2019 WPTDeepStacks Marrakech

Main Event
Day: 2
Event Info

2019 WPTDeepStacks Marrakech

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
k7
Prize
1,100,000 MAD
Event Info
Buy-in
13,200 MAD
Prize Pool
6,236,000 MAD
Entries
545
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000

Tosques Moves Among the Leaders

Level 16 : 2,500/5,000, 5,000 ante
Francois Tosques
Francois Tosques

Francois Tosques has picked up a big stack and is putting it to good use, shoving on the short stacks behind him.

On one occasion a player behind him called all in for 75,000 with {a-Spades}{k-Diamonds}. Tosques turned over {4-Clubs}{6-Clubs} but absolutely smashed the flop with {4-Diamonds}{7-Clubs}{9-Clubs} giving him a pair and a flush draw. The turn was the {q-Spades} and the river {2-Hearts} saw Tosques eliminate his opponent and move up the chip counts.

Meanwhile, the tournament is just two eliminations away from the money.

Player Chips Progress
Francois Tosques fr
Francois Tosques
590,000
180,000
180,000
Defending Champion
Souhayi Fjer
Souhayi Fjer
Busted
Thierry Gogniat fr
Thierry Gogniat
Busted
Toufik ma
Toufik
Busted

Tags: Francois Tosques

Michaelis' Stack Takes a Knock

Level 14 : 1,500/300, 3,000 ante
Paul Michaelis
Paul Michaelis

On a flop of {9-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{7-Diamonds} Pepe checked out of the small blind and Paul Michaelis bet 26,000. Pepe check-raised all in for 115,000 and after asking for a count, Michaelis called.

Paul Michaelis: {a-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}
Pepe: {q-Spades}{q-Clubs}

The turn {5-Spades} and river {4-Diamonds} changed nothing and Pepe doubled up.

Player Chips Progress
Pepe es
Pepe
370,000
280,500
280,500
Paul Michaelis de
Paul Michaelis
190,000
-180,000
-180,000

Tags: Paul MichaelisPepe

Triple for Sahiaoui with Straight Flush

Level 14 : 1,500/300, 3,000 ante
WPTDS Marrakech
WPTDS Marrakech

Reda Sahiaoui got his last 47,000 in with {q-Clubs}{10-Clubs} on a {j-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{k-Clubs} flop against two opponents, Adel Ben who held {q-Spades}{k-Diamonds} and Tarek Bouchama with {a-Clubs}{4-Clubs}.

The turn was the {7-Diamonds} and the river {9-Clubs} completed Bouchama's flush, but Sahiaoui had rivered a straight flush and tripled to well over 150,000 in chips.

Player Chips Progress
Reda Sahiaoui
Reda Sahiaoui
150,000
77,500
77,500
Adel Ben fr
Adel Ben
80,000
-3,500
-3,500
Tarek Bouchama fr
Tarek Bouchama
60,000
-72,000
-72,000

Tags: Adel BenReda SahiaouiTarek Bouchama

Fath-Eddine Leads 158 Survivors Ahead of WPTDS Marrakech Day 2

WPTDeepStacks Marrakech
WPTDeepStacks Marrakech

From a record field of 545 just 158 players remain coming into Day 2 of the WPTDeepStacks Marrakech Main Event. Held at the Es Saadi Resort and in conjunction with the Casino de Marrakech, the players coming back will all have their sights set on making it through to Sunday's final day and a chance at being crowned the latest WPTDS Champion.

However, in order to do so they will first have to get through eleven 60-minute levels when cards get in the air at 12:00 local time. This increase from the 40 minutes on Day 1a and 1b will mean that extra little bit of play when it comes to navigating their way towards the money bubble and beyond.

Sitting in pole position is Day 1a chip leader Ismail Fath-Eddine (428,500) who is the only player over the 400,000 mark. Behind him sits Nabil Ben Azzouz (349,000) and Paul Michaelis (308,000) who are the only other players over 300,000 in chips.

Other notable players still in the field include Bruno Fitoussi (52,000), Bertrand Grospellier (74,000), defending champion Francois Tosques (158,000), Alexandre Reard (27,000), Bernard Guigon (99,000), Pierre Antoine Quignard (46,000), Erwann Pecheux (67,000), Arthur Conan (120,000) and former Premier League footballer Jimmy Kebe (29,500).

Registration closed yesterday and as soon as the prize pool information is available we will publish it right here on PokerNews. Stay tuned to keep up to date with all the action as it happens at the latest WPTDS stop.

Tags: Alexandre ReardArthur ConanBernard GuigonBertrand GrospellierBruno FitoussiErwann PecheuxFrancois TosquesJimmy KebePaul MichaelisPierre Antoine Quignard