Main Event | 2018 WPTDeepStacks Marrakech

09-30-2018 13:58 UTC

Chevalier in the Tank

Yori Epskamp

Level 24 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Mathieu Chevalier raised to 60,000 from under the gun and Fabio Pinho Damaso called from the cutoff. The flop was and Damaso called 50,000 from Chevalier. Both players checked the on the turn.

On the river, Chevalier checked, Damaso bet 210,000 and Chevalier went deep in the tank. He shifted in his seat for minutes and eventually got the clock called on him. After nearly five minutes, he opted to call it off.

Damaso showed for eights full and Chevalier mucked in disgust

Player	Chips	Progress
Fabio Pinho Damaso	2,500,000 205,000	205,000

Mathieu Chevalier	470,000 -210,000	-210,000

Tags: Fábio Pinho Dâmaso Mathieu Chevalier

09-30-2018 14:04 UTC

Final Day Photos

Yori Epskamp

Photos by Tomas Stacha/WPT.

09-30-2018 14:10 UTC

Another Double for Montury

Yori Epskamp

Level 24 : 15,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

Mathieu Papineau raised on the button, Jean Montury shoved 205,000 from the blinds and Papineau called.

Jean Montury:
Mathieu Papineau:

Montury flopped a full house on a board for another double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathieu Papineau	800,000
Jean Montury	470,000 190,000	190,000

Tags: Jean Montury Mathieu Papineau

Level: 25

Blinds: 15,000/30,000

Ante: 30,000

09-30-2018 14:22 UTC

Sanchez on Life Support

Yori Epskamp

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

In the final hand of the previous level, Alex Sanchez open-shoved 500,000 on the button and Abdullatif Attia folded his small blind. Yves Rolland looked at his cards in the big blind and instantly put his stack in.

Yves Rolland:
Alex Sanchez:

The dealer fanned out and Sanchez was left with a mere 10,000. The blinds went up and he called those chips all in the next hand. It got checked down four-way on . Sanchez showed and much to everyone's surprise, his deuce was good enough to septuple up.

Player	Chips	Progress
Yves Rolland	1,000,000 450,000	450,000
Alex Sanchez	70,000 -1,130,000	-1,130,000

Tags: Alex Sanchez Yves Rolland

09-30-2018 14:44 UTC

Alex Sanchez Eliminated in 15th Place (62,000 MAD / €5,668)

Yori Epskamp

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Alex Sanchez was able to survive another orbit and had 70,000 when he was seated in the big blind. He posted the big blind ante of 30,000, the big blind of 30,000 and held 10,000 behind. Kalidou Sow raised in middle position and Sanchez called all in.

Alex Sanchez:
Kalidou Sow:

It was all Sow on an board and Sanchez headed out in 15th.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kalidou Sow	1,200,000 -200,000	-200,000
Alex Sanchez	Busted

Tags: Alex Sanchez Kalidou Sow

09-30-2018 14:46 UTC

Tosques Doubles Through Damaso

Yori Epskamp

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

Fabio Pinho Damaso raised to 60,000 from early position, Francois Tosques three-bet shoved 695,000 from middle position and Damaso called.

Francois Tosques:
Fabio Pinho Damaso:

Tosques flopped a queen on a flop to take the lead and doubled up after the board ran out .

Player	Chips	Progress
Francois Tosques	1,470,000 875,000	875,000
Fabio Pinho Damaso	1,200,000 -1,300,000	-1,300,000

Tags: Fabio Pinho Damaso Francois Tosques

09-30-2018 15:01 UTC

Sow Takes A Bite Out of Pecheur

Yori Epskamp

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

On a completed board of , Kalidou Sow bet 350,000 and David Pecheur called it off. Sow showed and Pecheur mucked his hand.

Player	Chips	Progress
Kalidou Sow	1,750,000 550,000	550,000
David Pecheur	725,000 -550,000	-550,000

Tags: David Pecheur Kalidou Sow

09-30-2018 15:05 UTC

Miguel Couceiro Eliminated in 14th Place (62,000 MAD / €5,668)

Yori Epskamp

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

In the first of two hands that led to Miguel Couceiro's demise, he and Mathieu Papineau got it both in and were all smiles when they revealed the same pair.

Miguel Couceiro:
Mathieu Papineau:

"Come on, no joke, just split pot please," Couceiro said. The sweat became very real though, as the flop appeared . The on the turn was safe for Couceiro, but the on the river improved Papineau to an improbable flush.

The Portuguese had to fork over 760,000 of his chips to Papineau and was left with a mere 160,000. After folding his big blind, the next hand it was Jaouad Abida raised to 90,000 on the button, Couceiro shoved his final 110,000 from the small blind, Papineau called from the big blind and Abida could only call as well.

The flop got checked by both players. Papineau bet 105,000 on the turn and Abida open-folded .

Miguel Couceiro:
Mathieu Papineau:

Papineau finished what he had started with yet another club flush and Couceiro was drawing dead, making the river merely one for the statistics. He finished in 14th place and received 62,000 MAD.

Player	Chips	Progress
Mathieu Papineau	2,000,000 1,200,000	1,200,000
Miguel Couceiro	Busted

Tags: Mathieu Papineau Miguel Couceiro

09-30-2018 15:10 UTC

Mathieu Chevalier Eliminated in 13th Place (75,000 MAD / €6,856)

Yori Epskamp

Level 25 : 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

In a blind on blind battle, Tobias Peters raised from the small blind and a short-stack Mathieu Chevalier went all in for around 300,000. Peters wasn't going anywhere and quickly made the call.

Mathieu Chevalier:
Tobias Peters:

The flop brought to give each player a pair. Neither turn nor river changed anything and Chevalier busted shortly before the break in 13th.