MPO Main Event | 2023 Marrakech Poker Open

2023-03-19 14:30 UTC+2

Ten Players Left; Only One Will Win Marrakech Poker Open Main Event Today!

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It took three starting flights and a near 11-hour Day 2 to whittle the 295-entry field of the 2023 Marrakech Poker Open 15,000 MAD Main Event down to its final ten hopefuls. Each of them has already locked up 68,000 MAD (€6,200) but the main prize awarded at the end of the night is the 770,000 MAD first place prize ( €70,200) and the rights to take the trophy home.

Casino de Marrakech, located in the stunning Es Saadi Resort in the vibrant Moroccan city of Marrakech, will once again deliver a breathtaking final table stage for the finalists to contest for the lion's share of the 3,849,500 MAD prize pool and the six-figure first place prize. Leading the way is French Adrien Sanz, who will start the day with 2,080,000 in chips.

Following Damaso are winner of the 2014 WPT National Marrakech Mostafa Boukri (1,945,000) and Nuno Correia (1,040,000) while well-known player Karim Lehoussine is the fourth contestant over the million mark with a stack of 1,020,000.

Besides them, a few other notables are still in the race, promising an exciting final table, such as Rosalie Petit (765,000), Thierry Gogniat (420,000) and the recent runner-up of MPO Hight Roller Dinesh Alt (250,000) who will be back in the short stack position .

2023 Marrakech Poker Open Main Event Final Day Chip Counts

RANK	PLAYER	COUNTRY	CHIP COUNT	BIG BLINDS*
1	Adrien Sanz	France	2,080,000	83
2	Mostafa Boukri	Morocco	1,945,000	78
3	Nuno Correia	Portugual	1,040,000	42
4	Karim Lehoussine	France	1,020,000	41
5	Rosalie Petit	France	765,000	31
6	Jorge Bouquet	Portugual	665,000	27
7	Thierry Gogniat	France	420,000	17
8	Thierry Morel	France	380,000	15
9	Said Basri	France	280,000	11
10	Dinesh Alt	Switzerland	250,000	10

Cards will be back in the air at 2.00 p.m. local time, where level 23 10,000/25,000 and a big blind ante of 25,000 will be played out. It will be streamed with a 30-minute delay with Quentin Lecomte and Ronan Monfort in the commentary booth.

As usual, PokerNews will be on the floor start to finish as we crown a new MPO Main Event Champion in Casino de Marrakech today!

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2023-03-19 17:04 UTC+2

Lucky Double Up for Morel

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Nível 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

All the chips went in the middle preflop between Karim Lehoussine and Thierry Morel at risk for his last 260,000.

Morel held and was in bad shape for the double up, facing in Lehoussine's hand. However, a board came up to give pair of sixes to Morel to stay alive in the tournament.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Karim Lehoussine	1,100,000	100,000
Thierry Morel	570,000	300,000

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2023-03-19 17:07 UTC+2

Said Basri Eliminated in 10th Place (€6,200)

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Nível 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

It folded to Said Basri in the small blind who shoved for his last 240,000. Mostafa Boukri snap-called and they tabled their cards:

Said Basri:
Mostafa Boukri:

Basri had the bad news to have the dominated hand and couldn't find any help on a board to bubble the final table and collect €6,200 for his 10th place finish.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mostafa Boukri	2,100,000	300,000
Said Basri	Eliminado

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2023-03-19 18:21 UTC+2

Alt Doubles through Boukri

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Nível 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

It folded to Mostafa Boukri on the button who shoved, putting Thierry Morel and Dinesh Alt at risk. After Morel folded, Alt snap-callled and the two players tabled their cards:

Dinesh Alt:
Mostafa Boukri:

Alt had to win the flip for his tournament's life, which he did after the board brought , bringing him a king on the river.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mostafa Boukri	1,600,000	-475,000
Dinesh Alt	915,000	450,000

Tags: Mostafa Boukri Thierry Morel

2023-03-19 18:54 UTC+2

Rosalie Petit Eliminated in 9th Place (€7,840)

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Nível 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante

The table folded to Adrien Sanz in the small blind who shoved, putting Rosalie Petit at risk for her remaining stack of 315,000. The latter immediately called and they tabled their cards:

Rosalie Petit:
Adrien Sanz:

Petit had good hopes for a double up, but the flop gave a pair of tens to Sanz with and Petit made her way to the payout desk after the and completed the board.

