Main Event Day 1 | 2017 PMU.fr WPT DeepStacks Marrakech

Main Event

Day 1 Completed

10-07-2017 01:10 UTC

Ludovic Moryousef Leads Record Field in Marrakech After Day 1

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

After a relaxed start in the first level of the day, the poker room of the Casino de Marrakech quickly filled up for Day 1 of the 2017 PMU.fr WPT DeepStacks Marrakech MAD 13,200 (€1,200) Main Event. Until the end of the registration period after the dinner break, a field of 433 entries including 111 re-entries emerged to better the 396 entries of 2016 and create the largest WPTDeepStacks field outside of North America.

Fewer than half the field made it to the bagging and tagging at the end of level 11 though, as just 153 hopefuls remain in contention with MAD 20,000 High Roller 9th place finisher Ludovic Moryousef at the top of the counts. Several players were gunning for the overnight spotlight, but Moryousef's set-over-set clash in the third-last hand of the night vaulted the Frenchman to massive 375,000.

Other big stacks and notables through to Day 2 include Belmehel Dja Daouadji (321,500), Spain's Daniel (275,600), Michel Leibgorin (261,000), Emile Carette (253,000), BAUTIST (228,000), Jean Koja (210,800), Tsunamy (188,500), Fadhil Farag (117,000), Fouad Zouiten (110,000), Alexandre Reard (99,500), [Removed:146] (85,000), 2016 November Niner Fernando Pons (77,000) and Aurelie Reard (50,600).

High Roller champion Aleksandras Voisnis (37,000), runner-up [Removed:44] (10,800) and third-place finisher Il Dieko Rati Vale (195,200) also bagged up chips while just one of the four PMU.fr Team Pros advanced in Johan Guilbert (122,700), who was fourth the previous night in the High Roller. Guilbert's team mates Sarah Herzali, Erwann Pecheux and Francois Tosques, as well as approximately half of the online qualifiers were felted.

Romain Lewis became the first casualty of the day when he ran with kings into aces and his subsequent attempts were not crowned by success either. Anas Tadini and Bernard Guigon were sent to the rail several times, while Remi Castaignon, Tom Bedell, Imad Derwiche, Andrew King, Javier Zarco, Omar Lakhdari, Abdelhadi Kondah and Marius Conan were no longer in contention at the end of the night either.

The prize pool information will be released once the cards get back in the air for Day 2 as of noon local time on Saturday October 7th 2017 with level 12 and blinds of 800-1,600 and a running ante of 200. Stay tuned to PokerNews throughout the next two days to find out who will be crowned champion in sunny Marrakech.

Seat Draw Day 2

Table	Seat	Player	Country	Jetons	Big Blinds
1	1	Emile Carette	France	253,000	158
1	2	Francisco	Spain	15,900	10
1	3	Ludovic Riehl	France	88,000	55
1	4	Stanislav Zegal	Germany	33,000	21
1	5	Marvin Ben Haim	France	95,900	60
1	6	Gaetan Balleur	France	70,000	44
1	7	Jose Luis Herrero Azoiazu	Spain	138,300	86
1	8	Andrei Luncan	Romania	46,000	29

2	1	Anas Belatik	Morocco	141,000	88
2	2	Fouad Zouiten	Morocco	111,100	69
2	3	William van de Walle	Belgium	32,100	20
2	4	Usman Siddique	United Kingdom	66,100	41
2	5	Esseddik Seddiki	Morocco	26,300	16
2	7	Helene Gros	France	43,100	27
2	8	Gael Le Bihan	France	82,900	52
2	9	Pugil Lopez	Spain	100,400	63

3	1	Aurelie Reard	France	50,600	32
3	2	Valeryi Chupin	Russian Federation	77,000	48
3	3	Anthony Cruz	France	127,600	80
3	4	Benjamin Dadon	France	107,000	67
3	5	Marco	Spain	17,200	11
3	7	Fernando G	Spain	39,500	25
3	8	Djamel Aouir	Morocco	64,700	40
3	9	Damien Gayer	France	174,600	109

