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

Final Table Chip Counts

Seat 1: Julien Arneodo - 978,000
Seat 2: Balazs Botond - 195,000
Seat 3: Eoghan O'Dea - 1,263,000
Seat 4: Ludovic Lacay - 2,183,000
Seat 5: Hichem Ben Halima - 767,000
Seat 6: Christophe Savary - 1,352,000
Seat 7: Adrian Marin - 890,000
Seat 8: Benny Spindler - 591,000
Seat 9: Patrick Meurisse - 217,000

Moving Time

With nine left, we have reached our official final table. Play is suspended for a few minutes while the players and the chips are moved over to the final table theater. We expect this to be about a 15-minute delay.

Back shortly!

Tristan Clemencon Eliminated in 10th Place (�23,025)

Tristan Clemencon - 10th Place
Tristan Clemencon - 10th Place
It's going to be one of those days you want to forget for Tristan Clemencon. Christophe Savary raised to 56,000 from UTG and Clemecon flat-called.

The flop was {10-Clubs} {9-Diamonds} {4-Spades} and Savary just open-shoved for over three times the pot. Clemencon instantly called with {A-Hearts} {A-Spades} dominating his opponet's {Q-Diamonds} {Q-Spades}. But the turn was the {J-Diamonds} and the river the {8-Diamonds}. Savary had backdoored into a straight to knock out the young Frenchman in 10th place.

Our final table is now being set up. Chip counts to follow.

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

One Table Redraw

1. Julien Arenodo
2. Balazs Botond
3. Eoghan O'Dea
4. Ludovic Lacay
5. Hichem Ben Halima
6. Christophe Savary
7. Tristan Clemecon
8. Adrian Marin
9. Benny Spindler
10. Patrick Meurisse

O'Dea At Risk

On the button, Balasz Botond opened the pot to 46,000 before Eoghan O'Dea stuck in a three-bet from the small blind. He made it 115,000, and Botond four-bet all in, having his opponent slightly covered. O'dea didn't waste too much time making the call, committing his last 622,000 to the pot and putting himself at risk.

Showdown
Botond: {A-Hearts} {8-Diamonds}
O'Dea: {10-Hearts} {10-Diamonds}

There would be no funny stuff for O'Dea as the dealer gave him a clean board of {5-Clubs} {2-Spades} {K-Spades} {5-Spades} {2-Hearts}. His tens hold up to earn him a monster double. He's all the way up to 1.3 million now, while Botond has been left with just 85,000 lonely chips.

Tags: Balazs BotondEoghan O'Dea

Stefan Hansen Eliminated in 12th Place (�16,420)

Stefan Hansen - 12th Place
Stefan Hansen - 12th Place
Down to his last 240,000 chips or so, Stefan Hansen made his move with an all-in shove before the flop. Action came to Julien Arneodo, and he quickly made the call to put Hansen at risk.

Hansen showed up {K-Hearts} {Q-Clubs}, and he was flipping for survival against the {10-Spades} {10-Clubs} of Arneodo. The board would fail to provide any salvation as it came {3-Clubs} {2-Clubs} {J-Hearts} {8-Hearts} {9-Clubs}. Unable to pair up, Stefan Hansen becomes our 12th-place finisher, taking home �16,420 for his efforts over the past three days.

Tags: Julien ArneodoStefan Hansen

Oh Pollaks!

Benjamin Pollak has been crippled after losing a huge pot to Julien Arneodo, all-in preflop.

Pollak: {J-Diamonds} {J-Clubs}
Arneodo: {A-Spades} {K-Spades}

The board came {7-Diamonds} {3-Hearts} {8-Clubs} {K-Hearts} {Q-Clubs} and as the King hit the turn, Arneodo jumped out of his seat spinning around and celebrating with his friends before the river had been dealt.

Pollak has 125,000 left. Arneodo is up to almost 700,000.