On the turn of a board 
, Damien Lhommeau was all in for 249,000 and Pedro Cairat called.
Damien Lhommeau: 
Pedro Cairat: 
The river however was the 
and the PMU.fr online qualifier doubled, leaving Cairat with fewer than five big blinds.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
850,000 | 421,000 |
|
100,000 | -345,000 |
Fernando Pons moved all in for 158,000 from under the gun under on the outer table. The action reached Perez in the big blind and he snap-called after peeking at his cards.
Fernando Pons: 
Perez: 
"He has kings, I am dead," Pons said in Spanish to his rail. The board came 
and both Spaniards shook hands. Pons takes home MAD 52,000 for his efforts and Perez bumped his stack sligthly before adding "that's poker, there are no friends."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
860,000 | 201,000 |
|
Busted |
Over on the feature table, Pablo raised from the cutoff and was called by Louis Linard in the big blind. The latter check-called a bet of 30,000 on the 
and did so again for 56,000 on the 
turn. The 
river was checked and Linard won the pot with the .
On the outer table, Anas Belatik raised to 41,000 from the button and Smain Mamouni called in the big blind. Mamouni check-raised the flop of 
from 40,000 to 105,000 and Belatik called before Mamouni's bet of 190,000 on the turn forced a fold.
Soon after, Tsunamy three-bet all in for fewer than 13 big blinds and Mamouni called with the . Tsunamy had 
and they chopped it up after a board of 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,100,000 | 150,000 |
|
2,086,000 | 257,000 |
|
1,450,000 | -220,000 |
|
800,000 | -149,000 |
|
270,000 | 4,000 |
The first two big pots played over on the feature table were both won by Elizabeth Tedder. She first took on Anthony Cruz with both investing 100,000 on the 
turn before the [8dy] river was checked. Cruz showed 
and Tedder had that beat with .
Soon after, a pot of more than 380,000 emerged until the 
river and Tedder bet 135,000 against Louis Linard. The Frenchman folded and Tedder bumped her stack above one million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,829,000 | -8,000 |
|
1,048,000 | 384,000 |
|
928,000 | -261,000 |
On the outer table, Malek Grabsi raised to 41,000 in the hijack and Smain Mamouni called in the cutoff. Grabsi continued for 40,000 on the 
flop and was called before the 
turn was checked. After the 
river, Grabsi bet 60,000 and that forced a fold.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
1,950,000 | -50,000 |
|
620,000 | 120,000 |
Level: 23
Blinds: 10,000/20,000
Ante: 3,000
The biggest WPT DeepStacks field outside of the United States gathered a total of 433 entries at the stunning Casino de Marrakech and just 16 players remain in contention for the final day of the 2017 PMU.fr WPT DeepStacks Marrakech MAD 13,,200 (€1,200) Main Event.
The lion's share of the MAD 4,949,600 prize pool will be distributed today and all 16 finalists have MAD 52,000 locked up for their efforts, however all eyes are set on the trophy and first-place payout of MAD 1,000,000. Furthermore, the eventual champion will also receive a package worth €2,000 (€1,500 Main Event and €500 in travel expenses) for the WPT DeepStacks Final in Berlin in January 2018, which has a guaranteed prize pool of €500,000.
Leading the field into Day 3 is Smain Mamouni with 2,000,000 followed by fellow Frenchman Louis Linard (1,837,000), and Anas Belatik follows in third place with 1,670,000. The only other chip millionaire is Anthony Cruz 1,189,000, while a dup of PMU.fr qualifiers made it through in Julien Lemonnier (718,000) and Damien Lhommeau (429,000).
Other notables among the last 16 are Elizabeth Tedder, (664,000, Malek Grabsi (500,000), Pedro Cairat (445,000), Casino de Marrakech regular Tsunamy (266,000), Day 1 chip leader Ludovic Moryousef (252,000) and 2016 November Niner Fernando Pons (228,000).
Day 3 Seat Assignments
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Cedric D | France | 617,000 | 31 |
| 1 | 2 | Daniel C | Spain | 659,000 | 33 |
| 1 | 3 | Fernando Pons | Spain | 228,000 | 11 |
| 1 | 4 | Anas Belatik | France | 1,670,000 | 84 |
| 1 | 5 | Malek Grabsi | France | 500,000 | 25 |
| 1 | 6 | Smain Mamouni | France | 2,000,000 | 100 |
| 1 | 7 | Tsunamy | Spain | 266,000 | 13 |
| 1 | 8 | Julien Lemonnier | France | 718,000 | 36 |
| 2 | 1 | Anthony Cruz | France | 1,189,000 | 59 |
| 2 | 2 | Damien Lhommeau | France | 429,000 | 21 |
| 2 | 3 | Jean-Jacques Chantalat | France | 621,000 | 31 |
| 2 | 4 | Pablo R | Spain | 949,000 | 47 |
| 2 | 5 | Ludovic Moryousef | France | 252,000 | 13 |
| 2 | 6 | Pedro Cairat | Argentina | 445,000 | 22 |
| 2 | 7 | Louis Linard | France | 1,837,000 | 92 |
| 2 | 8 | Elizabeth Tedder | United States | 664,000 | 33 |
The action will resume at 2 p.m. local time and the last two tables will be live-streamed without hole cards until the unofficial final table, then switches to a security delay of 30 minutes with hole cards displayed until a champion is crowned. The live stream action can be followed on the PMU Poker Twitch channel.
There are 50 minutes left in level 23 and blinds of 10,000/20,000 with a running ante of 3,000, and the PokerNews live reporting team will provide all the action as of 2 p.m. local time.
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Prize (in MAD) | Prize (in Euro) | Prize (in USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,000,000 | 89,942 | 105,000 |
| 2 | 700,000 | 62,960 | 73,500 |
| 3 | 450,000 | 40,474 | 47,250 |
| 4 | 320,000 | 28,782 | 33,600 |
| 5 | 245,000 | 22,036 | 25,725 |
| 6 | 200,000 | 17,988 | 21,000 |
| 7 | 163,000 | 14,661 | 17,115 |
| 8 | 132,000 | 11,872 | 13,860 |
| 9 | 108,100 | 9,723 | 11,351 |
| 10-11 | 90,000 | 8,095 | 9,450 |
| 12-13 | 75,000 | 6,746 | 7,875 |
| 14-15 | 62,000 | 5,576 | 6,510 |
| 16 | 52,000 | 4,677 | 5,460 |
Main Event
Day 3 Started
