Ali G was all in and at risk with the 
and Romain Lewis looked him up with the superior stack and 
. The flop of 
left the Spaniard drawing dead, making the 
turn and 
river a formality.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
115,000 | 46,000 |
|
Busted |
Several Spanish players made the trip over to Morocco and typically use nicknames in the Casino de Marrakech. One of them is Cris and he just sent two players to the rail. Phu Trong was already missing from the table and Michel Leibgorin as well as Laurent [Removed:250] followed in the same hand
Leibgorin's cards were already in the muck, while Cris had both players at risk with 
. [Removed:250] picked up a flush draw with 
on the flop of 
, but the turn and 
river failed to improve him. Instead, Cris' quads raked in the pot and the Spaniard joined the big stacks.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
280,000 | 135,500 |
|
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
The chips are flying and several other players joined the rail. Among them were Arnaud Enselme, Mohamed El Bakkouri, Benjamin Gonzva and Ricardo Manquant. Gonzva sent his stack over to Sy while Manquant lost a flip with 
against the 
of Rachid Am. The board came 
and Manquant missed out on both over cards, a flush draw and two gutshots.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
315,000 | 30,500 |
|
|
200,000 | 141,500 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
In a battle of the blinds, Kamal Sefrioui raised to 7,000 and Louis Linard three-bet to 23,000 from one seat over in the big blind. Sefrioui moved all in for 65,500 and Linard called after brief consideration.
Kamal Sefrioui:
Louis Linard: 
The board came 
and Linard paired his jack on the flop to eliminate Sefrioui.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
205,000 | 61,000 |
|
Busted |
Three players opted to buy in for 13 big blinds before the start of Day 2, all of which busted on Day 1. This includes Ricardo Manquant, Arnaud Enselme and [Removed:432]. Especially Manquant already had some big scores here in the Casino de Marrakech and will be one to look out for today if he manages to run up a stack early on.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
40,000 | |
|
|
40,000 | |
|
|
40,000 |
Level: 13
Blinds: 1,500/3,000
Ante: 500
Below are the chip counts of all 45 Day 1 survivors.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
372,000 | |
|
319,500 | |
|
|
284,500 | |
|
224,500 | |
|
204,500 | |
|
196,500 | |
|
196,000 | |
|
193,500 | |
|
|
187,500 | |
|
165,000 | |
|
155,500 | |
|
|
149,000 | |
|
148,500 | |
|
146,500 | |
|
|
144,500 | |
|
|
144,000 | |
|
142,000 | |
|
140,500 | |
|
135,000 | |
|
|
134,500 | |
|
128,000 | |
|
106,500 | |
|
99,000 | |
|
92,000 | |
|
90,000 |
The 2017 PMU.fr WPTDeepStacks Marrakech kicked off a few days ago on September 30th 2017 at the Casino de Marrakech in Morocco. Found in 1952 and part of the luxurious Es Saadi Marrakech Resort complex, the Casino de Marrakech is the leading casino in the region and just a short flight away from Western Europe.
Among the highlights of the 10-day festival is the 13,200 Dirhams (€1,200) Main Event, followed by the 20,000 Dirhams (€1,800) High Roller. The second most-expensive tournament of the festival got underway on October 4th and attracted a field of 139 entries including 30 re-entries during the first 12 levels. Both numbers may change slightly still as the registration remains open until the start of Day 2 as of 3 p.m. local time.
Among those to take part in the High Roller were such familiar names as 2016 November Niner Fernando Pons, Diego Gomez, Javier Zarco and Manuel Lopez, all representing the Spanish flag. Other notables included Isabel Baltazar, Romain Lewis, Johan Guilbert, Erwann Pecheux, Alexandre Reard, Sonny Franco, Imad Derwiche, Fadhil Farag, Said El Yousfi, Anas Tadini and Usman Siddique to name just a few.
Leading the field of 45 Day 1 survivors is Anas Tadini with 372,000 followed by Johan “YoH ViraL” Guilbert (319,500) and Rachid Am (284,500). Also through to Day 2 are Manuel Lopez (204,500), Sonny Franco (165,000), Louis Linard (144,000), Omar Lakhdari (142,000), Bernard Guigon (92,000) and Usman Siddique (89,000). Tadini is third on the Moroccan all-time money list and well-known for being always talkative and very entertaining at the tables.
Registration closes once the cards are back in the air for Day 2 and all new entries will receive 40,000 in chips at blinds of 1,500-3,000 with a running ante of 500. The PokerNews live reporting team will provide updates of the final day until a winner is crowned and the Main Event with a single starting day kicks off at noon the following day.
MAD 20,000 High Roller
Day 2 Started
