The second one-hour dinner break is announced. PokerNews will also be on break.
Updates will be back at 9.45 p.m. Play will resume at blinds 600/1200 with a 1200 big blind ante.
Last weekend, Nicolas Ribeiro won a mid-stakes tournament in his hometown. He took down the BPT Bordeaux in France for €31,310.
He then decided to come to Marrakech to play this WSOPC Main Event.
Ribeiro just took some chips from Javier Tsunamy, hitting the flush with 
on a 
board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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100,000 | 10,000 |
After the second dinner break, reentries and late registration will be over and Day 1a numbers will be official.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Only 5 tables are in action while the rest of the field is in dinner break.
In a three-way pot, with around 15,000 chips in the middle, the board showed 
and Udo Hemmert bet 12,000 in the small blind. Hugues Mazerolle in the big blind called and David Foucault folded.
Hemmert mucked his cards and Mazerolle took the pot without showdown to climb to 50,000.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000 | 50,000 |
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50,000 | 20,000 |
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40,000 | |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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30,000 | 30,000 |
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20,000 | -25,000 |
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6,000 | -6,000 |
Level: 9
Blinds: 500/1,000
Ante: 1,000
Players from Tables 1 to 21 are now in a one-hour dinner break.
With more than 200,000, Thomas Santerne is leading the field.
Known online as 'RetourAuLobby', the French player (who lives in Mexico) won two times the prestigious GGPoker Super Millions.
Mehdi Chaoui and his friend Sacha Rymland share the same table. Rymland just found a double up with pocket Kings.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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200,000 | 200,000 |
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140,000 | 140,000 |
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110,000 | 80,000 |
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90,000 | 60,000 |
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12,000 | -18,000 |
Day 1a is already huge with a field of 400 entrants. Unlimited Re Entries and late registration will end at the end of Level 9.
At the end of this level, half of the players will go in a one-hour dinner break. The other half will play Level 9 and be on break after.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted | |
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Busted |
Pierre-Antoine Quignard opened for 1,600 under the gun and Nicolas Plantin three-bet from the next seat to 4,000.
In the small blind, Udo Hemmert just called and Quignard shoved for 13,600. Both Plantin and Hemmert called.
On the flop 
, Plantin bet 6,500, Hemmert check called. He faced a second bet of 16,000 on the turn 
and check called again. On the river 
, Hemmert took the lead with a 23,000 bet, almost all his stack.
Plantin thought for a while before letting down his hand. Hemmert showed 
for a straight and eliminated Quignard who held Aces.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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160,000 | 132,000 |
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100,000 | 100,000 |
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45,000 | -15,000 |
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Busted |
Level: 8
Blinds: 400/800
Ante: 800
