€4,500 Championship Main Event Day 2 | 2009 WPT Marrakech

10-18-2009 00:35 UTC

A Savary Snack

[user22113]

A massive three-way all in hand just occurred and has catapulted Christophe Savary to 2nd in chips. The hands were:

Christophe Savary: {A-Hearts}

Stephan Ouzilou: {8-Diamonds}

Guenael Gosch: {K-Spades}

The board ran out {2-Diamonds}

as Savary's ace kicker with quad deuces bested the other players' full houses, busting them both. He now has 730,000.

Tags: Christophe Savary

10-18-2009 00:22 UTC

Restart

[user76023]

Blinds are now 4,000/8,000 with a 1,000 ante, it's going to get bloody...

Level: 19

Blinds: 4,000/8,000

Ante: 1,000

10-18-2009 00:07 UTC

Break Time!

[user76023]

Players are on a 15 minute break.

10-18-2009 00:02 UTC

Last Hand Before The Break...

[user76023]

Stefan Hansen raised preflop to 16,500 and Ludovic Lacay casually called in the big blind.

The players checked down the {9-Clubs}

board where Hansen showed {7-Hearts}

. Lacay said, "Nice flop!" before showing {10-Clubs}

for the pot.

He has 830,000 now.

10-17-2009 23:54 UTC

Collopy Collapses

[user76023]

Balazs Botond raised to 16,000 from the hijack before a short-stack pushed all-in for 43,000. Jim Collopy thought for a moment before flat-calling. Botond also called.

The flop came {A-Spades}

and Collopy bet 36,000 to which Botond declared all-in.

Collopy got out of his chair and asked for a count, it was only 51,000 more and the American called tabling {Q-Diamonds}

but finding Botond with {A-Diamonds}

while the short stack showed {A-Clubs}

.

The turn was the {K-Spades}

and the river the {9-Diamonds}

.

Tags: Balazs Botond Jim Collopy

10-17-2009 23:36 UTC

Take a Haik

[user66118]

Benjamin Pollak opened with a middle-position raise, and Eric Haik moved all in from the cutoff seat. When it came back around the table, Pollak quickly called with {A-Diamonds}

and the larger stack. Haik showed up {10-Diamonds}

, in danger of being eliminated.

When the dealer ran a board of {K-Spades}

, that's just what transpired. Pollak's aces hold, and his newly-acquired chips boost his stack to a very healthy 540,000.

Tags: Eric Haik

10-17-2009 23:16 UTC

Sa-Out

[user76023]

November Niner Antoine Saout has been knocked out. He made his move with {K-Spades}

but found

and

going to war behind him.

A {9-?}

board later and he was out as the player with big slick picked up a decent amount of chips.

10-17-2009 23:09 UTC

Bichon Bounced; Lacay Leapfrogging

[user66118]

WPT Cyprus champion Thomas Bichon got the rest of his middling stack into the pot before the flop with {A-Hearts}

. Unfortunately, his hopes of taking two WPT titles this year would be put off for now by Ludovic Lacay and his {A-Clubs}

.

Board: {5-Hearts}

Lacay chalks up another one, and he is now building a fortress of chips. His stack of 700,000 puts him easily out in front of the field at this juncture.

Tags: Ludovic Lacay Thomas Bichon

10-17-2009 23:05 UTC

Eoghan's O'Day?

[user76023]

Eoghan O'Dea is up to 300,000 after doubling with {A-Hearts}

against

when the board bricked out coming {4-Hearts}

.