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Marrakech Poker Open: Victory of Olivier Estripeau during the main event
Casino Es Saadi hosted on Sunday afternoon the final table of the Marrakech Poker Open. The Main Event ended the 28th edition of the MPO, a tournament during which hundreds of players attended in Marrakesh. The inaugural event of the MPO, the, Deepstack, registered a crowd of 447 players against 268 for the Bounty. The 1,350 buy-in Main Event attracted a field of 288 players who fight during three days in a fierce competition. This influx generated a prize pool of more than 3.7 million dirhams distributed for the 41 best players. After the Day 2 of 14 levels of 45 minutes, 9 players out of the starting field of 115 players survived for the final table. Imran Fouiden was the first paid player after his removal at the 41st place while Alexander Reard was the bubble boy of the event, so he missed the ITM.
The final table was composed of, in order of chip count, by Damien Lhommeau, Olivier Estripeau, Hassan Fares, Jean-Michel Coltelloni, Sébastien Compte, Mohamed Elberrak, Anas Tadini, Richard Ekert and Hicham Hilmi. Damien Lhommeau started the final table with twice time more chips than his rival, Olivier Estripeau (2.03 million), with 4.09 million chips but he was eliminated in the 6th place just after Anas Tadini (Dhs 105,240), Mohamed El Berrak (Dhs 112,370) and Richard Ekert (Dhs 120,270). The eliminations of Hassan Fares, Jean-Michel Coltelloni and Hicham Hilmi allowed Sébastien Compte and Olivier Estripeau to be the last players of the final of this poker tournament and they begin with the heads-up. Estripeau won the duel and pocketed Dhs 700,940 against Dhs 474,400 for his heir runner-up.
Source: James WILLIAMS
Thursday, 21 March 2013
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