Announcements are being made and we are close to starting.
Incidentally, our connectivity to the internet here in the Epicurean room at the Casino de Marrakech is especially poor at the moment. Hopefully that situation will improve soon. Meawhile, it appears we may be forced to write our posts in bunches, then escape to a better-connected area to publish.
We've had a couple of different tunes running through our heads this week. One, of course, is that happy, jingle-like Crosby, Stills & Nash song "Marrakesh Express." The other comes from that Alfred Hitchcock film The Man Who Knew Too Much (the 1956 version), the one starring James Stewart and Doris Day in which an American family traveling in Morocco gets caught up in a web of international espionage, a story that begins as they journey from Casablanca to Marrakech.
Whether you've seen the film or not, you might know the song featured in it -- the Oscar-award winning "Que Sera, Sera (Whatever Will Be, Will Be)." Equally memorable, that one. And perhaps especially apt as we sit down for the start of today's final table of the Main Event of WPT Marrakech presented by Chilipoker.
Speaking of international intrigue, four different countries will be represented among the final nine. The two Germans, Sebastian Homann and Dominik Nitsche, come to the final table with a sizable chip advantage over the rest, but they'll have five Frenchman, a Swede, and an Austrian chasing them.
Here's how they'll be seated and the stacks they'll have before them when the first hand is dealt today:
Seat 1: Felix Oberauer (Austria) - 499,000
Seat 2: Dominik Nitsche (Germany) - 1,479,000
Seat 3: Patrick Muleta (France) - 244,000
Seat 4: Sebastian Homann (Germany) - 1,539,000
Seat 5: Sebastien Compte (France) - 529,000
Seat 6: Johan Williamsson (Sweden) - 693,000
Seat 7: Guillaume Cescut (France) - 956,000
Seat 8: Guillaume de la Gorce (France) - 516,000
Seat 9: Julien Labussiere (France) - 210,000
All nine have demonstrated their skills thus far to reach today's final table. But as we all know, how the cards fall will have something to do with how things turn out as well. Que sera, sera.
Looks like it will be a while before things get underway. Stay tuned for all the action!
Main Event
Day 3 Started
