A lot of new players took a seat and Eric Sfez didn't take long to knockout a player.
With 
, Sfez cracked the pocket Kings of a shortstack to climb to 70,000 chips. Imad Derwiche and Pierre-Antoine Quignard registered at the same table.
The regular French midstakes player Hervé Gouzil just won a nice pot. Second to act, Gouzil opened for 900 and a player in middle position decided to three-bet to 3,800. Gouzil called and the flop revealed 
.
Gouzil check-called a 5,000 bet and both players checked the turn 
and the river 
.
Gouzil showed 
, a set found on the turn, enough to crack 
hold by his opponent.
After an early bustout, Michel Leibgorin is back in the field.
The French player opened for 1,100 in middle position and Kenny Deffrasnes called in the small blind. A player in the big blind three-bet to 4,000 and both Leibgorin and Deffrasnes decided to fold.
Tournament director Mickael Millat just confirmed the split dinner break later today.
The first bullet was not good for WSOP commentator Lon McEachern. Jonathan Therme told PokerNews that McEachern lost with aces. He hit a set but his opponent found a straight to eliminate the American journalist.
French player Anthony Lellouche just reentered the field.
Level: 5
Blinds: 200/400
Ante: 400
On the Casino de Marrakech Twitch and YouTube channels, you can follow the 6,000,000 MAD High Roller final table live stream with cards up coverage (30-minute delay).
To prevent the final day from lasting too long, the Tournament director just announced that two more levels will be played tonight. So the end of the day can be expected at approximately 1.45 a.m.
The dinner break will be cut in two, half of the players will have a one-hour dinner break at the end of Level 8, and the other half at the end of Level 9.
He just arrived in this Day 1a field : French WSOP bracelet winner Romain Le Dantec won the first Ring Event of the festival, the 4,500 MAD Opener for a nice prize of 1,450,000 MAD (around €41,000).
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