After having opened to 2,200 and twice folding to a three-bet, flashing the in the first hand and the in the second, Anas Tadini kept yelling something so that the whole casino could hear him. It translates to "and the guy is hot" (et le mec est chaud).
The second player to three-bet the Moroccan was Juan Riera and the Spaniard is among the big stacks with just under 200,000 in chips.
A Dan Bilzerian look-alike from Spain just busted and went on to discuss the story with "El Gran Tito", who happens to have purchased a re-entry during the ninth level and jumped back into the action. Fouad Zouiten was sitting one table over but is now in another Side Event as well.
Within the past 10 minutes, as many players have been running out of chips and 151 currently remain.
Jessica Drissi raised from under the gun and was called by Fahd Bennani Smires in middle position as well as the player in the big blind. Driss continued for 2,800 on the flop to get a call from Bennani Smires whereas the other player folded. The turn was checked through and Bennani Smires quickly called a bet of 7,200 on the river.
Drissi flipped over for a full house and the Moroccan tapped the table. Bennani Smires shoved the next hand to claim the blinds and antes without getting called.
Tournament staff has confirmed that there were a total of 313 entries on Day 1b, boosting the overall attendance to 484 entries. This is only 19 entries shy of beating the record in terms of participation in Morocco, however the PMU.fr WPT National Marrakech only had a buy-in of 13,200 Dirhams.
Manuel Makiadi has sent Jessy Marillaud to the rail after his flush draw with arrived on the river and made Marillaud's top pair worthless. Other bustouts include Said El Yousfi as well as Gwendoline Laurent.
Patrick Sacrispeyre first lost a huge pot with a set of sevens that turned into a full house when his opponent had flopped the higher set of jacks. Down to 15,000 chips he more than tripled up and then ran with pocket kings into pocket aces for 55,000 in chips.
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Tournament staff is currently verifying the final numbers for Day 1b and the screens currently show 313 entries. This would make for 484 entries overall and contains 125 re-entries. For the third-last level of the night, 173 players remain.