4	1	Paul	Spain	128,600	80
4	2	Myriam Mehnana	France	73,900	46
4	3	Anto	Spain	26,900	17
4	5	Martins Kleins	Latvia	31,900	20
4	6	Oumar Sy	France	48,500	30
4	7	Pierrick Burban	France	181,600	114
4	8	Masoud Etemadiherisi	Morocco	59,500	37
4	9	Elizabeth Tedder	USA	92,900	58

5	2	Said El Yousfi	France	25,000	16
5	3	Arnaud Enselme	France	73,100	46
5	4	Zouhair Faiky	Morocco	49,500	31
5	5	Pierre Dussaud	France	97,600	61
5	6	Daniel	Spain	275,600	172
5	7	Yoan Franck Roquillon	France	43,100	27
5	8	Tarik Bzioui	Morocco	110,000	69
5	9	Abdel Nasser Omais	Morocco	62,900	39

6	2	Hamza Nbaba	Morocco	18,300	11
6	3	Ali Mechiche Alami	Morocco	103,800	65
6	4	Jose	Spain	67,500	42
6	5	Jos	Spain	179,300	112
6	6	Pieyre Maggi	Belgium	80,800	51
6	7	Louis Linard	France	126,400	79
6	8	Jonathan Therme	France	34,300	21
6	9	Leonardo Gonzales	Spain	51,800	32

7	2	Jean Michel Ploch	France	132,200	83
7	3	Pona	Spain	84,400	53
7	4	Julio Sanchez	Spain	30,000	19
7	5	Mike4895	Spain	97,700	61
7	6	Vincent Mansour	France	193,600	121
7	7	Robert Cohen	France	72,600	45
7	8	Eric Rabut	France	31,400	20
7	9	Rene	Spain	47,700	30

8	1	Rachid Aabbadi	Morocco	10,000	6
8	3	Benjamin Gonzva	France	46,100	29
8	4	Aleksandras Voisnis	Lithuania	37,000	23
8	5	Guy Taylor	United Kingdom	80,700	50
8	6	Johan Guilbert	France	122,200	76
8	7	[Removed:226]	France	70,900	44
8	8	Ludovic Moryousef	France	375,000	234
8	9	Cruel	Spain	109,300	68

9	1	Sonny Franco	France	117,100	73
9	3	Bautist	Spain	228,000	143
9	4	Idir Haiche	France	24,200	15
9	5	Jawad Ben Tahila	Morocco	45,300	28
9	6	Arthur Conan	France	56,000	35
9	7	Corinne Mermet	France	81,600	51
9	8	Javier	Spain	40,400	25
9	9	Oscar	Spain	96,000	60

10	1	[Removed:44]	Iran	108,000	68
10	2	Sarpat	Spain	146,000	91
10	3	Jeremy Eschen	France	50,000	31
10	4	Pedro Cairat	Spain	29,100	18
10	5	Thierry Oldak	France	67,300	42
10	7	Saber Harrazi	France	82,700	52
10	8	Cyril Gouilliou	France	128,200	80
10	9	Christophe Geffroy	France	32,400	20

11	1	BigC	Spain	45,200	28
11	3	Pablo	Spain	185,900	116
11	4	Mohammed Iqbal	United Kingdom	80,900	51
11	5	Teresio Ciancanelli	Italy	36,500	23
11	6	Alexandre Poux	France	30,800	19
11	7	Hamad Almannai	Lebanon	137,900	86
11	8	Benjamin Saada	France	66,000	41
11	9	Alexandre Reard	France	99,500	62

12	1	Belmehel Dja Daouadji	France	321,700	201
12	2	Pierre Barthelemy	France	122,700	77
12	3	Abdelatif	France	41,700	26
12	4	Gabor Catalin	Romania	25,100	16
12	5	Benoit Petiot	France	62,100	39
12	6	Turbado Tomas Jr	Spain	98,000	61
12	7	Aleksandr Zolotukhin	Ukraine	84,900	53
12	8	Denis Esteve	Spain	51,700	32

13	1	Xavier Trarieux	France	166,700	104
13	2	[Removed:445]	Morocco	15,300	10
13	3	Kaspars Butans	Latvia	83,500	52
13	4	Djamel Ouaret	Morocco	69,000	43
13	6	Ringo Stimac	France	42,500	27
13	7	Julien Lemonnier	France	96,700	60
13	8	Yoann Amaudry	France	118,600	74
13	9	Yum	Spain	51,800	32

