Blinds 400/800, ante 100. Average stack 41,600 and 200 players left. I would say this tournament is fairly quick. We have two levels more before the end of Day 1 and we have already said goodbye to 216 players.Neverthless, a lot of big names have gone to enjoy the night life of Marrakech since there [...]
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I Vamos Espagna!!! 0
Saturday October 17th, 2009 at 2:35 amClaro que si. It just occured to me that I didnt speak at all about Gerardx.He is one of our online players from Spain. He plays with Chilipoker almost every day. It was a pleasure for me to meet him for the first time here in Marrakech. He is very passionate about poker and has [...]
After the first Break 0
Friday October 16th, 2009 at 7:15 pmAfter the first break we can now say officially that the players participating at this event were 416.Yes I lost my bet but still there are 66 players more than it was expected.Blinds are now 75/150 with an average stack of 21,723. 383 players left. The Director has announced the official Prizepool: an amaizing 18,720.000 [...]
Looking for Pros and Chilipoker Familiar Faces :-) 0
Friday October 16th, 2009 at 5:43 pmSo far, So Good.Players are getting to know each other and they all hope that they will have enough time to understand the opponents betting patterns, like our qualified chilipoker player Julien Meyer who is currently writing everything he can on his notebook.10 players busted and were suddenly replaced by some on the waiting list. [...]
Button in Seat 3, Good luck players…shuffle up and deal! 0
Friday October 16th, 2009 at 4:28 pmAnd it has started. Perfectly on time. Everything has gone according to plan and the room is now filled with 400 players waiting to have their forst hand dealt.Yes, 400. The turnament has been such a succes that the Casino has found space for 50 more players to join and the Tournament Director has just [...]
What a wonderful night! 3
Friday October 16th, 2009 at 2:29 pmWe are all here ready for The Main Event to start. In order to make it memorable, yesterday after the press conference with our CEO Alexandre Dreyfus, all journalists and Chilipoker qualified players were invited to a Gala’ Dinner where everybody enjoyed traditional Maroccan food (Slurp…Coucous…) and listened to traditional music.It was a really great [...]
Interview with Astic Rémy of Spank Poker 4
Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 8:51 pmSpank Poker Club have really been a dominating force during some of the minor events here at the WPTMarrakech, “alfman26“ for example was certainly excited when he busted out two pro players to win a bounty during the Pro-AM event, he then continued his run and finished in second place, both an excellent result and a super experience for [...]
News from the High Roller Final Table – 7th and 6th place 0
Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 5:48 pmThe High Roller Final table is now made of 5 players.The first one to go was Roger Hairabedian against Dominik Nitsche.His A10 made him go All IN but they couldnt fight Dominik AJ. No surprises on the flop, river or turn and Roger decided to go and start playing the 1,800 Side Event. Bubble boy [...]
€ 1,800 Side Event just started 0
Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 5:12 pmWhile the High Roller players are about to be seated, another Event has started in the Main Tournament Room. It is the Highest Buy In Side Event of this WPT Edition in Marrakech.213 players bought in with 1,800 €. There are some interesting come backs as we can see a lot of players who played [...]
High Roller Event Final Table 1
Wednesday October 14th, 2009 at 1:55 amWe had a quite interesting hand which led to Montgomery being busted.Scott was in position and raised to 4,200 pre flop. On his left there was Boatman who after a lot of thoughts went ALL IN and Montgomery called. He showed his pair of Sixes against pair of Queens.The cards running on the table were [...]
