Ludovic Moryousef Leads Record Field in Marrakech After Day 1
After a relaxed start in the first level of the day, the poker room of the Casino de Marrakech quickly filled up for Day 1 of the 2017 PMU.fr WPT DeepStacks Marrakech MAD 13,200 (€1,200) Main Event. Until the end of the registration period after the dinner break, a field of 433 entries including 111 re-entries emerged to better the 396 entries of 2016 and create the largest WPTDeepStacks field outside of North America.
Fewer than half the field made it to the bagging and tagging at the end of level 11 though, as just 153 hopefuls remain in contention with MAD 20,000 High Roller 9th place finisher Ludovic Moryousef at the top of the counts. Several players were gunning for the overnight spotlight, but Moryousef's set-over-set clash in the third-last hand of the night vaulted the Frenchman to massive 375,000.
Other big stacks and notables through to Day 2 include Belmehel Dja Daouadji (321,500), Spain's Daniel (275,600), Michel Leibgorin (261,000), Emile Carette (253,000), BAUTIST (228,000), Jean Koja (210,800), Tsunamy (188,500), Fadhil Farag (117,000), Fouad Zouiten (110,000), Alexandre Reard (99,500), [Removed:146] (85,000), 2016 November Niner Fernando Pons (77,000) and Aurelie Reard (50,600).
High Roller champion Aleksandras Voisnis (37,000), runner-up [Removed:44] (10,800) and third-place finisher Il Dieko Rati Vale (195,200) also bagged up chips while just one of the four PMU.fr Team Pros advanced in Johan Guilbert (122,700), who was fourth the previous night in the High Roller. Guilbert's team mates Sarah Herzali, Erwann Pecheux and Francois Tosques, as well as approximately half of the online qualifiers were felted.
Romain Lewis became the first casualty of the day when he ran with kings into aces and his subsequent attempts were not crowned by success either. Anas Tadini and Bernard Guigon were sent to the rail several times, while Remi Castaignon, Tom Bedell, Imad Derwiche, Andrew King, Javier Zarco, Omar Lakhdari, Abdelhadi Kondah and Marius Conan were no longer in contention at the end of the night either.
The prize pool information will be released once the cards get back in the air for Day 2 as of noon local time on Saturday October 7th 2017 with level 12 and blinds of 800-1,600 and a running ante of 200. Stay tuned to PokerNews throughout the next two days to find out who will be crowned champion in sunny Marrakech.
Seat Draw Day 2
| Table | Seat | Player | Country | Jetons | Big Blinds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Emile Carette | France | 253,000 | 158 |
| 1 | 2 | Francisco | Spain | 15,900 | 10 |
| 1 | 3 | Ludovic Riehl | France | 88,000 | 55 |
| 1 | 4 | Stanislav Zegal | Germany | 33,000 | 21 |
| 1 | 5 | Marvin Ben Haim | France | 95,900 | 60 |
| 1 | 6 | Gaetan Balleur | France | 70,000 | 44 |
| 1 | 7 | Jose Luis Herrero Azoiazu | Spain | 138,300 | 86 |
| 1 | 8 | Andrei Luncan | Romania | 46,000 | 29 |
| 2 | 1 | Anas Belatik | Morocco | 141,000 | 88 |
| 2 | 2 | Fouad Zouiten | Morocco | 111,100 | 69 |
| 2 | 3 | William van de Walle | Belgium | 32,100 | 20 |
| 2 | 4 | Usman Siddique | United Kingdom | 66,100 | 41 |
| 2 | 5 | Esseddik Seddiki | Morocco | 26,300 | 16 |
| 2 | 7 | Helene Gros | France | 43,100 | 27 |
| 2 | 8 | Gael Le Bihan | France | 82,900 | 52 |
| 2 | 9 | Pugil Lopez | Spain | 100,400 | 63 |
| 3 | 1 | Aurelie Reard | France | 50,600 | 32 |
