MPO Main Event Dia 1bc | 2023 Marrakech Poker Open

MPO Main Event

Dia 1bc Iniciado

2023-03-17 10:44 UTC+1

Day 1b of the Marrakech Poker Open Main Event Starts at 1 p.m.

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At 1 p.m. local time, cards will be back in the air for the second and — presumably — bigger starting day of the 2023 Marrakech Poker Open Main Event. Yesterday saw 14 out of 70 players make their way through, including Rosalie Petit and Sabry Ferhaoui. The current chipleader is Franck Eburderie, who bagged the overnight lead with an impressive 423,000.

Many familiar faces are excepted today, including French TV host and Survivor contestant Moundir Zoughari who just won the €2,000 High Roller a few hours earlier for MAD 600,000 (€54,000), after defeating Dinesh Alt heads-up at the latest hours of the night to claim the biggest victory on the live circuit of his career.

Like the first day, Day 1b will feature twelve levels of 45 minutes each, with a 20-minute break after every three levels. A 60-minute dinner break will be held after level eight, approximately 8.30 pm and players can enter and reenter up until the start of level ten. Players will get 30,000 in chips to work with to try and capture the ultimate trophy.

PokerNews will cover the event in the stunning Es Saadi Resort start to finish so don't go anywhere as we get closer to crowning a new champion!

Day 1 Blind Structure

Level	Small Blind	Big Blind	Ante
1	100	100
2	100	100	100
3	100	200	200
20-minute break
4	100	300	300
5	200	400	00
6	300	500	500
20-minute break
7	300	600	600
8	400	800	800
9	500	1000	1000
60-minute dinner break
10	600	1,200	1,200
11	800	1,600	1,600
12	1000	2,000	2,000

2023-03-17 13:03 UTC+1

Slight Delay

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The tournament start time is slightly delayed while players take their seats.

Nível: 1

Blinds: 100/100

Ante: 0

2023-03-17 13:21 UTC+1

Shuffle Up and Deal

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Nível 1 : Blinds 100/100, 0 ante

There are 13 players currently registered for the tournament to kick things off and the dealers have been instructed to shuffle up and deal.

2023-03-17 13:30 UTC+1

Early Entrants

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Nível 1 : Blinds 100/100, 0 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Thierry Oldak	30,000	30,000

Amer Benmoumen	30,000

David Algarra	30,000

Zoubir Mahi	30,000

Javier Tsunamy	30,000

Gilles Gouhier	30,000

Hicham Raffali	30,000

2023-03-17 13:40 UTC+1

Tadini Makes his Entrance

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Nível 1 : Blinds 100/100, 0 ante

Anas Tadini, the Moroccan pro and regular player here in Marrakech, with $827,801 total live earnings and the victory in the Wonder 8 festival in 2019, just joined the field. Last night, he finished in 8th place in the MPO High Roller for MAD 60,000.

The tournament just reached 25 players registered.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Anas Tadini	30,000	30,000

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2023-03-17 13:53 UTC+1

Tadini Gambles and Doubles Up

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Nível 1 : Blinds 100/100, 0 ante

After some back-and-forth betting, Anas Tadini, who just entered the event, and Gilles Gouhier got all their chips in the middle before the flop, with both players being around the starting stack:

Anas Tadini:
Gilles Gouhier:

Gouhier had the dominating hand and was in great shape for an early double up, but the board revealed to give Tadini a set of nines while Gouhier crumbled down to only 600 chips left and busted a few minutes later.