2009 WPT Marrakech

€4,500 Championship Main Event
Day: 3
Event Info

2009 WPT Marrakech

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
87
Prize
€377,262
Event Info
Buy-in
€4,500
Entries
416
Level Info
Level
29
Blinds
40,000 / 80,000
Ante
10,000

Botond Behind

Benny Spindler opened the action to 44,000 from middle position, and the short stack of Balazs Botond went into the pot, all 57,000 of it. Ludovic Lacay wanted to play for more, and he re-raised to 130,000. Spindler got the message and ducked out of the way, putting Botond heads up with the chip leader for his tournament life.

Botond was in bad shape, too. He tabled {Q-Diamonds} {J-Diamonds}, dominated by Lacay's {A-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}. The flop provided a bit of hope as it came {9-Hearts} {6-Clubs} {K-Spades} to give Botond a gutterball straight draw. The turn was a blank {5-Clubs}, but the saving {10-Clubs} peeled off on the river, filling in that king-high straight and nearly quadrupling Botond's stack. He's up to 211,000 now.

Tags: Balazs BotondBenny SpindlerLudovic Lacay