Bruno Caron was sitting pretty on a stack of close to 90,000 and he told us how he was responsible for both of the eliminations so far today - in the same hand!
The button had opened to 300, with Caron three-betting to 800 out of the small blind. The big blind four-bet to 3,500 and both opponents called.
Caron checked the flop and the big blind continud for 5,000. The button called and Caron check-raised to 13,000.
The big blind tank-called, before the button moved all in. Caron shoved and the big blind also called creating a three-way all in.
Bruno Caron:
Button:
Big Blind:
Two sets and pocket aces made for quite a first level showdown, and according to Caron the board bricked as he sent two players to the rail.
After the 213 players yesterday, it's been a slow start to Day 1b with just 44 players registered so far. Italian Achille Voltolina is a regular on the Moroccan felt, with 15 lifetime cashes in the African country.
The beautiful Casino de Marrakech at the Es Saadi resort is ready for Day 1b of the WPTDeepStacks Main Event. After 213 players joined proceedings yesterday, plenty more will jump into the field to start their journey to become the latest WPTDS champion.
They'll all be wanting to bag plenty of chips ahead of Day 2, but Ismail Fath-Eddine is the man to catch after bagging up a mammoth 428,500 in chips from his 30,000 starting stack.
Players will have twelve 40-minute levels on Day 1b, with late registration open for ten of them. There will be 15-minute breaks after levels three and six, with a 75-minute dinner break after level nine.
Day 1 Blind Structure
Level
Small Blind
Big Blind
Ante
1
100
100
2
100
100
100
3
100
200
200
15-minute break
4
100
300
300
5
200
400
400
6
300
500
500
75-minute break
7
300
600
600
8
400
800
800
9
500
1000
1000
15-minute break
10
600
1200
1200
11
800
1600
1600
12
1000
2000
2000
Plenty of big names will be in the field after the conclusion of the High Roller yesterday, so stay tuned to PokerNews as we keep you up to date with all the action.