14	1	Sadry Darwiche	France	80,300	50
14	2	Matiss Celmins	Latvia	44,500	28
14	3	Khier Rezaik	Morocco	105,000	66
14	4	Sylvain Vignals	France	17,700	11
14	5	Tsunamy	Spain	188,400	118
14	6	Ali G	Germany	132,900	83
14	7	Ludovic Sultan	France	60,000	38
14	8	Laurent Miege	France	33,900	21

15	1	Michel Leibgorin	France	261,000	163
15	2	[Removed:146]	France	84,500	53
15	4	Will Davies	United Kingdom	56,200	35
15	5	AD	Spain	109,000	68
15	6	Davy Dardignac Moulon	France	46,100	29
15	7	Pierre Merlin	France	37,600	24
15	8	Jerome Seveno	France	20,000	13
15	9	Xavi	Spain	113,000	71

16	1	Alexandra Laudicina	France	92,200	58
16	3	Remi Pencreach	France	60,000	38
16	4	Daniel II	Spain	55,800	35
16	5	Maxime Lemaitre	France	38,700	24
16	6	Jean-Jacques Chantalat	France	74,400	47
16	7	Smain Mamouni	France	134,000	84
16	8	Il Dieko Rati Vale	Spain	195,200	122
16	9	Julien Lomre	France	16,700	10

17	1	Aly Chahrour	Lebanon	7,900	5
17	2	Lukas Vozdecky	Czech Republic	146,200	91
17	3	Hideki Takafuji	Japan	34,600	22
17	4	Antonio Chemi	Italy	88,500	55
17	5	Hassan Fares	France	103,000	64
17	6	Lionel Grobocopatel	France	65,600	41
17	8	Abdessamade El Mzdadi	Morocco	48,500	30
17	9	Nicolas	France	117,800	74

18	1	Mohamed Derhmain	Morocco	110,300	69
18	2	Jesper Witved	Denmark	56,400	35
18	3	Patrick Caveriviere	France	5,670	4
18	4	RSM	Spain	105,600	66
18	5	Fernando Pons	Spain	77,300	48
18	6	Noureddine Aittaleb	France	37,000	23
18	7	David	Spain	52,000	33
18	8	Agatino Spitaleri	France	196,600	123
18	9	Corbin White	USA	29,900	19

19	1	San	Spain	72,000	45
19	2	Toufik	Morocco	51,900	32
19	3	Dominique Malo	France	17,000	11
19	4	Jean Koja	France	210,800	132
19	5	Fadhil Farag	Morocco	117,000	73
19	6	Damien L'Hommeau	France	90,400	57
19	7	Malek Grabsi	France	40,000	25
19	8	Vivian Anseline	France	82,300	51

Tags: Abdelhadi Kondah Aleksandras Voisnis Alexandre Reard Anas Tadini Aurelie Reard Bernard Guigon Erwann Pecheux Fadhil Farag Fernando Pons Fouad Zouiten Francois Tosques Jean Koja Johan Guilbert Ludovic Moryousef Marius Conan Michel Leibgorin Remi Castaignon Romain Lewis Sarah Herzali Tom Bedell Tsunamy

10-07-2017 00:38 UTC

End-of-Day Chip Counts (full)

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The full chip counts will be published once PokerNews receives them and a recap of today's action is to follow.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Moryousef	375,000
Belmehel Dja Daouadji	321,700	51,700
Daniel	275,600	25,600
Michel Leibgorin	261,000	-12,000
Emile Carette	253,000	253,000
BAUTIST	228,000	18,000
Jean Koja	210,800	30,800
Agatino Spitaleri	196,600	196,600
Il Dieko Rati Vale	195,200	25,200
Vincent Mansour	193,600	43,600
Tsunamy	188,400	123,400
Pablo Redrado	185,900	152,900
Pierrick Burban	181,600	6,600
jos	179,300	19,300
Damien Gayer	174,600	174,600
Xavier Trarieux	166,700	6,700
Lukas Vozdecky	146,200	146,200
Sarpat	146,000	146,000
Anas Belatik	141,000	141,000
Jose Luis Herrero Azoiazu	138,300	138,300
Hamad Almannai	137,900	137,900
Smain Mamouni	134,000	134,000
Ali G	132,900	-27,100
Jean Michel Ploch	132,200	132,200
Paul	128,600	58,600

