 from UTG, Yury Kerzhapkin called in early position before Ludovic Lacay made it 74,000 behind them. Kiyak called and Kerzhapkin passed.

The flop came {10-Clubs}