Main Event Day 1b | 2018 WPTDeepStacks Marrakech

Main Event

Day 1b Started

09-28-2018 10:11 UTC

Day 1b of the 2018 WPTDeepStacks Marrakech Main Event Starts at 1 p.m.

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At 1 p.m. local time, cards will be back in the air for the second and — presumably — bigger starting day of the 2018 WPTDeepStacks Marrakech Main Event. Yesterday saw 53 out of 161 players make their way through, including Kalidou Sow and Tobias Peters. The current chipleader is Yves Rolland, who bagged the overnight lead with 212,500.

Like the first day, Day 1b will feature twelve levels of 40 minutes each, with a 15-minute break after every three levels. A 75-minute dinner break will be held after level 9 and players can enter and reenter up until the start of level 10. Players will get 30,000 in chips to work with to try and capture WPTDeepStacks gold.

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Day 1 Blind Structure

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
1	100	100
2	100	200
3	100	200	100
15-minute break
4	100	200	200
5	200	300	300
6	200	400	400
15-minute break
7	300	500	500
8	300	600	600
9	400	800	800
75-minute dinner break
10	500	1,000	1,000
11	600	1,200	1,200
12	800	1,600	1,600

Level: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

09-28-2018 12:24 UTC

[MAD 20,000 High Roller] Henrique Pinho Wins Over $50,000 in High Roller

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Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Besides the Main Event, the nine-day WPT DeepStacks Marrakech festival at Casino de Marrakech sports 18 other tournaments, ranging in buy-in from MAD 1,400 (appr. $150) all the way up to MAD 30,000 (appr. $3,200). One of the highlights of the schedule, the MAD 20,000 High Roller wrapped up deep in the morning, where a prize pool of nearly 3 million Moroccon dirhams was to be divided.

The victory went to Henrique Pinho of Portugal, who received MAD 489,500 (appr. $51,843) after a three-way deal was struck with Clement Delacroix and [Removed:44] around 5 a.m. Several notables made a deep run in this event, including Marius Conan (4th - MAD 245,000), Jean Montury (7th - MAD 112,000), and Anas Tanidi (9th - MAD 70,000).

2018 WPTDeepStacks Marrakech MAD 20,000 High Roller Results

Place	Player	Country	Prize (MAD)
1	Henrique Pinho	Portugal	489,500 MAD*
2	Clement Delacroix	France	476,000 MAD*
3	[Removed:44]	France	454,500 MAD*
4	Marius Conan	France	245,000 MAD
5	Laurent [Removed:250]	France	190,000 MAD
6	Valeriana Toledano Moreno	Spain	145,000 MAD
7	Jean Montury	France	112,000 MAD
8	Kader Medjahed	France	88,800 MAD
9	Anas Tadini	Morocco	70,000 MAD

Tags: Clement Delacroix Henrique Pinho Jean Montury Marius Conan

09-28-2018 12:29 UTC

In the Field

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Level 1 : 100/100, 0 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Rakesh Lalwani	30,000 30,000	30,000
Selim Oulmekki	30,000 30,000	30,000
Danny van Zijp	30,000 30,000	30,000
Tsunamy	30,000 30,000	30,000
Kamel Atoui	30,000
Diego Gomez	30,000
Jean Karam	30,000 30,000	30,000
Kamal Sefrioui	30,000

Level: 2

Blinds: 100/200

Ante: 0

09-28-2018 13:01 UTC

Early Chop Action

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Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

They say everyone loves a chop pot, and it appeared those at table 7 concurred as they were all smiling after the hand got divided. On a flop, Michael Zibi bet 1,000, Ricardo Hewitt and Diego Gomez both called.

The turn brought the and Zibi bet 2,000. Hewitt check-raised to 4,000, Gomez folded, and Zibi called. On the river, Hewitt bet 10,000 and Zibi called right away.

Ricardo Hewitt:
Michael Zibi:

King-high straight for both and the pot got divided in two.

Player	Chips	Progress
Michael Zibi	31,000 31,000	31,000
Ricardo Hewitt	31,000 31,000	31,000
Diego Gomez	28,500 -1,500	-1,500

Tags: Diego Gomez Michael Zibi Ricardo Hewitt

09-28-2018 13:17 UTC

Flush for Gomez

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Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Diego Gomez' cards were already tabled, showing in front of him on a board. A queen-high flush, and a hand Philippe Dabrowksi couldn't match as his hand was face-down in the muck.

Gomez, a fixture on the European circuit with nearly 500k in lifetime cashes, was all in for 18,000 on the river and Dabrowksi had to part with that amount.

Player	Chips	Progress
Diego Gomez	50,000 21,500	21,500
Philippe Dabrowski	27,000

Tags: Diego Gomez Philippe Dabrowski

09-28-2018 13:22 UTC

Van Zijp First to the Rail

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Level 2 : 100/200, 0 ante

Coming from The Netherlands, Danny van Zijp has traveled along with Tobias Peters to discover Marrakech, but his first taste of the WPTDeepStacks Main Event turned out pretty sour when the Dutchman became the first to hit the rail.

Action was on the turn with around 8,500 in the middle with the board reading . Van Zijp bet 5,100, Kamal Sefrioui check-raised all in for over 30,000 and Van Zijp called for his tournament life.

Danny van Zijp:
Kamal Sefrioui:

The river kept Van Zijp's hand second best and he departed the tournament area. The Dutchman has until the start of level 10 if he decided to reenter.