Extended Break
There is an issue Table 2. The tournament is still in break due to a chiprace mistake.
There is an issue Table 2. The tournament is still in break due to a chiprace mistake.
The players are now sent to a 25-minute break, the last break of the day.
Play will resume at blinds 1 000/2 500 with a 2 500 big blind ante.
Players will be back for the last two levels.
Kully Sidhu was one of the player who did not attend Day 1a.
It seems that he arrived quite late today. Sidhu fell to only 9,000 chips and just found a lucky double up with against thanks to a on the turn.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sacha Rymland | 60,000 | 32,000 |
Kuljinder Sidhu | 20,000 | 20,000 |
Ludovic Moryousef | Busted | |
Laurent Benhayoun | Busted | |
Djamel Ouaret | Busted | |
Steve Savio | Busted | |
Stephane Gabarre | Busted |
EPT Champion Remi Castaignon told to PokerNews about a big hand played at his table.
Four players limped before the flop and all chips went in the middle between Mehdi Bilem and an opponent, building a huge 350,000 pot.
With two pairs , Bilem cracked pocket Kings and gathered a massive stack.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Mehdi Bilem | 350,000 | 350,000 |
Alexandre de Zutter | 240,000 | 90,000 |
Remi Castaignon
|
26,000 | |
Tristan Forge | Busted | |
Cedric Angosto | Busted | |
David Foucault | Busted | |
Javier Tsunamy | Busted | |
Said El Yousfi | Busted | |
Bernard Guigon | Busted | |
Akim Aouine | Busted |
Level: 12
Blinds: 1,000/2,000
Ante: 2,000
After multiple entries, Senol Ardic failed to finish the day.
He lost a big flip with pocket Jacks against , a Queen hitting the river.
Guillaume Darcourt was also eliminated in these last minutes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sonny Franco | 120,000 | 90,000 |
Hassan Fares | 55,000 | 55,000 |
Rakesh Lalwani | Busted | |
Matthieu Lamagnere | Busted | |
Guillaume Darcourt
|
Busted | |
Senol Ardic | Busted | |
Cecile Ticherfatine | Busted | |
Shyh Lim
|
Busted |
Fabio Pinho Damaso is building a nice stack in this Day 1b.
The Portuguese player won the 6,000 MAD Mini Main Event a few days ago, for 700,000 MAD (around €63,200) and a Ring.
With this victory, he claimed a WSOP Global Casino Championship package to compete in Las Vegas in June 2023 (a million dollars guaranteed tournament).
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Fabio Pinho Damaso | 210,000 | |
Fabrice Casano | Busted |
He was one of the last player to enter the tournament : Corsican player Stephane Dossetto, who finished fifth in the 20,000 MAD High Roller for 377,000 MAD (around €34,300), failed to increase his stack.
Dossetto busted at the exact same moment of Julien Da Silva's double up.
The player from Bordeaux (in South West of France) opened for 4,300 in early position and the big blind decided to put him at risk. Da Silva quickly called with Aces and 45,0000 chips. He survived against pocket sixes.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Julien Da Silva
|
92,000 | 62,000 |
Stephane Dossetto | Busted | |
Yoann Hillewaere | Busted | |
Antoine Rahal | Busted |
Level: 11
Blinds: 800/1,600
Ante: 1,600
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Sebastien Guidez | Busted | |
Flavien Delestre
|
Busted | |
Eric Sfez | Busted | |
Eric Rabut | Busted | |
Pierre-Antoine Quignard | Busted | |
Jorden Verbraeken | Busted | |
Anas Belatik | Busted | |
Omar Lakhdari | Busted |