Main Event
Jour 1 terminé
Main Event
Jour 1 terminé
After an exciting High Roller that saw Spaniard Nabil Cardoso Walk away a $66,873-winner, today it was time for the Main Event of the 2016 PMU.fr WPT National Marrakech. After 11 levels of play, it's Deauville High Roller champion Eric Sfez in the lead, bagging 268,800 from a 30,000-starting stack.
The day started out slow with just 100 players signed up, but that soon changed as poker lovers from all over the world came to Casino Marrakech. International poker superstars like Barny Boatman, Kully Sidhu, Tony Dunst and Natalia Breviglieri made their way to the poker room, together with a whole slate of famous French players. The likes of Erwann Pecheux, Paul François Tedeschi, Eric Sfez and Antoine Saout all bought in for MAD 13,200 ($1,350).
Players had the option to reenter once within the first 8 levels, and a total of 74 players made use of that option. The total amount of entries came to 396, slightly less than last year's edition. That makes for a first place prize of MAD 950,000 ($97,586), with a total of 45 players making it into the money. The min-cash will be worth MAD 24,000 ($2,465). This event, with just a single starting day, will reach the money tomorrow on Day 2.
Tony Dunst is one of the players returning for the battle that is Day 2. He quietly grinded his stack up to 124,700 without the need to reenter. He started out next to partypoker pro Natalia Breviglieri. She did buy in twice as she was eliminated early on with king-ten suited against pocket sevens. She did much better on her second bullet, bagging 143,400.
Barny Boatman was also in need of a second buy in after he slow played aces in the hopes of a squeeze happy player triggering more pre-flop action. That plan did not work out and when he shoved for pot on a draw-heavy flop, he was called by two players; both with sets. Boatman bought back in and did much better, till the last level of the night. He flopped the nut flush and bet all three streets. One of his opponents had flopped two pair and had turned that hand into a full house on the river. Bad luck for Boatman who's forced to come back on Day 2 with 12,500 in chips (8 big blinds).
The 30,000-starting stack wasn't close to enough for a whole lot of players. Several went broke within the first level of play and the steady flow of bust outs wasn't halted at any point during the day. A total of 127 survived the day, returning tomorrow with the first level being 800/1,600 with a 200-ante.
The tournament commences Saturday noon, and the plan is to play down to a final table. That means another long day awaits for those who'll make it till the end. For all others, the lavish player party at Theatro Marrakech should offer comfort.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Eric Sfez |
268,800
204,800
|
204,800 |
Abdelhadi Kondah |
238,800
238,800
|
238,800 |
Daniel Barriocanal |
233,000
233,000
|
233,000 |
Mouad Benharmach |
230,200
3,500
|
3,500 |
Mahmood Sheikh
|
228,900
228,900
|
228,900 |
Julien Lemperiere |
223,300
223,300
|
223,300 |
Quentin Roussey |
222,300
192,300
|
192,300 |
Mathieu Maroccini |
218,800
218,800
|
218,800 |
Damien Luis |
210,500
70,500
|
70,500 |
Abdenbi Abida |
202,400
202,400
|
202,400 |
Leonardo Rodriguez Torre |
196,300
196,300
|
196,300 |
Mohammed Lahlou |
185,900
185,900
|
185,900 |
Cyril Gomez |
178,000
178,000
|
178,000 |
Jose Oliveira
|
175,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
Xavier Riera Tayeda
|
175,000
175,000
|
175,000 |
Sebastien Boyard |
172,400
172,400
|
172,400 |
[Removed:432]
|
170,000
170,000
|
170,000 |
Henrik Voigt
|
166,100
166,100
|
166,100 |
Najib Tahiri |
165,200
165,200
|
165,200 |
Luigi Macaluso |
162,000
162,000
|
162,000 |
Rachid Rami |
161,000
161,000
|
161,000 |
Joao Pinto Correia |
160,800
160,800
|
160,800 |
Jerome Sgorrano |
153,500
47,500
|
47,500 |
Fernandez |
151,000
151,000
|
151,000 |
Sergio Raton |
149,000
149,000
|
149,000 |
And the day is done. We return to you shortly with an end of day recap and chip count information.
From the hijack, Romain Matteoli opened. Action folded to Paul François Tedeschi in the small blind and he three-bet to 8,700. The big blind folded, Matteoli called.
The flop came and Tedeschi bet 6,800. Matteoli was quick to raise it up to 18,300 and Tedeschi tanked.
After some time, Tedeschi shoved all in for 54,400 total. Matteoli mucked eventually.
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Paul François Tedeschi
|
84,300
24,300
|
24,300 |
With a total field of 396 entries, the prize pool tallied up to MAD 4,547,500. MAD 950,000 of that will go to the winner on Sunday. A total of 45 players will get in the money in the 2016 PMU.fr WPT National Marrakech Main Event.
Position | Prize in MAD | Prize in € (±) | Prize in $ (±) |
---|---|---|---|
1 | MAD 950,000 | €86,788 | $97,586 |
2 | MAD 650,000 | €59,381 | $66,769 |
3 | MAD 450,000 | €41,110 | $46,224 |
4 | MAD 323,000 | €29,508 | $33,179 |
5 | MAD 248,000 | €22,656 | $25,475 |
6 | MAD 198,000 | €18,088 | $20,339 |
7 | MAD 158,000 | €14,434 | $16,230 |
8 | MAD 128,000 | €11,693 | $13,148 |
9 | MAD 103,000 | €9,410 | $10,580 |
10 - 11 | MAD 83,000 | €7,582 | $8,526 |
12 - 13 | MAD 68,000 | €6,212 | $6,985 |
14 - 15 | MAD 58,000 | €5,299 | $5,957 |
16 - 17 | MAD 50,000 | €4,568 | $5,136 |
18 - 20 | MAD 43,000 | €3,928 | $4,417 |
21 - 23 | MAD 36,500 | €3,334 | $3,749 |
24 - 27 | MAD 31,000 | €2,832 | $3,184 |
28 - 36 | MAD 27,000 | €2,467 | $2,774 |
37 - 45 | MAD 24,000 | €2,192 | $2,465 |
* Pay out is in MAD, prizes in € and $ via XE.com
Niveau: 11
Blinds: 600/1,200
Ante: 200
The last 15-minute break of the night just commenced. When the players return, one more level is to be played.
After one player limped, Sarah Herzali shoved for her last 11,000. She got called in two spots, one of them being the limper. As per usual here in Marrakech, the two remaining players quickly checked down the queen-high board. Herzali showed queens for top set and the two players mucked. Triple up!
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Sarah Herzali |
35,000
24,000
|
24,000 |
partypoker pro Natalia Breviglieri had just doubled up with aces and was involved in a sizable hand right after.
From early position, Dimitri Sukhorukov made it 2,300 and the cutoff called, as did the small blind and Breviglieri in the big blind. Both blinds checked on and Sukhorukov fired 3,300. The cutoff folded, the small blind and Breviglieri both called.
The hit the turn and after another two checks, Sukhorukov bet 8,000. This time, just Breviglieri called.
Both of them checked the on the river and Sukhorukov showed while Breviglieri tabled . Chop it up!
Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
---|---|---|
Dimitri Sukhorukov |
140,000
140,000
|
140,000 |
Natalia Breviglieri |
128,000
48,000
|
48,000 |