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10-07-2017 00:34 UTC

Massive Setup Vaults Moryousef to the Top

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

[Removed:445] opened to 2,700 and called the three-bet of Ludovic Moryousef to 8,200 in the small blind. On the flop of , Moryousef continued for 12,000 and Haho called before the appeared on the turn. Moryousef fired a second barrel worth 22,000 and Haho raised to 60,000 before the Frenchman moved all in.

Haho, who was the only player that covered Moryousef, called after long consideration and had just one out to avoid a massive setback.

Ludovic Moryousef:
[Removed:445]:

The fell on the river and Haho was left with fumes, while Moryousef is very likely the chip leader for Day 1.

Player	Chips	Progress
Ludovic Moryousef	375,000	195,000
[Removed:445]	15,000	-185,000

Tags: Ludovic Moryousef

10-07-2017 00:23 UTC

Four Hands to Go

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

The clocks have been stopped and four more hands will be dealt for tonight.

10-07-2017 00:19 UTC

Haho Shows Eights

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

"Time on table 14 please," the dealer demanded while Ludovic Moryousef in the big blind was still to act. Moryousef had defended his big blind against a raise by [Removed:445] and check-called a bet of 3,000 on the flop. After the turn, Moryousef checked and was in the think tank when facing a bet of 13,100.

Once the floor arrived and confirmed that the clocks will be stopped to draw for the last hands, the player apologized and asked not to ask for time. Moryousef folded moments later while Haho nodded and flashed the .

Player	Chips	Progress
[Removed:445]	200,000	30,000
Ludovic Moryousef	180,000	15,000

Tags: Ludovic Moryousef

10-07-2017 00:07 UTC

Koja Takes from Conan

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

On the river of a board , Artur Conan bet twice the pot for 25,000 and Jean Koja didn't believe him. Once Koja called, Conan flipped over for ace-king high and a busted straight draw while Koja won the pot with for a pair of queens.

While Koja has a big stack, he is not near the top of the counts with fewer than half an hour on the clock.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michel Leibgorin	273,000	-7,000
Belmehel Dja Daouadji	270,000	10,000
Daniel	250,000	20,000
BAUTIST	210,000	60,000
Jean Koja	180,000	180,000
Arthur Conan	75,000	5,000

Tags: Artur Conan Jean Koja

10-07-2017 00:00 UTC

Last PMU.fr Pro Standing

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Erwann Pecheux's elimination has reduced the hopes of the PMU.fr Pro Team to just Johan Guilbert, who currently has an above-average stack. Pecheux lost the remainder of his short stack with versus after a flopped nut flush was no good against runner runner magic.

Player	Chips	Progress
Johan Guilbert	95,000	-35,000
Erwann Pecheux	Busted

Tags: Erwann Pecheux Johan Guilbert

10-06-2017 23:48 UTC

Butans and Davies Double

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Kaspars Butans was all in and at risk for 35,100 with the and his table neighbor from Spain looked him up for most of his stack with . Butans got there thanks to the flop and the turn and river kept the Latvian in the lead.

Will Davies also scored a double after his ended up scooping the river against the of Said El Yousfi - the board came .

Player	Chips	Progress
Kaspars Butans	75,000	75,000
Will Davies	55,000	25,000
Said El Yousfi	20,000	-12,000

Tags: Kaspars Butans Said El Yousfi Will Davies

10-06-2017 23:42 UTC

More for Daniel

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

Daniel sent Marius Conan to the rail to boost his stack further, while other Spaniards such as Il Dieko Rati Vale are also rising. Among the non nicknames with big stacks are [Removed:445] and Pierrick Burban.

Player	Chips	Progress
Daniel	230,000	40,000
Pierrick Burban	175,000	175,000
Il Dieko Rati Vale	170,000	10,000
[Removed:445]	170,000	10,000
Ali G	160,000	50,000
Marius Conan	Busted

Tags: Il Dieko Rati Vale Marius Conan