The dinner break seems to have slowed down the players a lot. In the past 10 hands, no flop was seen despite one limped pot between Miroslav Alilovic and Antoine Rahal.
2015 WSOP International Circuit Casino de Marrakech
Ricardo Manquant opened from the cutoff and Najib Bennis flat-called in the small blind. Bennis check-called a bet of 120,000 on the ?? flop and the turn as well as river were checked through. Bennis showed ? and won the pot.
One hand later, Miroslav Alilovic opened from the cutoff to 105,000 and Diego Aranzadi called in the big blind. Again there was a small continuation bet by the initial aggressor on a flop of ?? and Aranzadi called the 85,000. The turn were checked through and Aranzadi won the pot on the river without showdown.
With an average of more than 40 big blinds, this will take a while to determine a winner.
A few hands into the new level, Matas Cimbolas opened to 115,000 from the cutoff and Ramona Gallardo moved all in for 355,000 from the button. Cimbolas called with ? but failed to improve against the ? of Gallardo on a board of ????.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Matas Cimbolas |
1,750,000
-380,000
|
-380,000 |
|
||
Ramona Gallardo |
775,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
After three standard raises and folds of the players in the blinds, Ramona Gallardo moved all in from under the gun for 320,000 and everyone threw their cards into the muck.
Level: 28
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 5,000
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Seat | Player | Chips |
---|---|---|
1 | Ramona Gallardo | 355,000 |
3 | Ricardo Manquant | 2,950,000 |
4 | Miroslav Alilovic | 3,350,000 |
5 | Antoine Rahal | 2,265,000 |
6 | Najib Bennis | 2,440,000 |
7 | Diego Aranzadi | 1,025,000 |
8 | Matas Cimbolas | 2,130,000 |
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Miroslav Alilovic |
3,350,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
Ricardo Manquant |
2,950,000
-10,000
|
-10,000 |
Najib Bennis |
2,440,000
190,000
|
190,000 |
Antoine Rahal |
2,265,000
115,000
|
115,000 |
Matas Cimbolas |
2,130,000
30,000
|
30,000 |
|
||
Diego Aranzadi |
1,025,000
75,000
|
75,000 |
Ramona Gallardo |
355,000
-295,000
|
-295,000 |
The seven players have been sent into a 60-minute dinner break and the rest away from the table is urgently needed after the spectacular action thus far.
Ricardo Manquant opened and called the 470,000-shove of Diego Aranzadi, revealing the ?. It was a flip versus the ? of his opponent and the board ran out ????. Aranzadi improved with the final community card and is up to almost one million.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Ricardo Manquant |
2,960,000
-340,000
|
-340,000 |
Diego Aranzadi |
950,000
410,000
|
410,000 |
Fahd Kaabat open-shoved for around 300,000 in chips and Antoine Rahal reshoved from three seats over to isolate successfully, Matas Cimbolas mucked the ? and was suspecting pocket aces to be in the showdown.
Kaabat: ?
Rahal: ?
The ?? flop gave Kaabat the lead and his rail erupted. The turn bricked, but the dealer then burned and turned the river let the better hand preflop hold up.
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Antoine Rahal |
2,150,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
Fahd Kaabat | Busted |