Ludovic Moryousef doubled his short stack with against Javier Zarco's thanks to a board of . Zarco's stack took a hit as a result and he open-shoved soon after from early position. Once the action was on Mathieu Papineau in the big blind, the Frenchman peeked at his cards and called.
Javier Zarco:
Mathieu Papineau:
After a board of , the fourth Spanish player in a row was sent to the rail. Zarco, who now calls London his home, had to settle for 11th place and a payday of 53,000 MAD.
And then it was five casualties from Spain in a row. Anas Tadini raised to 30,000 and called a three-bet to 76,000 by San out of the blinds. On the flop of , San continued for 50,000 and Tadini moved all in to receive a quick call by San for fewer than 300,000.
San:
Anas Tadini:
The turn and river were both blanks and Tadini sent San to the rail in 10th place.
Before the money bubble, Anas Tadini said loud and proud in table chat he is playing for a top prize. The Moroccan reached the final table, but ultimately Tadini had to settle for 8th place and 78,800 MAD, further adding to his poker resume.
Tadini opened to 35,000 and Rati Vale Il Dieko three-bet to 115,000 in the small blind. Tadini shoved for 260,000 and the Spaniard called.
Anas Tadini:
Rati Vale Il Dieko:
The flop of improved Il Dieko, and the turn and river were both blanks to reduce the field to the last seven hopefuls.
Rachid Am raised to 35,000 and Louis Linard moved all in for around 100,000 from the big blind, which Am called.
Louis Linard:
Rachid Am:
Despite picking up an additional flush draw on ther flop and some further counterfit outs on the turn, Linard failed to improve as the blank fell on the river. For his efforts, Linard takes home 100,000 MAD and the remaining six players are guaranteed at least 130,000 MAD.
Aleksandras Voisnis raised to 53,000 first to act and Rachid Am moved all in from the button. Voisnis motioned with his hand to get a count on the shove and Am was at risk for 458,000. A few seconds passed and Voisnis tossed in a T-5,000 chip for the call.
Rachid Am:
Aleksandras Voisnis:
While Am took the lead on the flop, he was left drawing dead as soon as the appeared on the turn. The meaningless river ended Am's tournament in 6th place and he takes home 130,000 MAD.
Rati Vale Il Dieko raised to 120,000 first to act and Ahoor Parham called from the small blind. Mathieu Papineau moved all in from the big blind and the Spaniard called from one seat over with a very similar stack while Parham mucked .
Rati Vale Il Dieko:
Mathieu Papineau:
The board ran out and the Spaniard doubled for 605,000, leaving Papineau with just 50,000.
Hand 2
Aleksandras Voisnis raised to 110,000 and Papineau called all in for 45,000 from the small blind.
Mathieu Papineau:
Aleksandras Voisnis:
The flop provided to excitement for Papineau, and he was left drawing dead on the turn to leave the table while the fell on the river. Papineau takes home 170,000 MAD for his efforts.
Out of the small blind, Aleksandras Voisnis pushed all in and Johan Guilbert in the big blind called with a stack of around 15 big blinds.
Aleksandras Voisnis:
Johan Guilbert:
While Guilbert was ahead preflop, he fell behind on the flop. The French rail fell silent and the turn and river failed to improve Guilbert, who bowed out in 4th place for 220,000 MAD.
[Removed:44] limped in from the small blind and Rati Vale Il Dieko shoved for what appeared to be 800,000. Ahoor snao-called and his rail jumped out of their seats to check the showdown.
Rati Vale Il Dieko:
[Removed:44]:
"Come on," Ahoor said before the flop fell to give the Spaniard the lead. "Give me a queen," Ahoor demanded and his wish was immediately granted with the turn. A blank river let the French-speaking rail celebrate and Il Dieko was eliminated in 3rd place for 300,000 MAD.
Both remaining players asked for a brief break to look into possible ICM numbers right after.
Disputé sur deux jours, le High Roller WPT DeepStacks Marrakech à 1800€ l'entrée s'est terminé très tard dans la nuit de jeudi à vendredi au Casino de Marrakech.
Les deux derniers survivants ont dealé pour environ 50 000€ et ont joué le trophée. Après un Day 2 de plus de 13 heures, c'est le Lituanien Aleksandras Voisnis qui a battu [Removed:44], qui s'était mis en évidence en terminant runner-up du High Roller du WPO Dublin (avant de faire 18e du Main Event), la semaine dernière.
Agé de 27 ans, Voisnis a connu un tournoi plutôt linéaire, montant un gros stack d'entrée. Le futur vainqueur a bien géré sa finale et remporté un 30-70 contre Johan Guilbert à 4 left. Le Team Pro PMU Poker se serait replacé directement dans le sillage de son bourreau s'il avait tenu sur ce coup là, il a finalement rejoint le rail pour un peu plus de 20 000€.
Trois joueurs avaient décidé de buy-in le tournoi juste avant l'entame du Jour 2, portant l'affluence à 142 entrants. Les participants ont généré un prizepool d'environ 222 000€ et les 17 derniers survivants se sont partagés le magot.
Mathieu Papineau s'est hissé à la 5e place du tournoi alors que Louis Linard (7e) et Anas Tadini (8e) ont atteint l'ultime table. Ludovic Moryousef (9e), Manuel Sadornil (14e), François Pirault (15e), Isabel Baltazar (16e) et Romain Lewis (17e) ont aussi fait le boulot pour au moins un min-cash à un peu plus de 3000€ (35 000 dirhams).
Présents au Jour 2, Alexandre Reard, Sonny Franco, Ricardo Manquant, Bernard Guigon, Usman Siddique et Imad Derwiche n'ont pas fait l'argent. C'est un Espagnol qui souhaite garder l'anonymat qui a échoué à la place de bubble-boy...