Friday, November 25, 2011

PTS AT STAKE: FRENCH CONNECTION - DUHAMEL, ElkY ROCK MARRAKECH

PHOTO/SOURCE: POKERNEWS.com

We're through Day 2 at WPT Marrakech and we seem to have found a French Connection halfway through tournament play.

2010 WSOP Champion Jonathan Duhamel (Canada) and the #3 ranked player on the PTPR Leaderboard Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier are both trending upwards in Marrakech - both are Top 5 in chips as we finished Day 2 play with 50 players remaining from the initial 274 player field.

2010 WPT Amneville winner Sam El Sayed currently holds a Top 10 chip stack.

NOTABLE CHIP COUNTS:
Ian Marmion 379,000 (Current Chip Leader)
Jonathan Duhamel 364,500
Bertrand "ElkY" Grospellier 293,500
Sam El Sayed 246,000
Mohamed Aly Hossam 231,500 (Day 1 Chip Leader)
Surinder Sunar 180,000
Arnaud Mattern 131,000

WPT MARRAKECH PAYOUTS (in Moroccan Dirham):
1st: 1,798,425 (+$25k WPT Bellagio Seat)
2nd: 1,238,915
3rd: 799,300
4th: 519,545
5th: 379,667
6th: 307,730
7th: 251,779
8th: 228,599
9th: 208,617
10th: 185,437
11th: 171,050
12th: 157,462
13th: 144,673
14th: 132,683
15th: 121,493
16th: 111,902
17th: 103,909
18th: 95,916
19th: 87,923
20-24th: 77,532
25-29th: 66,341
30-33th: 56,750

RELATED POSTS:
ANTHONY RUBERTO WINS WPT JACKSONVILLE
2011 WSOP: ElkY, SOMERVILLE LATEST TO PICKUP JEWELRY
OH CANADA! DUHAMEL WINS WSOP MAIN EVENT (NOV 2010)
EL SAYED WINS WPT AMNEVILLE (NOV 2010)

PTPR PREMIER EVENT
WPT Marrakech
WPT NLH Championship
November 24-27, 2011

Casino de Marrakech | Marrakech
Buy-in: $4,015 | Prizepool: $1,094,670 | Entries: 274

Defending Champion: Sebastien Homann

PTS AT STAKE:
1st position 127
2nd position 77
3rd position 47
4th position 37
5th position 32
6-7th position 27
8-11th position 12
12-15th position 10
16-18th position 7

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