Main Event Dia 1a | 2019 WPTDeepStacks Marrakech

2019-09-19 23:41 UTC+1

Grospellier Doubles Through Defending Champion Tosques

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Nível 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Bertrand Grospellier, Francois Tosques and Bruno Fitoussi

Sadata Jilall raised to 3,000 from the hijack and Symeon Stergiopoulos called on the button.

Bertrand Grospellier three-bet to 11,500 from the small blind and defending champion Francois Tosques four-bet to 24,800 from the big blind.

Jilall called, with Stergiopoulos folding.

Grospellier thought a while longer before five-betting all in for 45,000. Tosques reshoved for 67,000 and Jilall folded.

Bertrand Grospellier:
Francois Tosques:

Grospellier would need to hold against the defending champion, and he did so on the and he doubled up.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Bertrand Grospellier	120,000 70,000	70,000

Symeon Stergiopoulos	80,000 80,000	80,000
Sadate Jilall	50,000 50,000	50,000
Francois Tosques	22,000 22,000	22,000

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier Francois Tosques Symeon Stergiopoulos

2019-09-19 23:42 UTC+1

Break

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Nível 9 : 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Players are going on their final break of the night. There will then be three more levels left on Day 1a before they bag up ahead of Day 2.

Nível: 10

Blinds: 600/1,200

Ante: 1,200

2019-09-20 00:17 UTC+1

Tosques Re-Enters

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Nível 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Francois Tosques has been eliminated and has been moved from between Bertrand Grospellier and Bruno Fitoussi. Last year he defeated a 431-player field to win MAD1,000,000 (€91,411)

Tosques went on to take second place in the WPTDeepStacks Europe POY race and was awarded €3,000 in WPT credits.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Francois Tosques	30,000 8,000	8,000

Tags: Bertrand Grospellier Bruno Fitoussi Francois Tosques

2019-09-20 00:26 UTC+1

Updated Chip Counts

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Nível 10 : 600/1,200, 1,200 ante

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fernando Suago	315,000 80,000	80,000
Manuel Lopez	160,000 15,000	15,000
Alexandre De Zutter	155,000 40,000	40,000
Bertrand Grospellier	118,000 -2,000	-2,000

Sofian Benaissa	90,000 65,000	65,000
Robin Hegele	70,000 40,000	40,000
Adrian	65,000 -20,000	-20,000
Fadhil Farag	62,000 17,000	17,000
Bruno Fitoussi	60,000 30,000	30,000
Jonathan Therme	55,000 25,000	25,000
Imad Derwiche	55,000 55,000	55,000
Sadate Jilall	45,000 -5,000	-5,000
Anas Tadini	40,000 40,000	40,000
Franck Pace	35,000 20,000	20,000
Alexandre Reard	30,000 -5,000	-5,000

Nível: 11

Blinds: 800/1,600

Ante: 1,600

2019-09-20 00:41 UTC+1

New Players Aiming for Chip Lead

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Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Suago has sat with the chip lead for long periods of the day, but with just two levels remaining, other players have begun to emerge as contenders for end of day chip leader.

Ismail Fath-Eddine sits on a stack of over 200,000, and he is joined by Drisse Maouchi. Maouchi saw a flop of out of the small blind. Bruno Fitoussi checked his big blind and the button bet 3,000. Maouchi snap raised to 8,000.

Fitoussi and the other player both folded and Maouchi showed for flopped trips, moving up over 260,000 in chips.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Fernando Suago	325,000 10,000	10,000
Drisse Maouchi	265,000 265,000	265,000
Ismail Fath-Eddine	235,000 235,000	235,000

Tags: Bruno Fitoussi Drisse Maouchi Ismail Fath-Eddine Suago

2019-09-20 00:49 UTC+1

213 Entries on Day 1a

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Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

With registration closed on Day 1a of the 2019 WPTDeepStacks Marrakech Main Event, there has been an increase of 32% compared with at the same stage last year. 213 players joined the field compared with 161 last year.

The 2018 Main Event came close to exactly matching the field size from 2017, but if today's numbers are anything to go by, then the 2019 edition should be the biggest to date!

Year	Day 1a	Day 1b	Total	Winner	First Prize
2018	161	270	431	Francois Tosques	MAD 1,000,000
2017	433	Single Day 1	433	Smain Mamouni	MAD 1,000,000

2019-09-20 01:04 UTC+1

Zizi Doubles Through Hegele

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Nível 11 : 800/1,600, 1,600 ante

Abdou Zizi was sweating an all in holding against the of Robin Hegele.

Zizi was all in for around 25,000 and as the river of a was dealt, he slid forward his chip stack confidently for a full double leaving a bemused-looking Hegele with less than starting stack.

Jogador	Fichas	Oscilação
Abdou Zizi	60,000
Robin Hegele	25,000 -45,000	-45,000

Tags: Robin Hegele Abdou Zizi

Nível: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,000

Ante: 2,000