Main Event Day 1a | 2019 WPTDeepStacks Marrakech

09-19-2019 22:08 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Bruno Fitoussi, Jonathan Therme, Imad Derwiche and Parham Ahoor have all re-entered shortly after the dinner break.

New faces in the field include Javier Tsunamy, Sonny Franco and Robin Hegele.

Player	Chips	Progress
Adrian	110,000 -15,000	-15,000
Javier Tsunamy	50,000 50,000	50,000
Jean-Jack Chantalat	50,000 18,000	18,000
Isabel Baltazar	45,000 5,000	5,000
Ryan Andrade	45,000 10,000	10,000
Carlos Fernandes	31,000 -9,000	-9,000
Bruno Fitoussi	30,000 22,000	22,000
Sonny Franco	30,000 30,000	30,000
Robin Hegele	30,000 30,000	30,000
Jonathan Therme	30,000 30,000	30,000
Imad Derwiche	30,000 30,000	30,000
Parham Ahoor	30,000 30,000	30,000
Fadhil Farag	22,000 -1,000	-1,000
Franck Pace	15,000 -5,000	-5,000
Giancarlo Martagni	10,000 -5,000	-5,000

Tags: Bruno Fitoussi Imad Derwiche Javier Tsunamy Jonathan Therme Robin Hegele Sonny Franco

09-19-2019 22:24 UTC+1

Big-Stacked Table

Will Shillibier

Level 7 : 300/600, 600 ante

Former chip leader Adrian looks like he had handed over a large portion of his chips to tablemate Jean Belkhayat who appears to be the new chip leader with around 150,000 chips.

However, neither player was in action with a three-way all in in progress at their table.

Suago:
Nabil:
Anas Tadini:

It was nicknames galore, with Tadini in bad shape against Nabil's jacks. Suago covered both players and hit his queen on the runout to move up to 110,000, seated to the direct left of Belkhayat.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jean Belkhayat	150,000
Fernando Suago	110,000
Adrian	80,000 -30,000	-30,000
Nabil	Busted
Anas Tadini	Busted

Tags: Anas Tadini Jean Belkhayat Suago Nabil Adrian

Level: 8

Blinds: 400/800

Ante: 800

09-19-2019 22:38 UTC+1

Franco Eliminates Derwiche

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

On a flop Sonny Franco checked to Imad Derwiche. The pair exchanged jokes, with Derwiche holding his stack in his hand hovering it above the felt. Franco mirrored his opponent with his own stack.

Derwiche dropped his chips in the middle and was all in, with Franco snap-calling.

Imad Derwiche:
Sonny Franco:

Derwiche called for a three but the runout saw Franco send Derwiche to the rail.

Player	Chips	Progress
Sonny Franco	50,000 20,000	20,000
Imad Derwiche	Busted

Tags: Sonny Franco Imad Derwiche

09-19-2019 22:44 UTC+1

More Day 1a Pictures

Will Shillibier

09-19-2019 23:07 UTC+1

Two partypoker Pros at the Same Table

Will Shillibier

Level 8 : 400/800, 800 ante

Bertrand Grospellier pictured with Bruno Fitoussi

Bertrand Grospellier has joined the WPTDeepStacks Marrakech Main Event and has been sat at the same table as fellow partypoker Team pro Bruno Fitoussi

Player	Chips	Progress
Bruno Fitoussi	40,000 10,000	10,000
Bertrand Grospellier	30,000

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier Bruno Fitoussi

Level: 9

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

09-19-2019 23:22 UTC+1

Lohnert Moves Among Chip Leaders

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

On a board, Tavor Haouzi checked a pot of around 60,000 to Florian Lohnert who moved all in for 65,500.

Haouzi took his time watching the dealer count out his opponent's stack before flicking his cards into the muck, allowing Lohnert to take down the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Florian Lohnert	140,000
Tavor Haouzi	75,000

Tags: Florian Lohnert Tavor Haouzi

09-19-2019 23:26 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Fernando Suago	235,000 125,000	125,000
Fernando Pons	165,000
Manuel Lopez	145,000
Alexandre De Zutter	115,000
Adrian	85,000 5,000	5,000
Bertrand Grospellier	50,000 20,000	20,000

Bruno Fitoussi	30,000 -10,000	-10,000
Jean Belkhayat	Busted

09-19-2019 23:27 UTC+1

Farag Cracks Kings to Double

Will Shillibier

Level 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Fadhil Farag got his last 15,000 or so chips in the middle on a board with , and his flopped two pair was ahead of the of his opponent Dani Rodriguez.