| 3 | 2 | Valeryi Chupin | Russian Federation | 77,000 | 48 |
| 3 | 3 | Anthony Cruz | France | 127,600 | 80 |
| 3 | 4 | Benjamin Dadon | France | 107,000 | 67 |
| 3 | 5 | Marco | Spain | 17,200 | 11 |
| 3 | 7 | Fernando G | Spain | 39,500 | 25 |
| 3 | 8 | Djamel Aouir | Morocco | 64,700 | 40 |
| 3 | 9 | Damien Gayer | France | 174,600 | 109 |
| 4 | 1 | Paul | Spain | 128,600 | 80 |
| 4 | 2 | Myriam Mehnana | France | 73,900 | 46 |
| 4 | 3 | Anto | Spain | 26,900 | 17 |
| 4 | 5 | Martins Kleins | Latvia | 31,900 | 20 |
| 4 | 6 | Oumar Sy | France | 48,500 | 30 |
| 4 | 7 | Pierrick Burban | France | 181,600 | 114 |
| 4 | 8 | Masoud Etemadiherisi | Morocco | 59,500 | 37 |
| 4 | 9 | Elizabeth Tedder | USA | 92,900 | 58 |
| 5 | 2 | Said El Yousfi | France | 25,000 | 16 |
| 5 | 3 | Arnaud Enselme | France | 73,100 | 46 |
| 5 | 4 | Zouhair Faiky | Morocco | 49,500 | 31 |
| 5 | 5 | Pierre Dussaud | France | 97,600 | 61 |
| 5 | 6 | Daniel | Spain | 275,600 | 172 |
| 5 | 7 | Yoan Franck Roquillon | France | 43,100 | 27 |
| 5 | 8 | Tarik Bzioui | Morocco | 110,000 | 69 |
| 5 | 9 | Abdel Nasser Omais | Morocco | 62,900 | 39 |
| 6 | 2 | Hamza Nbaba | Morocco | 18,300 | 11 |
| 6 | 3 | Ali Mechiche Alami | Morocco | 103,800 | 65 |
| 6 | 4 | Jose | Spain | 67,500 | 42 |
| 6 | 5 | Jos | Spain | 179,300 | 112 |
| 6 | 6 | Pieyre Maggi | Belgium | 80,800 | 51 |
| 6 | 7 | Louis Linard | France | 126,400 | 79 |
| 6 | 8 | Jonathan Therme | France | 34,300 | 21 |
| 6 | 9 | Leonardo Gonzales | Spain | 51,800 | 32 |
| 7 | 2 | Jean Michel Ploch | France | 132,200 | 83 |
| 7 | 3 | Pona | Spain | 84,400 | 53 |
| 7 | 4 | Julio Sanchez | Spain | 30,000 | 19 |
| 7 | 5 | Mike4895 | Spain | 97,700 | 61 |
| 7 | 6 | Vincent Mansour | France | 193,600 | 121 |
| 7 | 7 | Robert Cohen | France | 72,600 | 45 |
| 7 | 8 | Eric Rabut | France | 31,400 | 20 |
| 7 | 9 | Rene | Spain | 47,700 | 30 |
| 8 | 1 | Rachid Aabbadi | Morocco | 10,000 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | Benjamin Gonzva | France | 46,100 | 29 |
| 8 | 4 | Aleksandras Voisnis | Lithuania | 37,000 | 23 |
| 8 | 5 | Guy Taylor | United Kingdom | 80,700 | 50 |
| 8 | 6 | Johan Guilbert | France | 122,200 | 76 |
| 8 | 7 | [Removed:226] | France | 70,900 | 44 |
| 8 | 8 | Ludovic Moryousef | France | 375,000 | 234 |
| 8 | 9 | Cruel | Spain | 109,300 | 68 |
| 9 | 1 | Sonny Franco | France | 117,100 | 73 |
| 9 | 3 | Bautist | Spain | 228,000 | 143 |
| 9 | 4 | [Removed:482] | France | 24,200 | 15 |
| 9 | 5 | Jawad Ben Tahila | Morocco | 45,300 | 28 |
| 9 | 6 | Arthur Conan | France | 56,000 | 35 |
| 9 | 7 | Corinne Mermet | France | 81,600 | 51 |
| 9 | 8 | Javier | Spain | 40,400 | 25 |
| 9 | 9 | Oscar | Spain | 96,000 | 60 |
| 10 | 1 | [Removed:44] | Iran | 108,000 | 68 |
| 10 | 2 | Sarpat | Spain | 146,000 | 91 |
| 10 | 3 | Jeremy Eschen | France | 50,000 | 31 |
| 10 | 4 | Pedro Cairat | Spain | 29,100 | 18 |
| 10 | 5 | Thierry Oldak | France | 67,300 | 42 |
| 10 | 7 | Saber Harrazi | France | 82,700 | 52 |
| 10 | 8 | Cyril Gouilliou | France | 128,200 | 80 |
| 10 | 9 | Christophe Geffroy | France | 32,400 | 20 |
| 11 | 1 | BigC | Spain | 45,200 | 28 |
| 11 | 3 | Pablo | Spain | 185,900 | 116 |
| 11 | 4 | Mohammed Iqbal | United Kingdom | 80,900 | 51 |
| 11 | 5 | Teresio Ciancanelli | Italy | 36,500 | 23 |
| 11 | 6 | Alexandre Poux | France | 30,800 | 19 |
| 11 | 7 | Hamad Almannai | Lebanon | 137,900 | 86 |
