Jonathan Therme has five cashes here in Marrakech, and has improved his chances of another and his first since 2015 after soaring up the chip counts.
He started the day with just 160,000 and moved up to 400,000 fairly quickly. However, after break he now sits on 710,000 and is the clear chip leader with the money bubble just 17 eliminations away.
Level: 15
Blinds: 2,000/4,000
Ante: 4,000
Players are heading off on their first 15-minute break of the day with 98 players remaining and 71 guaranteed in the money.
On a flop of 
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: 
Pepe: 
The turn 
and river 
changed nothing and Pepe doubled up.
Reda Sahiaoui got his last 47,000 in with 
on a 
flop against two opponents, Adel Ben who held and Tarek Bouchama with 
.
The turn was the and the river 
completed Bouchama's flush, but Sahiaoui had rivered a straight flush and tripled to well over 150,000 in chips.
Today we will play until the end of Level 23. There will be a 75-minute dinner break at the end of Level 19. They will then return to play four levels before bagging up.
The WPTDS High Roller went to an extra day, and play resumed after the Main Event wrapped for Day 1b. Eventually, the tournament finished at 4am with Arthu Conan crowned the champion, taking home 800,000 MAD (€~75,000) and the title.
Sadly, he is among the recent eliminations from the Main Event along with Alexandre Reard and Serdir Demircan.
Level: 14
Blinds: 1,500/300
Ante: 3,000
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