Welcome to Day 2 of the 2017 PMU.fr WPT DeepStacks Marrakech 20,000 MAD High Roller
The 2017 PMU.fr WPTDeepStacks Marrakech kicked off a few days ago on September 30th 2017 at the Casino de Marrakech in Morocco. Found in 1952 and part of the luxurious Es Saadi Marrakech Resort complex, the Casino de Marrakech is the leading casino in the region and just a short flight away from Western Europe.
Among the highlights of the 10-day festival is the 13,200 Dirhams (€1,200) Main Event, followed by the 20,000 Dirhams (€1,800) High Roller. The second most-expensive tournament of the festival got underway on October 4th and attracted a field of 139 entries including 30 re-entries during the first 12 levels. Both numbers may change slightly still as the registration remains open until the start of Day 2 as of 3 p.m. local time.
Among those to take part in the High Roller were such familiar names as 2016 November Niner Fernando Pons, Diego Gomez, Javier Zarco and Manuel Lopez, all representing the Spanish flag. Other notables included Isabel Baltazar, Romain Lewis, Johan Guilbert, Erwann Pecheux, Alexandre Reard, Sonny Franco, Imad Derwiche, Fadhil Farag, Said El Yousfi, Anas Tadini and Usman Siddique to name just a few.
Leading the field of 45 Day 1 survivors is Anas Tadini with 372,000 followed by Johan “YoH ViraL” Guilbert (319,500) and Rachid Am (284,500). Also through to Day 2 are Manuel Lopez (204,500), Sonny Franco (165,000), Louis Linard (144,000), Omar Lakhdari (142,000), Bernard Guigon (92,000) and Usman Siddique (89,000). Tadini is third on the Moroccan all-time money list and well-known for being always talkative and very entertaining at the tables.
Registration closes once the cards are back in the air for Day 2 and all new entries will receive 40,000 in chips at blinds of 1,500-3,000 with a running ante of 500. The PokerNews live reporting team will provide updates of the final day until a winner is crowned and the Main Event with a single starting day kicks off at noon the following day.
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on the flop of 
, but the 
turn and 
river failed to improve him. Instead, Cris' quads raked in the pot and the Spaniard joined the big stacks.
and Francois Pirault in the big blind had an easy call with 
.
and Papineau continued for 28,000 before calling the shove of the Spaniard for 100,000.
turn locked up the hand for Papineau and the 
on the river was too little too late for Cris, who ended up as bubble boy of the High Roller.
. Moryousef was ahead with the 
and flopped well on 
. The double was confirmed on the 
river was a mere formality.
. The Spaniard got there and Lewis became the first casualty in the money, earning 35,000 MAD for his efforts.
. The board came 
and the kicker played to eliminate Baltazar in 16th place.
turn, which made the 
and that spelled the end for Pirault in 15th place for 40,000 MAD. "You take it from me and give it to him?" Isabel Baltazar asked when she walked by the table and Pirault just sighed before heading to the payout desk.
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