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

10-17-2009 22:22 UTC

Rees-Brennan Gets Quad-Dead

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An early position raise saw Bennis Najib reraise the 12,000 bet to 35,000. Rory Rees-Brennan moved all-in for 54,000. The initial raiser folded and Najib called.

Najib: {K-Spades}

Rees-Brennan: {J-Spades}

A decisive {K-Hearts}

board left us with one less Irishman.

10-17-2009 22:37 UTC

Ludovic Lacay raised to 12,500 before a player behind made it 30,000. Lacay then 4-bet to 86,000 and his opponent shoved.

Lacay had a slight grimace for a second before shrugging and calling.

Lacay: {K-?}

Middle Position: {J-?}

The board came {9-Hearts}

and Lacay took a huge pot and now has the chip lead with around 565,000.

10-17-2009 22:39 UTC

Collopy Off to the Races

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With the action folded around to the button, the player there opened the pot with a raise, and Jim Collopy moved all in for another 74,000 from the big blind. After some careful consideration, the raiser made the call, having Collopy just barely covered.

Collopy tabled {7-Clubs}

, and he was racing for his tournament life against {A-Hearts}

. "Okay!" he said as he stood from his chair. "We can do this!"

He was right. The dealer ran out a safe board of {10-Diamonds}

, and Collopy has notched a big double. His stack has been up and down like an amusement park ride today, and he now finds himself back close to 200,000 after that hold.

Tags: Jim Collopy

10-17-2009 22:54 UTC

Murphy Out

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Nigel Murphy has been eliminated with {A-?}

against

leaving Eoghan O'Dea as the sole remaining Irish hope.

Level: 18

Blinds: 3,000/6,000

Ante: 500

10-17-2009 23:05 UTC

Eoghan's O'Day?

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

against

when the board bricked out coming {4-Hearts}

.

10-17-2009 23:09 UTC

Bichon Bounced; Lacay Leapfrogging

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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 23:16 UTC

Sa-Out

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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 23:36 UTC

Take a Haik

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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 23:54 UTC

Collopy Collapses

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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