2023 Marrakech Poker Open

MPO Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2023 Marrakech Poker Open

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
aj
Prize
€70,200
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,500
Prize Pool
€350,960
Entries
295
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
50,000 / 100,000
Ante
100,000
Players Info - Day 3
Entries
10
Players Left
1

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

Level 25 : Blinds 20,000/40,000, 40,000 ante
Jorge Bouquet
Jorge Bouquet

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 {8-Hearts}{2-Spades}{3-Hearts}. 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: {a-Hearts}{4-Hearts}
Adrien Sanz: {q-Hearts}{10-Hearts}

Bouquet was in great shape for the double up but the {j-Diamonds} turn gave more outs to Sanz. The French player found one of the cards he needed on the {10-Clubs} river and eliminated Bouquet thanks to a pair of tens.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Adrien Sanz fr
Adrien Sanz
2,900,000
1,000,000
1,000,000
Profile photo of Jorge Bouquet pt
Jorge Bouquet
Busted

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

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Rosalie Petit
Rosalie Petit

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: {a-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds}
Adrien Sanz: {10-Hearts}{8-Hearts}

Petit had good hopes for a double up, but the flop gave a pair of tens to Sanz with {10-Diamonds}{j-Hearts}{3-Clubs} and Petit made her way to the payout desk after the {5-Clubs} and {4-Hearts} completed the board.

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

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Adrien Sanz fr
Adrien Sanz
1,900,000
400,000
400,000
Profile photo of Rosalie Petit fr
Rosalie Petit
Busted

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Alt Doubles through Boukri

Level 24 : Blinds 15,000/30,000, 30,000 ante
Dinesh Alt
Dinesh Alt

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: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}
Mostafa Boukri: {7-Hearts}{7-Clubs}

Alt had to win the flip for his tournament's life, which he did after the board brought {3-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{8-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{k-Spades}, bringing him a king on the river.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mostafa Boukri ma
Mostafa Boukri
1,600,000
-475,000
-475,000
Profile photo of Dinesh Alt ch
Dinesh Alt
915,000
450,000
450,000

Tags: Mostafa BoukriThierry Morel

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

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Said Basri
Said Basri

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: {a-Clubs}{q-Hearts}
Mostafa Boukri: {a-Hearts}{k-Clubs}

Basri had the bad news to have the dominated hand and couldn't find any help on a board {3-Hearts}{4-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{7-Spades}{j-Diamonds} to bubble the final table and collect €6,200 for his 10th place finish.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Mostafa Boukri ma
Mostafa Boukri
2,100,000
300,000
300,000
Profile photo of Said Basri fr
Said Basri
Busted

Tags: Said BasriMostafa Boukri

Lucky Double Up for Morel

Level 23 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante
Thierry Morel
Thierry Morel

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

Morel held {a-Clubs}{6-Hearts} and was in bad shape for the double up, facing {a-Hearts}{q-Spades} in Lehoussine's hand. However, a board {2-Hearts}{10-Spades}{8-Hearts}{j-Spades}{6-Spades} came up to give pair of sixes to Morel to stay alive in the tournament.

Player Chips Progress
Profile photo of Karim Lehoussine fr
Karim Lehoussine
1,100,000
100,000
100,000
Profile photo of Thierry Morel fr
Thierry Morel
570,000
300,000
300,000

Tags: Karim LehoussineThierry Morel

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

Casino de Marrakech
Casino de Marrakech

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

RANKPLAYERCOUNTRYCHIP COUNTBIG BLINDS*
1Adrien SanzFrance2,080,00083
2Mostafa BoukriMorocco1,945,00078
3Nuno CorreiaPortugual1,040,00042
4Karim LehoussineFrance1,020,00041
5Rosalie PetitFrance765,00031
6Jorge BouquetPortugual665,00027
7Thierry GogniatFrance420,00017
8Thierry MorelFrance380,00015
9Said BasriFrance280,00011
10Dinesh AltSwitzerland250,00010

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!

Tags: Adrien SanzKarim LehoussineMostafa BoukriNuno CorreiaQuentin LecomteRonan MonfortRosalie PetitSaid Basri