She collected €7,840 for her deep run in the Main Event.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Adrien Sanz	1,900,000	400,000
Rosalie Petit	Eliminado

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2023-03-19 19:16 UTC+2

Jorge Bouquet Eliminated in 8th Place (€9,850)

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Nível 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante

In the cutoff, Adrien Sanz decided to raise to 80,000 and called a three-bet from Jorge Bouquet on the button worth 200,000.

Things heated on the flop . Bouquet continued for 175,000 after Sanz checked and the latter went deep into the tank before announcing all in, putting Bouquet at risk. The latter snap-called with 730,000 chips left and the cards were revealed:

Jorge Bouquet:
Adrien Sanz:

Bouquet was in great shape for the double up but the turn gave more outs to Sanz. The French player found one of the cards he needed on the river and eliminated Bouquet thanks to a pair of tens.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Adrien Sanz	2,900,000	1,000,000
Jorge Bouquet	Eliminado

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2023-03-19 20:42 UTC+2

Dinesh Alt Eliminated in 7th Place (€12,220)

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Nível 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Dinesh Alt, in the small blind, shoved for 655,000 after a raise from Mostafa Boukri seated in the cutoff and the latter tanked a minute before calling with a slightly higher stack:

Dinesh Alt:
Mostafa Boukri:

Alt had the best starting hand but the flop showed , giving more outs to Boukri for a straight draw.

The bricked on the turn but a appeared river to give a pair of tens to Boukri and eliminate Alt from the event.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Mostafa Boukri	2,200,000	650,000
Dinesh Alt	Eliminado

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2023-03-19 21:09 UTC+2

Morel Chipping Down to Gogniat

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Nível 26 : 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante

Thierry Morel shoved on the button for 720,000 and it folded to Thierry Gogniat in the big blind who snap-called, putting his last 525,000 chips at risk for the following showdown:

Thierry Gogniat:
Thierry Morel:

Gogniat didn't find any bad surprise on a board and took down the double while Morel chipped down to four big blinds left.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Thierry Gogniat	1,200,000	590,000
Thierry Morel	205,000	-765,000

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2023-03-19 21:38 UTC+2

Thierry Morel Eliminated in 6th Place (€15,200)

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Nível 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Nuno Correia raised to 120,000 in the cutoff and it folded to Thierry Morel in the small blind who shoved for 240,000, four big blinds.

It came back to Correia who quickly called and they tabled their cards:

Thierry Morel:
Nuno Correia:

Morel had good hopes for a double up but the dealer showed a board , giving a straight on the turn to Correia to bust Morel in 6th place for €15,200.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Nuno Correia	2,000,000	300,000
Thierry Morel	Eliminado

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2023-03-19 21:56 UTC+2

Mostafa Boukri Eliminated in 5th Place (€19,330)

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Nível 27 : Blinds 30,000/60,000, 60,000 ante

Karim Lehoussine saw in his hands under the gun and raised to 140,000. Thierry Gogniat called with and it folded to Mostafa Boukri in the big blind who shoved his last 300,000, holding .

Lehoussine four-bet to 800,000 and Gogniat quickly let it go.

Boukri was in terrible shape for a double up and didn't find any help with a board to join the payout desk in 5th place.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Karim Lehoussine	2,100,000	300,000
Thierry Gogniat	915,000	-285,000
Mostafa Boukri	Eliminado

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