Can Tosques Go Back-to-Back? Returns on Day 3 Second in Chips
A total of 545 players entered the 2019 World Poker Tour DeepStacks Marrakech Main Event and now just 12 players remain in with a chance of 1,100,000 MAD and the chance of being crowned the latest WPTDS Europe champion.
While Pedro Ingles might top the chip counts almost 600,000 chips ahead of his nearest rival, it is the identity of that player sitting in second on the leaderboard that everyone will be paying attention to.
Last year Francois Tosques took home 1,000,000 MAD (€91,411) after defeating Moroccan Jaouad Abida heads-up to top a 431-player field.
Now he's back and in a strong position not only to make the final table, but to match his performance from twelve months ago.
Other players still in contention include Daniel El Keslassy, who is the only Moroccan left in the field and is the only other player over two million in chips behind Tosques and Ingles. Sitting second from bottom in the chip counts is another notable in the shape of Bruno Fitoussi who will hope to have a strong start to spring back into contention.
Here is the seating draw of the final two tables ahead of Day 3:
| Table 1 | Name | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orey Canarinho | 1,125,000 | 38 |
| 2 | Silma Macalou | 1,525,000 | 51 |
| 3 | |||
| 4 | Mohamed Mamouni | 485,000 | 16 |
| 5 | Pierre Antoine Quignard | 1,150,000 | 38 |
| 6 | Manuel Lopez | 763,000 | 25 |
| 7 | Pedro Ingles | 2,655,000 | 89 |
| 8 | |||
| Table 2 | Name | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
| 1 | Bruno Fitoussi | 695,000 | 23 |
| 2 | Daniel El Keslassy | 2,010,000 | 67 |
| 3 | Yohan Gonzales | 1,401,000 | 47 |
| 4 | Francois Tosques | 2,080,000 | 69 |
| 5 | Jerome Zerbib | 805,000 | 27 |
| 6 | |||
| 7 | |||
| 8 | Alejandro Roman | 1,395,000 | 47 |
Cards will be in the air at 2 p.m. local time, with updates beginning on a 30-minute delay along with a livestream available on the World Poker Tour Facebook page.
and Mamouni was eliminated, with Macalou soaring up to around the three million chip mark.
against the 
of start-of-day chip leader Pedro Ingles.
with no help for Canarinho who was eliminated in 11th place.
and big blind Pedro Ingles called with 
.
river and he was eliminated.
opened to 85,000 and Francois Tosques defended his big blind with 
and Tosques moved all in. 
on the 
and Tosques checked again. Macalou bet 175,000 and Tosques called again.
and Tosques checked for the third time. Macalou, after rivering a full house, bet 700,000 and Tosques soon folded.
. 
sending Zerbib to the rail in ninth place.
called in the big blind and Tosques also called. The remaining two players checked down the