| 11 | 8 | Benjamin Saada | France | 66,000 | 41 |
| 11 | 9 | Alexandre Reard | France | 99,500 | 62 |
| 12 | 1 | Belmehel Dja Daouadji | France | 321,700 | 201 |
| 12 | 2 | Pierre Barthelemy | France | 122,700 | 77 |
| 12 | 3 | Abdelatif | France | 41,700 | 26 |
| 12 | 4 | Gabor Catalin | Romania | 25,100 | 16 |
| 12 | 5 | Benoit Petiot | France | 62,100 | 39 |
| 12 | 6 | Turbado Tomas Jr | Spain | 98,000 | 61 |
| 12 | 7 | Aleksandr Zolotukhin | Ukraine | 84,900 | 53 |
| 12 | 8 | Denis Esteve | Spain | 51,700 | 32 |
| 13 | 1 | Xavier Trarieux | France | 166,700 | 104 |
| 13 | 2 | [Removed:445] | Morocco | 15,300 | 10 |
| 13 | 3 | Kaspars Butans | Latvia | 83,500 | 52 |
| 13 | 4 | Djamel Ouaret | Morocco | 69,000 | 43 |
| 13 | 6 | Ringo Stimac | France | 42,500 | 27 |
| 13 | 7 | Julien Lemonnier | France | 96,700 | 60 |
| 13 | 8 | Yoann Amaudry | France | 118,600 | 74 |
| 13 | 9 | Yum | Spain | 51,800 | 32 |
| 14 | 1 | Sadry Darwiche | France | 80,300 | 50 |
| 14 | 2 | Matiss Celmins | Latvia | 44,500 | 28 |
| 14 | 3 | Khier Rezaik | Morocco | 105,000 | 66 |
| 14 | 4 | Sylvain Vignals | France | 17,700 | 11 |
| 14 | 5 | Tsunamy | Spain | 188,400 | 118 |
| 14 | 6 | Ali G | Germany | 132,900 | 83 |
| 14 | 7 | Ludovic Sultan | France | 60,000 | 38 |
| 14 | 8 | Laurent Miege | France | 33,900 | 21 |
| 15 | 1 | Michel Leibgorin | France | 261,000 | 163 |
| 15 | 2 | [Removed:146] | France | 84,500 | 53 |
| 15 | 4 | Will Davies | United Kingdom | 56,200 | 35 |
| 15 | 5 | AD | Spain | 109,000 | 68 |
| 15 | 6 | Davy Dardignac Moulon | France | 46,100 | 29 |
| 15 | 7 | Pierre Merlin | France | 37,600 | 24 |
| 15 | 8 | Jerome Seveno | France | 20,000 | 13 |
| 15 | 9 | Xavi | Spain | 113,000 | 71 |
| 16 | 1 | Alexandra Laudicina | France | 92,200 | 58 |
| 16 | 3 | Remi Pencreach | France | 60,000 | 38 |
| 16 | 4 | Daniel II | Spain | 55,800 | 35 |
| 16 | 5 | Maxime Lemaitre | France | 38,700 | 24 |
| 16 | 6 | Jean-Jacques Chantalat | France | 74,400 | 47 |
| 16 | 7 | Smain Mamouni | France | 134,000 | 84 |
| 16 | 8 | Il Dieko Rati Vale | Spain | 195,200 | 122 |
| 16 | 9 | Julien Lomre | France | 16,700 | 10 |
| 17 | 1 | Aly Chahrour | Lebanon | 7,900 | 5 |
| 17 | 2 | Lukas Vozdecky | Czech Republic | 146,200 | 91 |
| 17 | 3 | Hideki Takafuji | Japan | 34,600 | 22 |
| 17 | 4 | Antonio Chemi | Italy | 88,500 | 55 |
| 17 | 5 | Hassan Fares | France | 103,000 | 64 |
| 17 | 6 | Lionel Grobocopatel | France | 65,600 | 41 |
| 17 | 8 | Abdessamade El Mzdadi | Morocco | 48,500 | 30 |
| 17 | 9 | Nicolas | France | 117,800 | 74 |
| 18 | 1 | Mohamed Derhmain | Morocco | 110,300 | 69 |
| 18 | 2 | Jesper Witved | Denmark | 56,400 | 35 |
| 18 | 3 | Patrick Caveriviere | France | 5,670 | 4 |
| 18 | 4 | RSM | Spain | 105,600 | 66 |
| 18 | 5 | Fernando Pons | Spain | 77,300 | 48 |
| 18 | 6 | Noureddine Aittaleb | France | 37,000 | 23 |
| 18 | 7 | David | Spain | 52,000 | 33 |
| 18 | 8 | Agatino Spitaleri | France | 196,600 | 123 |
| 18 | 9 | Corbin White | USA | 29,900 | 19 |
| 19 | 1 | San | Spain | 72,000 | 45 |
| 19 | 2 | Toufik | Morocco | 51,900 | 32 |
| 19 | 3 | Dominique Malo | France | 17,000 | 11 |
| 19 | 4 | Jean Koja | France | 210,800 | 132 |
| 19 | 5 | Fadhil Farag | Morocco | 117,000 | 73 |
| 19 | 6 | Damien L'Hommeau | France | 90,400 | 57 |
| 19 | 7 | Malek Grabsi | France | 40,000 | 25 |
| 19 | 8 | Vivian Anseline | France | 82,300 | 51 |