2009 WPT Marrakech

€4,500 Championship Main Event
Day: 3
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Event Info

2009 WPT Marrakech

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
8♣7♣
Prize
€377,262
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,500
Entries
416
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000
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O'Dea's Sneak Attack

[user66118]
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Benny Spindler started the action with an early-position raise to 52,000, and Eoghan O'Dea made the smooth call in the cutoff seat. From the small blind, Hichem Ben Halima announced a re-raise, and he chose 252,000.

Spindler looked to be mulling over a tough decision, and he asked for an estimate of his two opponents' remaining stack sizes. Eventually, he elected to release his hand, while O'Dea made one more raise -- all in for a total of 648,000. Ben Halima made the call with a similar stack, putting a monster pot up for grabs.

Showdown
O'Dea: {K-Spades} {K-Hearts}
Ben Halima: {A-Hearts} {K-Diamonds}

With the spectators pressing in around the rail, the dealer ran out the board: {10-Clubs} {4-Spades} {7-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} {Q-Spades}. The kings hold for O'Dea, and he has earned himself a big double up. That moves him to 1,408,000, and it cripples Ben Halima all the way down around 100,000.

Tags: Eoghan O'DeaHichem Ben Halima

Balazs Botond Eliminated in 8th Place (€34,517)

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Balazs Botond - 8th Place
Balazs Botond - 8th Place
Balazs Botond came in with a healthy raise to 150,000, leaving himself just about 60,000 behind. Adrian Marin made the call, and it was heads up to the flop.

It came out {8-Diamonds} {4-Spades} {A-Hearts}, and Marin led out with a covering bet of 74,000. Botond smirked and shook his head, pausing for at least a minute as he clearly did not want to commit himself to this hand. Finally, and reluctantly, he splashed in his few remaining chips, all in for his tournament life.

Marin turned over {K-Hearts} {9-Hearts} for king-high, and he was in the lead, poised to eliminate Botond and his {Q-Clubs} {7-Spades}. He wasn't in the worst of shape with two live cards, but the turn and river went brick-brick with the {J-Spades} and {A-Spades} respectively.

With that, Balazs Botond becomes our 8th-place finisher, earning himself nearly €35,000. Not too shabby.

Tags: Adrian MarinBalazs Botond

Benny Eats World

[user76023]
[user76023]
Aiming Not To Be A Fall-Out Boy
Aiming Not To Be A Fall-Out Boy
Adrian Marin raised to 55,000 and Benny Spindler flat-called on the button. Julien Arneodo also called in the blinds.

The flop came {2-Clubs} {5-Spades} {5-Clubs} and Arneodo checked, Marin bet 125,000 and Spindler raised to 275,000. Arneodo thought for about two minutes before folding and Marin instantly passed also.

Level: 25

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 5,000

Updated Chip Counts

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Ludovic Lacay - 2,135,000
Eoghan O'Dea - 1,290,000
Benny Spindler - 1,255,000
Christophe Savary - 1,210,000
Adrian Marin - 865,000
Julien Arneodo - 845,000
Patrick Meurisse - 190,000

Spindler Takes A Pot From Lacay

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[user76023]
Ludovic Lacay raised to 85,000 UTG and Benny Spindler called from the button.

The flop was {A-Spades} {J-Diamonds} {4-Clubs} and both players checked, Lacay fired out 120,000 on the turn and Spindler called.

The river was the {8-Hearts} and Lacay checked, Spindler now bet 250,000 and Lacay folded.

Spindler up to 1,340,000 while Lacay who has not played many hands so far on the final table, still has 1,800,000.
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