Level: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
WPT Marrakech presented by Chilipoker
Main Event
Day: 1b
Event Info
Final Results
Event Info
Level Info
WPT Marrakech presented by Chilipoker
Buy-in
€4,250
Entries
222
Level
27
Blinds
25,000 / 50,000
Ante
5,000
Break Down
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One last ten-minute interlude followed by one last level to end this last of the day ones.
ElkY Fini
It turns out ElkY is human.
After winning that hand just a short while ago to push up close to 40,000, Bertrand Grospellier soon found himself in another big one versus Davidi Kitai. With the board showing 
, ElkY pushed out a bet of 7,700, and after a pause, Kitai called.
The river brought the 
. This time ElkY bet 12,200 -- about half his remaining stack -- to which Kitai responded by shoving all in. ElkY considered for nearly a half-minute before letting his hand go, and Kitai showed him his hand -- 
for quads! Kitai was up to about 80,000 after that hand.
Soon after that one, a player in middle position raised, another called, and ElkY shoved all in from the button. The blinds and original raiser folded, but the remaining player called, showing 
. ElkY showed 
. The board ran out 
, and that river king meant ElkY had finally reached his end.
Nogueira Out
Karine Nogueira had become short-stacked, falling to less than 6,000 when she was forced to commit her stack with 
and was racing an opponent's 
. The board came 
… . That river nine gave Nogueira the hand and a pot of about 11,000.
Her new life wouldn't last long, however. On the next hand, the table folded to her in the small blind and she pushed all in again, and Aurelien Guiglini snap-called from the big blind. Nogueira had 
this time, but Guiglini had a big advantage with 
.
The community cards came out 
, and Nogueira is out. Guiglini bounces back over 70,000 after that hand.
Down to Four Tables
Just 36 players remain on Day 1b.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
130,000 | -20,000 |
|
127,000 | -48,000 |
|
|
120,000 | -5,000 |
|
73,000 | 41,000 |
|
55,000 | -13,000 |
|
|
52,000 | -8,000 |
|
|
50,000 | -5,000 |
|
46,000 | 26,000 |
|
42,000 | -29,000 |
|
39,000 | 1,000 |
|
|
20,000 | -3,000 |
|
Busted |
Guiglini Slips on Big Slick
[Removed:13] opened from early position to 2,300. A player a few seats over moved all in for 37,200 total, and Guiglini called the second action was back on him. Time for your standard race - Guiglini's against the shorter stack's 
. It turned ugly pretty quickly for Guiglini, with an ace in the door. The board filled out 
, and Guiglini grumpily cut out a sizable portion of his stack. He's left with 50,000.
The Incredible ElkY Escapes Again
The table folded to the player in the small blind who raised to 2,500. Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier, sitting in the big blind, checked his cards, then said he was all in for his stack of approximately 17,000. His opponent considered for a short while, then made the call, turning over . Grospellier tabled his , provoking another player on that end of the table to comment in French that ElkY was assuredly a lock to win the hand.
The flop came 
, giving Grospellier an open-ended straight draw and encouraging the observer to reiterate his prediction. Then came the turn -- the ! Voila! ElkY had done it again.
As the meaningless river was dealt, Grospellier's opponent could only grin and shake his head. "Magnifique!" he cried, employing sarcasm to salve the wound.
ElkY now has a stack of about 38,000 chips with which to torment further his opponents, at least some of whom seem convinced he really is immortal.
Nogueira Doesn't Believe de la Gorce
Karine Nogueira raised to 2,500 from early position and Guillaume de la Gorce called from the small blind. The player in the big blind came along as well to see an 
flop.
It was checked to Nogueira and she bet 4,000. Only de la Gorce called and both checked the turn card. The river fell the and de la Gorce fired 12,000. Nogueira called, but was clearly unhappy to see de la Gorce turn over for trips.
She mucked and slipped to 25,000 while de la Gorce is up to about 130,000.
So Long, Liz
The face of Chilipoker is out, leaving only the 15 posters of her around the room to keep us company. We arrived as Lieu checked a 
board to Santiago Terrazas. He bet 7,500 into the 13,000-chip pot. Lieu took a deep breath and confidently announced "All in!" But the confidence disappeared as soon as he called her shove of around 27,000.
Showdown
Lieu: 
for flush and open-ended straight draws
Terrazas: for top pair and an open-ender
The river was the 
, not one of Lieu's many outs. She tapped the table, finished a text, and got up to say her goodbyes around the room. Terrazas now has over 80,000.